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Unfortunately they are no rational arguments that do not depend on a presupposition of the truth of Abraham religion.

One could have argued in the past that risk of pre-martial sex were greater than the rewards, in the age rampant syphilis, social ostracism of bastards and "impure" women but now in the age of the pill,condom, penicillin, female liberation and so forth the arguments become foppish.

In countries with high rates of HIV?AIDS infection one could make a basic argument of self preservation but with advent of medication for that particular plague such arguments decrease rapidly in their worth.

Now if bride prices were still a thing and if fathers turned Afghan at the mere thought of some impingement of their daughters virginity then one could make some compelling arguments in favour of Pre-martial celibacy.

One could argue from a Platonic and Confucian POV that moderation is to be desired in all things and hence a preponderance of sexual partners shows an unbalanced personality whit a corresponding inability to reach virtue.

However all this runs in to the counter that human beings are made for procreation and that males evolutionary strategy is to have sown in as many fields as possible and that women fill the same urges, and if classical thinkers are to be believed they feel them to a much greater degree than males, the consequences are natural. 7
For example despite the intense piety of 18th century Spain one could rarely find a virgin as the concept of masculinity was so tightly bound up with sexual promiscuity.