In the US I do not think it is important...and I think that is sad, in my home (both the one I grew up in and now in my family) it was/is important. Having sexual relations too early has many negative effects on ones psychological health, not to mention rises in the abortion rate, can lead to high school/college drop out (which can lead to higher poverty rate), and can lead to low self esteem/low self worth. I do not necessarily believe in waiting for marriage...but at least wait till you are old enough and stable enough to deal with the consequences of having sex!!

You will find this map interesting: Average age of virginity loss worldwide: http://24.media.tumblr.com/ddb79a4f6a6636ca13b97ae5835a2b37/tumblr_mqkwkfWDwK1rasnq9o1_1280.png People worldwide are having sex for the first time at an average age of 17.3 Just over a third (35%) say they were 16 or under when they lost their virginity Young people continue to have sex at an earlier age than previous generations: while the 25-34s lost their virginity at 17.9, the 21-24 year olds were 17.5 and 16-20 year olds were just 16.3 Women are sexually active earlier than men - at 17.2 compared with 17.5

It's not an issue here. At least as far as I know.

You must be kidding? :) Do you think is it ok if a man under 30 is virgin? There's something wrong in such kind of people. I seriously think being virgin till marriage is nonsense .Though for girl it's ok to lose virginity in age of 19-21.

Oh I understand , that is not bad :) they do life nicer .