General News Millennials having less sex

I'll be over here in the "asexual millennial" corner, which might be bigger than I previously thought.
We should make jackets.

 

It's probably because young people nowadays are being less pressured into sex. Which is good. We have other things to focus on, after all. ^^

We've had lots of talks in school about waiting for the right person and not having a sex life in high school, too.

 

I remember my friend mentioning an article about how young people are dating far less today than they did a generation ago. I forget the justification, but maybe it correlates to young people living at home longer?

 

If one listens to conservative narratives, young people are more sexual than ever, and 10 year olds are having abortions.

And yet again that's disproven by facts. Who'd a thunk it?

I'm in Screw the corner, we're going to need a stadium

 

Good point, it's true that young adults stay at home much longer now!

 

Yeah because we have internet porn!

 

I think it's stupid how a lot of Sex Ed classes are taught. Sure, kids shouldn't rush to do things, but flat-out telling them not to have sex in high school helps nobody. :/ It also doesn't help that many Sex Ed classes tell you to not have sex until marriage. I mean, I'm fine with "waiting for the right person", but a lot of Sex Ed classes don't teach that as much as "Marry or be a virgin forever", which is just unrealistic.

 

Asexual spectrum counts? The jackets should have a color scheme.

Also, the non-asexual people I know are waiting on sex. Personally I think that sex-ed had a big influence there. My school included the abstinence, safety, and scary parts. I think that my non-asexual classmates got to be wary of sex.

 

I'm wondering how they collected this data and what the specific numbers are. I don't doubt it has validity but I'd like to know the samples within both groups (baby boomers and Millenials). In the Kinsey study, he focused solely on men. If these people are relying on data from other researchers from the past, I wonder if they are only looking at men as well. This could skew the numbers because some men may have more sexual partners than some women due to societal stigma on women to be ashamed of their bodies and slut shaming.

Another thing is individualism could have an affect because now we are more focused on careers and college whereas in the past they wanted to find a marriage partner and settle down as early as possible.

I'll totally go for pizza and some Pokemon Go over sex... just saying.

 

^^^That's thought-provoking. I think it may be right, even though the stories about this Millennial chastity don't seem to be supported by any hard numbers, and sound a bit like voyeuristic Millennial bashing.

 

YES PLEASE (a leather jacket that has something ace related sounds so cool)!
I think this less sex thing comes from maybe how the milennials are raised by the generation that was much more sexual maybe?? Of course adults are telling us about finding the right person and the fact that nobody is pressuring us to sleep with people to 'fit in'. I live in a family with parents whos views on raising kids was, "Hey, do what you want in life, just don't do something that can affect your life badly or do something you'll regret"; and sex applied to that. My siblings were allowed to sleep with their boy/girlfriends and my parents didn't mind, as long as we did it safely and had a healthy relationship.

 

Agreed. They always told us sex is only okay once you're married, as if marriage is somehow a magical thing that suddenly makes sex safe and moral. Furthermore, if gay marriage isn't legal...

 

Add in "gays shouldn't have sex" :rolle: and that sounds an awful lot like the sex ed I had. :lol:

According to this, they're considering me a millennial here. It's interesting because I've seen differing definitions of the term. So if I'd been born a year later I would have been in the generation under? (So if I'd been born in the 2000's) dammit '99 why did you have to go make it confusing as to which generation I'm in?

 

You have my sympathy. (*hug*)

 

Less unwanted kids?

But really safe sex should be taught more. As long as it's a choice between consenting people or two horny teenagers around the same age cool with it, play ball. Or with them. Or with solely vaginas? Maybe a combination if you're intersexed.

It's a biological drive for most of us but again should be done safely and with permission. I wish the shaming for those that don't want kids and/or relationships would end. You gotta let people be them there isn't one set lifestyle for us all.

 

Yeah I've never had sex and none if my friends have so I believe it. It looks like a lot of the other people who commented believe it too lol.

 

I've never had sex(including oral & anal) but I feel better about it as I age. Maybe because I don't get pressure like I did in high school? Oh well it's my decision and if it happens or not so be it. Won't shame others who frequently do it whether with one set partner or in promiscuity either. To add a last thought, people who don't/never want sex aren't a myth, they exist too more power to em.

 

I'm Generation X but this sounds more like me.

 

Teen pregnancies have decreased by 50% since 1957 and have gotten even lower since 2008.

 

I was born in 92 and I've consented to sex with only two people, one being my fiance. I have a best friend who is turning 26 and I'm pretty sure is still a virgin, and another best friend who has only had sex with her spouse... Soooo... yeah. I see some evidence there.