{"id":2769,"date":"2019-01-03T19:43:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T00:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toryjoseph.com\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2022-03-14T19:59:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T23:59:36","slug":"more-real-life-sex-and-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toryjoseph.com\/more-real-life-sex-and-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"More Real Life Sex and Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"
An active sex life is the accepted norm for American singles. Media is sexually explicit, sexting is common, and our culture is more tolerant of sex in a wide range of permutations. Yet, Americans are having less sex with each other than they were 10 years ago.\u00a0 <\/span>There has also been a decline in sex and relationships among young people, and those who marry are marrying later.\u00a0 <\/span>About 60 percent of adults under age 35 now live without a spouse or partner.<\/p>\n I referred to the Atlantic article, \u201cThe Sex Recession: Why Young People are Retreating From Intimacy- and What This Means for Society\u201d by Kate Julian<\/span><\/a>, December 2018, to find out why.\u00a0 <\/span>It turns out, there may be many reasons, including economic pressures, the hookup culture, raising anxiety rates, depression, digital porn (and sex for one), helicopter parents, careerism, information overload, and sleep deprivation, to name a few. Let\u2019s look at some of these reasons that may be problematic.<\/p>\n A study in Finland found that intercourse is declining as the frequency of masturbation is increasing; this seems to be the case in the U.S. as well. \u00a0 <\/span>It is a relief to most parents that young people are launching their sex lives later.\u00a0 <\/span>In the space of a generation, sex has gone from something most high school students<\/span><\/a> experience to something that most won\u2019t.\u00a0 <\/span>After high school, one-third of adults under age 35, live with their parents. With easy access to pornography and a shift in acceptance (and marketing of endless products) of masturbation, it has become easy to satisfy sexual desires without leaving the house.<\/p>\n The problem is that young people may be skipping a crucial stage of development, a stage that includes not only flirting and kissing but dealing with heartbreak and disappointment, possibly leaving them unprepared for adult relationships. \u201cFrom 1992 to 2014\u201d, says Julian, \u201cthe share of men who reported masturbating in a given week doubled, and the share of women tripled.\u201d One can become less comfortable putting oneself \u201cout there\u201d and having an actual experience with another person.<\/p>\nSex for One<\/h3>\n
Hookup Culture<\/h3>\n