Rules take precedence over feelings. Happiness can even be found in the process of delayed gratification. That thought naturally leads to the phenomenon of sexual conservatism. A lot of this flows from that good old time religion. But it also is a personality trait.
Every action has to be thought out.
So congenital conservatives get to finish high school, and college, and grad school if they want, and aren't frequent visitors at the student health clinic or unplanned parenthood. Life is easy. Congenital conservatives are pack rats. Stamp and coin collectors voted for Ronald Reagan. The house of the right winger is a fire trap.