Saturday, May 18, 2019

Gender Divide: The share of Americans not having sex has reached a record high

The data also show a significant gender divide among 20-somethings.

 (Christopher Ingraham/The Washington Post/Christopher Ingraham/The Washington Post)
(Christopher Ingraham/The Washington Post/Christopher Ingraham/The Washington Post)

For most of the past three decades, 20-something men and women reported similar rates of sexlessness. But that has changed in recent years. Since 2008, the share of men younger than 30 reporting no sex has nearly tripled, to 28 percent. That’s a much steeper increase than the 8 percentage point increase reported among their female peers.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/29/share-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-record-high/