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** Starting puberty late as a male or being physically immature compared to your peers as a teenager,<ref>Tucker Halpern, C., Waller, M.W., Spriggs, A., & Hallfors, D.D. (2006). Adolescent predictors of emerging adult sexual patterns [Electronic version]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(6), 926.e1 - 926.e10.</ref> with slow sexual maturation being a primary marker of slow life history genetics.
** Starting puberty late as a male or being physically immature compared to your peers as a teenager,<ref>Tucker Halpern, C., Waller, M.W., Spriggs, A., & Hallfors, D.D. (2006). Adolescent predictors of emerging adult sexual patterns [Electronic version]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(6), 926.e1 - 926.e10.</ref> with slow sexual maturation being a primary marker of slow life history genetics.
** [[Shyness]] or social anxiety, no flirting skills, [[approach anxiety]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref> Could be [[mutation]] or slow [[life history]] trait. Possibly an adaptation for [[arranged marriage]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref>
** [[Shyness]] or social anxiety, no flirting skills, [[approach anxiety]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref> Could be [[mutation]] or slow [[life history]] trait. Possibly an adaptation for [[arranged marriage]].<ref name="apostolou2018"></ref>
** Long education was a significant predictor of early adult virginity only for women in one study (long-education [[femcel]]s).<ref name="haydon2013"></ref>
** Long education was a significant predictor of early adult virginity only for women in one study (long-education [[femcel]]s).<ref name="haydon2013"></ref> The phenomenon of educated women refusing to date down is also discussed in the [[hypergamy]] article, with there being mixed evidence about whether this tendency is really due to refusal to date down, or being too busy or facing evolutionary mismatches regarding an [[resources for orgasms|exchange of sex in return for resources]].
** Lower use of alcohol and drugs<ref name="boislard2016"></ref><ref name="haydon2013"></ref>
** Lower use of alcohol and drugs<ref name="boislard2016"></ref><ref name="haydon2013"></ref>
** Living with both biological parents<ref name="boislard2016"></ref>
** Living with both biological parents<ref name="boislard2016"></ref>
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