2008 was the beginning of the recession, and in many ways things never really recovered. Cost of college never went down. Housing remains unattainable for most young people. And the job market is becoming more exploitative than ever.
Financial uncertainty creates anxiety. People with too much anxiety don’t have the time or energy for relationships and family. As it happens, countries where this is felt even more, like Korea and Japan, have it far worse.
I like the Bourne Ultimatum theory better. We peaked there and will never achieve that high again!
Okay but what happened in 1989 when it was 1% lower?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_(film)
Weird Al Yankovic’s first movie released in 1989. That clearly explains it.
See that peak a little while after 1989?
I lost my virginity in 1993.
😎
To who?
The girl I was having sex with.
Yeah and her name was? Matilda?
Why on Earth do you think I’d tell you what her name was?
So it was Matilda.
Looks like I’m finally better than the majority at something!
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“Young male virgins” equals “men under age 30 who report zero female sex partners since they turned 18”?
Good thing no male has sex before 18 or with anyone who isn’t female.
It’s confirmed.
The Bourne Ultimatum turned men gay.
More like Bourne Ulti-gay-tum.
I’ll see myself out.
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men under 30 who report zero female sex partners since turning 18
Okay, but what about male partners?
Also, can we clarify whether we’re defining “sex” as “sexual contact” versus “penial vaginal intercourse”? Because I think ex-President Clinton is still a virgin under the second definition.
How would that make them virgins? They could e8tger be gay, 9r have had sex before being 18.
If you don’t fuck for 12 years, your virginity grows back.
That’s when social media started earnestly taking a foothold. I am guessing maybe this has to do with depressed females (there are studies which indicate social media use affects females more and also depresses them). Depressed females likely have different preferences and standards than those who are not, perhaps. If you don’t like yourself, you’re unlikely to pursue and welcome relationships.
Alternatively, that was the time of the Great Recession. Perhaps some young adults in general are too economically stressed to do normal activities?
ugh i hate the word “females”. why not just say “women”
In the context of this discussion, the chart title is “young male virginity on the rise”, so it doesn’t seem too far off the mark.
Yeah male virginity. Male is an adjective in this case.
Male or especially Female as a noun, has a very weird ring to it. Sounds kinda disrespectful, as said above, like your talk about cattle…
Eh, monkey see word male, monkey think female appropriate word to use when discussing things.
Monkey brain is not the smart brain, but I understand where it’s coming from.
Ok, now overlay young men under 30 who are into Ben Shapiro and Andrew Tate…
Housing crash fucked everyone for generations.
Mass adoption of cellphones, social media, streaming services and the destruction of third spaces. Endless entertainment, decreased socialization.
People have been fucking while living with their parents for most of humanity. That’s not the problem, at least in terms of first experiences.
When most people have to worry about their rent & food everyday of their life while working for ludicrous amounts of time every week, having a family or relationships in general just look like more expenses for the individual. It’s not an issue only men face either.
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is your mom the housing crash?
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zero female sex partners
Well that’s a meaningless study then
Not every study has to be about everything, there’s plenty of interesting things this tells us.
Lots of follow up studies too, are gen z women the same or do they all go for older guys or the same guy? Is this trend tied with sexual identity, how do men feel about it, do porn habits correlate, how does it split demographically and economically…
Doing a study on all these factors would be huge and expensive, getting a good data point to inform future study design is a vital step.
But yeah look up the paper I bet they asked more than one question and have a methodology based on sound principles trying to increase understanding of a complex subject.
