Why do 'Christians' seem to think that the virginity thing only applies to teens, espescially teenage girls?

Many Christian-based religions promote ideas like virginity pledges, abstinence, purity rings, and dressing modesty. It wouldn't bother me so much if those principles applied to everyone, but it irritates me that those messages are mostly geared at teens, esp. teen girls. Plenty of adults have sex outside of marriage. I'm not trying to disrespect anybody's beliefs, but doesn't all that stuff apply to men, boys, and women too? Or is there a double standard?Why do 'Christians' seem to think that the virginity thing only applies to teens, espescially teenage girls?
The other's answerer is right. In general, religious cr*p becomes less appealing as you grow older and your brains get bigger. Therefore, they have to go young (and younger, and younger... soon there'll be abstinence leaflets in kindergardens).Why do 'Christians' seem to think that the virginity thing only applies to teens, espescially teenage girls?
Because when do you develop hormones? Teen years. Think about it, if teenage girls are practicing chastity, teenage boys don't have access to those girls. And it's not targeted towards teenaged girls, it's for everyone. We don't appeal to adults, because the adults have already made their decision, and we can't do anything about that.
when i was a teenager i wore a purity ring, it didn't seem to help so much. i was frustrated and turned to alcohol and drugs. on a particularly dark time someone stole my ring and replaced it with an Easy Virtue Ring. from then on i had a healthy sex life, all my frustrations disappeared and my grades got better. Thanks Easy Virtue Ring you saved my life.
This is a very logical question you ask. And it does appear that many people who espouse these teachings are living a double standard. That is a shame. For someone to teach teenage girls that they need to dress modestly and abstain from sexual relations prior to marriage and then do the opposite themselves is wrong- plain and simple. And, what goes for women and girls goes for men and boys as well. The Bible teaches ALL Christians to dress modestly and abstain from sexual intercourse prior to marriage.





When a person (of any age or gender) engages in sexual relations prior to marriage,s/he is sinning against her/his own flesh. I Corinthians 6:18 (KJV) says: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.





When a person (of any age or gender) dresses in an immodest fashion, s/he is putting a stumbling block before her/his brother/sister and may cause her/him to sin. In other words, if I dress in skimpy or skin tight clothing then I am causing my brother to sin because if he looks at me lustfully, he has sinned.





Further evidence that modest dress is not intended to be geared only to teen girls is found in I Timothy 2:





8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.





9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;





10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.





Also, we are to teach this to all of our brothers and sisters in Christ, regardless of their age. No where in the Bible does it say that these principles are to be applied only to a certain age group. The following is found in Titus 2:





1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: 2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things鈥?4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.