Rudy and Elaine are involved in a relationship and both are seniors in high school. They engage in kissing, petting, oral sex, and mutual masturbation. They have not engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse and do not intend to until the point at which they make a permanent commitment-to each other, or someone else. How would the authors of your text describe this couple's sexual behavior?

A) ?They have chosen to be sexually active in ways that do not put them at risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
B) ?They should refer to themselves as virgins.
C) ?They have chosen to be celibate prior to marriage.
D) ?They have chosen to refrain from adolescent coitus.

D