https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/
There are now fewer taboos against sex outside of marriage, and a supposed “hookup culture”. But young people now are having less sex than young people of previous generations.
Well duh. They can’t afford to own RE or rent sometimes more substantial that a cot in a hostel-like apartment - it gets old to have sex in the bushes or in the car.
It does? 
Apparently - hence the article. 
Or maybe there are fewer parks, and young people can’t afford to own a car. 
A lot of the fun really crested in our generation. And thank heavens, we’re still fun.
B-)
They are having less human interaction in general. At least the kind that isn’t online. It’s sad.
More virtual sex?
Maybe that’s part of the reason anxiety rates have skyrocketed.
Wait til the sex dolls become commonplace…perhaps it will get the population under control finally.
“They are having less human interaction in general. At least the kind that isn’t online. It’s sad.”
While some believe that most studies by advertising seeking businesses show that this is false. Those studies are especially intersting because they are being done by places whose interest to prove a theory but rather to help their bottom line and know what is actually happening.
Teen pregnancy is down, transmission of STD’s is down. It’s not all bad.
I wonder if some of this is due, ironically, to the hookup culture in that this generation of teens and young adults is less likely to be in committed relationships and therefore less likely to be having regular sex with a single partner.
As I’ve been saying on here for years, hook up culture is 100% a myth. I’ve ben posting that data for years. This isn’t news… At least it shouldn’t be.
I think young people still pair up but for some sex comes faster in the relationship…sometimes kicking off the relationship. I have no sense if this is good or bad although I think it adds to the anxiety and confusion we see now. On the other hand they are marrying later which is something I advocate.
No surprise. I’ve read similar stuff for awhile now. I think all the points brought up in the article are valid. I think technology is to blame for a lot of it. Early exposure to porn which gives people, especially males, a very unrealistic view of sexual activity, lack of skills in flirting or even downright communicating with the opposite sex because they spend all their time communicating via text vs in person or at least vocally by phone, too many guys spending WAY too much time playing video games or people in general spending too much time online instead of interacting in person.
Here are some quotes from the article that I found pertinent and feel illustrates what I’m talking about:
“for one thing, many straight women told me that learning about sex from porn seemed to have given some men dismaying sexual habits.”
^I’ve talked to many young women who comment on how crappy some guys are at sexual intimacy as addressed in point #4 in the article.
“We’d probably have a lot more sex,” one woman noted, “if we didn’t get home and turn on the TV and start scrolling through our phones.”
“No one approaches anyone in public anymore,” said a teacher in Northern Virginia. “The dating landscape has changed. People are less likely to ask you out in real life now, or even talk to begin with,”
“Anytime we’re in silence, we look at our phones"
"Another woman wrote that she was “too lazy” to meet people, adding: “I usually download dating apps on a Tuesday when I’m bored, watching TV … I don’t try very hard.”
“their first exchanges with a prospective date could play out via text rather than in a face-to-face or phone conversation, which had more potential to be awkward.”
“I never really learned how to meet people in real life,”
My kids have commented on #5 to me as well - inhibition - among their peers/friends. They find it odd.
On this, we’ve had threads about this in the past, but there are some women who do not want to be approached in public by random guys they don’t know. Some women would go so far as to view it as a form of inappropriate behavior, bordering on harassment. When women tell men they don’t want to be approached in public, it should be no surprise men don’t approach them in public.
Or maybe the survey respondents are lying!
Older people are having less sex!
I think the causality mostly runs in the opposite direction. The boys spending all their time on porn and video games couldn’t get a gf if they wanted to. Porn and video games aren’t the reason they aren’t having sex. Not having sex and real life dates is driving them to porn and video games.
“Not having sex and real life dates is the reason for the porn and video games.”
Maybe to some degree but when 11, 12, 13 year olds have a steady diet of it and on into their formative years, the outcome is pretty dismal for establishing decent relationships.