Frankfurt (dpa) – Why is it that some people have never had sex, even well into adulthood? This is the question that an international research team hoped to answer in the largest study of its kind to date. The authors, publishing their study in the journal PNAS, found that virginity into later life is due to a complex mix of psychological, social and genetic factors. "Romantic and sexual relationships are often an important social support. Their absence is associated with loneliness, anxiety, depressive feelings and reduced well-being for many," said co-author Laura Wesseldijk from Germany's Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt. The research team, which included scientists from the Netherlands and Australia, analysed data from more than 400,000 people in the U

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