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==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
For Germany, there is no comparable data available to the GSS. In 2000, sex researcher Kurt Starke found 10% of male university students below 29 were virgins ("Absolute Beginners"). Psychotherapist Poschenrieder claims to have received roughly 150 counselling requests from ''Absolute Beginners''.<ref>https://www.unicum.de/de/studentenleben/liebe-sex/was-du-schon-immer-ueber-uni-sex-wissen-wolltest</ref> Some sex researchers have claimed that Absolute Beginners are not rare,<ref>http://www.news.de/reisen-und-leben/855636776/erwachsener-mann-und-immer-noch-jungfrau-wie-gehe-ich-mit-einer-maennlichen-jungfrau-um/1/</ref> and sex columnist Caroline Fux said that AB's are common.<ref>https://www.brigitte.de/liebe/singles/absolute-beginners--ungekuesst--das-leben-der-ewig-singles-10172232.html</ref> | |||
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The emergence of AB's has been blamed on various factors including a skewed sex ratio, such as a surplus of women or a surplus of men in a particular region<ref>Heiratsmarkt und Marriage Squeeze. Analysen zur Veränderung von Heiratsgelegenheiten in der Bundesrepublik, Universität Heidelberg, Abgerufen am 1, September 2014</ref> According to Jakob Pastötter, President of the German Society for Social Science Research, the phenomenon of the Absolute Beginner is more prevalent among those with demisexuality (a sexual orientation characterized by only experiencing sexual attraction after making a strong emotional connection with a specific person).<ref>https://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/jungfrau-mit-ende-wenn-der-sex-auf-sich-warten-laesst-1.3606372</ref> Acording to sex consultant Sarah Nerb, one to two million adults in Germany are Absolute Beginners.<ref>http://www.wochenblatt.de/nachrichten/regensburg/regionales/Sarahs-Sexgefluester-Spaeter-Einstieg-in-die-Liebe;art1172,447623</ref> | |||
Inceldom affects roughly 5 percent of women and 10% of men in Germany.{{citation needed}}<ref>https://www.srf.ch/wissen/mensch/absolute-beginner-leben-ohne-liebe-und-partner</ref> AB's come from a wide range of professional backgrounds.<ref>http://www.t-online.de/gesundheit/sexualitaet/id_15852972/sexualitaet-viele-erwachsene-hatten-noch-nie-sex.html</ref> AB's can be of any gender, they vary in their age groups and appearances.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131215173046/http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/inhalt/film-und-serie/love-alien-30-maennlich-ungekuesst-dokumentarfilm-100.html</ref> | |||
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