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Comment author: James_Miller 15 April 2015 09:06:51PM 5 points [-]

I wonder about this. It wouldn't surprise me if popularity at 15 strongly correlated with popularity throughout life.

Comment author: FrameBenignly 16 April 2015 12:19:41AM 1 point [-]

Losing your virginity at a young age seems to predict increased sexual experience, but not in a good way. More akin to what you're referring to:

Facial attractiveness correlated with the number of short-term, but not long-term, sexual partners, for males ... Body attractiveness also correlated significantly with the number of short-term, but not long-term, sexual partners, for males, and attractive males became sexually active earlier than their peers.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513804000765

I'm not sure how they're distinguishing between short-term and long-term because I can't find an ungated copy. It also seems to be the case that our society discourages sex at an early age. I certainly don't envy the kids who were most sexually active in high school.