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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><ref>https://www.blick.ch/ratgeber/liebe/fux-ueber-sex-alle-finden-jemanden-ausser-ich-id6145901.html</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><ref>https://www.blick.ch/ratgeber/liebe/fux-ueber-sex-alle-finden-jemanden-ausser-ich-id6145901.html</ref> | ||
The emergence of ABs has been blamed on various factors including a skewed sex ratio, such as a surplus of women or a surplus of men in | The emergence of ABs has been blamed on various factors including a skewed sex ratio, such as a surplus of women or a surplus of men in particular regions.<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> | ||
ABs 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> and they vary in their physical appearance (ABs are not only physically ugly people)<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> which may serve as some anecdotal evidence against the notion that inceldom is primarily caused by [[lookism]]. | ABs 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> and they vary in their physical appearance (ABs are not only physically ugly people)<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> which may serve as some anecdotal evidence against the notion that inceldom is primarily caused by [[lookism]]. | ||