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People Have Been Having Less Sex—whether They’re Teenagers or 40-Somethings

Author:     Emily Willingham
Source:     Scientific American
Publication Date:     January 3, 2022
 Link: People Have Been Having Less Sex—whether They’re Teenagers or 40-Somethings
Stephan:  

A few days ago I published a report on the increasing loneliness amongst men particularly, but women as well although to a lesser degree. Now this report.  I have also published reports on the fact that Americans are marrying at an older age, and that families are having children later in life. You should see all these reports as different perspectives on the same trend, a growing isolation that is leading to increasing resentment, the Incel movement for example, and increasing racism and prejudice against people different than oneself. Augmenting all this is the increasing time people, particularly young people, spend obsessed with online games and media.

Young Gamer Sit In Front Of A Screen And Playing Video Game. Wearing Headphone. Credit: Getty

Human sexual activity affects cognitive function, health, happiness and overall quality of life—and, yes, there is also the matter of reproduction. The huge range of benefits is one reason researchers have become alarmed at declines in sexual activity around the world, from Japan to Europe to Australia. A recent study evaluating what is happening in the U.S. has added to the pile of evidence, showing declines from 2009 to 2018 in all forms of partnered sexual activity, including penile-vaginal intercourse, anal sex and partnered masturbation. The findings show that adolescents report less solo masturbation as well.

The decreases “aren’t trivial,” as the authors wrote in the study, published on November 19 in Archives of Sexual Behavior. Between 2009 and 2018, the proportion of adolescents reporting no sexual activity, either alone or with partners, rose from 28.8 percent to 44.2 percent among young men and from 49.5 percent in 2009 to 74 percent among young women. The researchers obtained […]

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