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Students with higher IQ's are less likely to be sexually active for several reasons. Those reasons are cognitive capacity, education, susceptibility to illogical reasoning and lifestyle. Essentially, because IQ is linked to cognitive ability that intellectual prowess allows would be sex fiends with intelligence to think more deeply about thoroughly engaging in the activity.

1- Discretion/Thoughtfulness: Those students with higher IQ's are more likely to consider negative implications of sex such as STD's, pregnancy, angry parents, emotional ramifications and moral factors.

2-Education: IQ has been linked to educational environment. Given this premise it can be stated higher IQ implies some kind of education which includes sexual education. Since sexual education generally doesn't promote frivolous, undiscerning sexual rampages a sexually educated student is less likely to be as sexually active as a non sexually educated student. What's more, with or without a sexual education, a student with a high IQ is more likely to be self educated on the matter by virtue of intelligence.

3-Lifestyle: Some students with high IQ are engaged in academic activities from an early age. This affects their world view and lifestyle. Since they may be more active in academics and pursuits of the mind, they may spend less time pursuing girls and therefore also have less time to have sex.

4-Influence: Students with higher IQ are less likely to succumb to negative social influences, social environment, peer pressure and the negative effects of inherent character flaws because they are more likely to think around these influences. For example, a mentally able student may think twice about his/her own hormones and addictive personality if s(he) has one. In other words a highly intelligent student has the potential to think about an issue more.

Those who argue intelligence plays no role in the decision to have sex are wrong. Many people think about sex before having it, the smarter one is, the better informed said decision is inclined to be. What's more, while upbringing may influence a students belief about sex, and intelligent student is more likely to question that upbringing thereby nullifying it's influence via the method demonstrated by point 4 above.

While many students have sex, including intelligent ones. The level of sexual activity is also worth considering as an intelligent student may realize that the more partners one have the greater the chance of a problem emerging. Thus, although an intelligent student may indeed have sex, he or she may choose to refrain and have only one partner instead of 5.

The study stating students with higher IQ's are less likely to be sexually active is well founded and is supported by this article. What's more the study itself presents 'proof' that higher IQ's influence sexual activity. It is for these reasons that one can logically conclude higher IQ in students affects sexual activity toward the more prudent end of the sexual spectrum.

Disclaimer: The above article is for debate purposes only and consequently may not represent the true opinion or belief(s) of the author.

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