How do you feel about premarital sex? Personally, I believe safe-practiced, consensual, premarital sex is healthy for couples.

Many choose to postpone intercourse due to their religion while others choose to simply because they believe it to be the best decision based on morality.

Even though I respect this decision, I would have to disagree to a point. I think participating in premarital sex to be the most advantageous option between the two for a few reasons.

First, I believe a healthy, sexual relationship with your significant other directly influences the stability of your emotional relationship. Although not always the case, intercourse often symbolizes passion and romance. It is a ritual of love derived from the passion a couple shares, hence the term “making love.”

When a couple has sex, specifically for the first time, it is a milestone in their relationship. They’ve taken the next step, and inarguably have become closer to one another.

Second, couples should feel comfortable with one another during sex.

It can be very intimate, and can cause people to feel vulnerable. Couples should feel secure and safe with each other, and if having sex causes one partner, or both, to feel uncomfortable, it can cause major issues within the relationship.

If this feeling of unease is harbored after marriage, the marriage is exposed to instability. However, if this uneasiness is found and nursed prior to marriage, the union between the two could become strengthened.

Third, it is in our nature. The human species is biologically programmed to procreate.

However, sex today is seen much more recreational. Add lust and sexual urges, and having sex for fun is found to be quite common. If this sexual desire is not satisfied, it can lead to a negative influence in a person’s work, learning and life.

I am by no means promoting relationships strictly based on sex, and intercourse should be safe practiced and consensual. Pregnancy and the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection are obviously much higher in couples that engage in intercourse than those who do not, but, taken the precautions, intercourse can be a major part in creating a healthy, stable relationship.