It’s Official - We’re Having Less Sex Than Our Parents
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We may be the generation known for Tinder, chemsex and online porn, but that doesn’t mean we’re actually, err, doing it.
Research published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour journal has found that millennials are having significantly less sex than their Generation X (born in the ‘60s and ‘70s) parents, reports CNN.
Apparently, 15% of 20-24 year-olds have had no sexual partners since turning 18, while the same was true for just six per cent of the previous generation at the same age. Eek.
“This is part of a general theme of later maturation that’s been pretty well-documented,” said lead researcher Jean Twenge, who suggested that Generation Y’s economic situation may also be killing the mood. Great.
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And, surprise surprise, technology is also being blamed for our lack of game. Twenge said that spending more time interacting with friends virtually and less in person may reduce our opportunities to meet people to have sex with. She also said that as tech provides “more ways to entertain yourself”, sex might be slipping down our list of priorities.
Worst of all, the study said that the millennial generation’s lateness to start having sex was most similar to those born in the 1920s. Ouch.
The study’s data was taken from a mass sociological survey conducted between 1989 and 2014 in the US called the General Social Survey - so perhaps there’s hope for us Brits yet.
