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24. Nope, and I wish we had a better understanding of that fact as well.

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Historical data on people under 30 who have had zero opposite sex sexual partners since turning 18 [View all] OnlinePoker Nov 2021 OP

What happened in 2008? hfojvt Nov 2021 #1

Housing crash? OnlinePoker Nov 2021 #2

Increased social media usage ? CentralMass Nov 2021 #3

That could certainly be part of it. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #4

Young Men as a group are a lot less attractive then they used to be. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #5

It's also the effect social media has on the expectations of females Calculating Nov 2021 #8

It could also be malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #17

I don't know any women who feel that way. yardwork Nov 2021 #18

+1 MrsCoffee Nov 2021 #44

This is pretty laughable. Very MRA. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #28

+1 leftstreet Nov 2021 #36

Well what is your explanation? Calculating Nov 2021 #37

See my post #26. It fits the data much better. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #39

That certainly is accurate in some cases. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #38

More women are having sex than men, so you conclude that WOMEN are too choosey. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #40

Huh... I am not concluding anything. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #41

So by not having sex malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #47

And we wimmen follow social influencers, don't you know. yardwork Nov 2021 #46

Also, the fact that WE are having more sex is proof that WE are too choosy, and therefore Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #52

I know! yardwork Nov 2021 #53

women have careers now treestar Nov 2021 #54

Young adults are probably more likely to live with parents and social media JI7 Nov 2021 #6

I wonder why it's just about opposite-sex partners? Silent3 Nov 2021 #7

I'm assuming that gay men and lesbians are Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #10

among the younger lesbians that I'm friends with janterry Nov 2021 #13

That's sad. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #16

Certainly not here (Stockholm), and the internet has made things so easy to find Celerity Nov 2021 #49

Yeah in order to be a valid malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #21

Huh? Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #22

You are mocking people who wish to have sex, but can't find a partner n/t Silent3 Nov 2021 #29

Well, if I'm doing that, I apologize. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #30

Or people in 1989 were more likely to lie about their sex lives. meadowlander Nov 2021 #9

So that is where LulaRue gets its color schemes!n/t LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #14

Those pencil-necks weren't getting laid DenaliDemocrat Nov 2021 #42

Hmm, the last year of the survey was 2018. I bet its even higher during the pandemic /nt progree Nov 2021 #11

It appears that it is far more likely to have sex if you are a Tomconroy Nov 2021 #12

(Certainly noteworthy graph) The OP was about "opposite sex", excluding same sex. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #15

Or women, on average, are less likely to have no sex at all when a young adult muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #27

Barely Half of U.S. Adults Are Married - A Record Low Klaralven Nov 2021 #19

I wish this graph meant that our culture has made it safer for young people, particularly men, to WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #20

Is there anything wrong malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #23

Nope, and I wish we had a better understanding of that fact as well. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #24

We are increasingly isolated society Johonny Nov 2021 #25

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #55

No one in the thread has yet mentioned the unrealistic Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #26

truly a thing. mopinko Nov 2021 #31

Except that there isn't a porn ideal anymore. SYFROYH Nov 2021 #32

Yup. And if that is where your arousal patterns have developed, what real woman having Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #34

This is not surprising to me Johnny2X2X Nov 2021 #33

More serious, you think? Ron Obvious Nov 2021 #43

Just because one doesn't malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #45

That's Not What The Poster Said ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #56

Another contributing factor could be environmental pollutants on hormone levels. meadowlander Nov 2021 #35

I wish that data was more up to date, so we could see what effects COVID had. Celerity Nov 2021 #48

From the site, it looks like they do the survey every 2 years. OnlinePoker Nov 2021 #51

My mind went a little sideways with adolescence. hunter Nov 2021 #50