The rate of single motherhood follows an upward curve of promiscuity. The stigma of premarital sex has all but disappeared, has been transferred to virginity.
Statistics show that children are having sex earlier and with more people.
You don't need to hear a catalogue of the way sex is treated in the media. TV's most popular shows assume sexual activity and laugh at virginity. The sexual values proposed by the Christian faith are more out of tune in this modern culture than at any other time in our history. I believe there are many who stay away from the church because of its views on sex. The Inter-Varsity magazine told the following story.