LIFE IS SO UNFAIR: Our DNA could be factor in age of losing virginity.

A study published this week in Nature Genetics suggests that being cool or uncool, morally liberal or conservative, or attractive or unattractive aren’t the only determining factors when we undergo that “passage to adulthood.” Based on data from 125,000 adults in the British Biobank, DNA could play a huge role, according to the researchers. There were 38 different genetic variants linked with the age of first sexual intercourse, and the researchers were able to discover similar links between one’s DNA and their age of puberty, as well as the age when they had their first child.

“This is hugely important as the timing of these events affects educational achievements as well as physical and mental health,” the U.K. researchers wrote in a press release.

While the researchers stressed that certain genes aren’t exactly surefire signs that one may lose their virginity at an early age or later in life than most others, they added that there are certain gene-based traits, such as impulsivity, that could influence sexual behaviors.

I can tell you from personal experience that losing one’s virginity isn’t necessarily a reliable marker for “passage to adulthood.”