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ABs are on occasion called ''eternal singles''<ref>https://www.brigitte.de/liebe/singles/absolute-beginners--ungekuesst--das-leben-der-ewig-singles-10172232.html</ref> or ''involuntary singletons''.<ref>http://www.ksta.de/ratgeber/gesundheit/-leben-ohne-sex-als-erwachsener-noch-unberuehrt-4873782 </ref> The term originated in Germany in the late 1990s to refer to people who are involuntarily single or become involuntary virgins way into adulthood.<ref>http://www.fr.de/wissen/gesundheit/medizin/leben-ohne-sex-als-erwachsener-sexuell-unerfahren-a-795129</ref> | ABs are on occasion called ''eternal singles''<ref>https://www.brigitte.de/liebe/singles/absolute-beginners--ungekuesst--das-leben-der-ewig-singles-10172232.html</ref> or ''involuntary singletons''.<ref>http://www.ksta.de/ratgeber/gesundheit/-leben-ohne-sex-als-erwachsener-noch-unberuehrt-4873782 </ref> The term originated in Germany in the late 1990s to refer to people who are involuntarily single or become involuntary virgins way into adulthood.<ref>http://www.fr.de/wissen/gesundheit/medizin/leben-ohne-sex-als-erwachsener-sexuell-unerfahren-a-795129</ref> | ||
The | The etymology of the term derives from a David Bowie song.<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/leben-ohne-sex-selbsthilfe-fuer-erwachsene-jungfrauen-a-571107.html</ref> Absolute Beginners sometimes abbreviate their self-identification as AB.<ref>http://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/menschen/beziehungen-zuletzt-gekuesst-im-kindergarten-1410279-p2.html</ref> [[Rheinische Post]] defines AB's as those above the age of 20 with no romantic experience whatsoever.<ref>http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/deutschland/absolute-beginner-wie-es-ist-mit-33-seine-erste-freundin-zu-haben-aid-1.6356832 |title=Spätzünder: Wie ist es, mit 33 Jahren seine erste Freundin zu haben?</ref> Sexologist Monika Büchner defines the Absolute Beginner as one who has never had sex by their 25th birthday.<ref>https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article146108500/Mit-25-noch-nie-Sex-gehabt-Und-nun.html</ref> The concept of [[AB]] is analogous to the English term ''[[love-shyness]]''.<ref>http://www.nordbayern.de/panorama/40-und-ungekusst-in-der-einsamkeitsfalle-1.4847923</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||