Americans have less and less sex. What a relief. I thought it was just me.
Deepnewz appears to be gone.
State and County Level Data Can Be Plausibility Checks For Your Pet Hypothesis. I'm sure that under Bethany's gentle guidance, people will now stop just saying whatever dumb idea occurs to them on the internet. Bsking keeps talking about posting on some intriguing subject, but choosing another intriguing subject instead.
Explosions, Shootings, and Stabbings did not used to be so common in Sweden. Primarily in the cities. Still less than here. You are not supposed to mention that these events are concentrated among immigrants. Names are seldom included for that reason.
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Did I mention that my granddaughter attended the same summer studies program at St. Paul's School that I did 55 years ago and adapted a Go Baby Go! car in her engineering program? These projects are usually given to colleges, but ASP does it after 11th grade.
Odd about the sex finding. You'd think that work-from-home, eliminating commute time, would provide more opportunity. But perhaps jobs wound up requiring more unreported overtime.
ReplyDeleteLooked into the non-updatedness of Deepnewz, and was directed to a tweet by a founder:
ReplyDeletehttps://x.com/ivan_bezdomny/status/1965518165523530181
Precis: they thought it would be easier to monetize and cover their expenses for running the service with a sponsorship model rather than subscriptions, but could not find sponsorship(s).
Love the link description, thanks.
ReplyDelete@james - I haven’t fully looked in to it but my impression is the lack of sex is downstream from the lack of coupling up. Spending more time at home doesn’t help if there’s no one else there.
The article claimed that there was a decline among the married as well, and they compared age cohorts then and now: 50-60 then vs 50-60 now, etc.
DeleteOh interesting! I didn’t click on the link because I’d just finished a different article on the same topic. Seems like it’s becoming a consistent finding. Maybe that’s why so many people seem so grumpy all the time.
DeleteGlenn Reynolds used to advocate that couples have regular "maintenance sex," with little fuss or expectation. Probably a good idea.
ReplyDeleteYounger Americans are far less likely to drink alcohol. https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2025/08/15/americans-are-drinking-less-alcohol-than-ever-before-heres-what-to-know/
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting article interviewing people about alcohol: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/americans-are-drinking-less
That, by itself, would decrease the amount of sex.
Increasing marijuana consumption probably plays a role, by decreasing ambition and professional success in young people. The gradual legalization of weed fits the timeline.
ReplyDeleteIt's tempting to blame social media, but it could just as well be the ideas that media spread. It would be ironic if people drinking less alcohol for health reasons led to an epidemic of loneliness, which is (in my opinion) more dangerous.
Also, I gather that vast numbers of people have been prescribed drugs which decrease libido and lead to significant weight gain. https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/mental-health/what-to-do-if-mood-medications-are-affecting-your-sex-life/
Perhaps this isn't a moral failing in young people as much as a moral failing in the medical establishment? If you had to choose between being a truck drive, married with children, who drinks beers with friends or an un-partnered "asexual" retail clerk on SSRIs, which life would you choose?
Psychiatric medications such as lithium are sometimes horrible for weight gain.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of gluten, have you had any experience with sourdough bread? I've heard that if it's properly fermented (let sit for 3+ hours) then some people who don't do well with gluten can do just fine with sourdough bread.
ReplyDeleteI have a loaf of slow-rising bread in the freezer that I am having one slice at a time, experimentally. So far, so good.
ReplyDeleteNice. I need to get started starting my starter. Just got a Dutch oven for baking. I'm hoping it goes well.
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