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- Married adults have markedly more sex than their unmarried peers, but the sex recession is also making inroads among married couples.
- When it comes to sexlessness (“no sex in the last year”) among young adults, the biggest change comes post-2010.
- Between 2010 and 2019, the average time young adults spent with friends in a given week fell by nearly 50%, from 12.8 hours to just 6.5 hours.
Source: Institute for Family Studies.
It's the smart phone I reckon. It's hijacked our attention and reward systems to the point where we get enough dopamine from it relative to what we might get from a good bonk.
I wouldn't say "enough " or people would be happier. It's somehow more addicting, tho - probably due to receiving multiple up-votes meaning we've pleased more than just the same person we've routinely pleased, which feels good in a "I'm popular" way & is thus very validating.
Without my access to Grindr, I doubt I would be having sex at all.
You raise a good point. I wonder if there's much change in MSM since 2010? I could be wrong, but suspect men don't need to have quite the same workup to a successful shag compared to women?