Catholic college coeds found more promiscuous

March 01, 2010

Female students at American Catholic colleges are more sexually promiscuous than their counterparts at secular schools, according to a new study. Catholic-school coeds were more than four times as likely to have a casual sexual encounter as those at secular schools, researchers at Mississippi State University found. The survey authors found that while "moral communities" exercise some restraint on sexual activity, "our findings might instead suggest that not all religiously affiliated colleges and universities constitute ‘moral communities.’”

Commenting on the survey, Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society noted that the results provide more evidence that many Catholic colleges and universities in the US have "experienced a dramatic decline in Catholicity while abandoning serious concern for the formation of students spiritually and socially outside the classroom."

 

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Further information:

• Study: Female Students More Promiscuous at Catholic Colleges (Cardinal Newman Society)
• Catholic girls gone wild? (Washington Post)