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Why are fewer young adults having casual sex? (alarmist community)

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177...dContainer

EXCERPTS: Fewer young adults are engaging in casual sexual intercourse now than in the past, but the reasons for this decline are unknown. The authors use data from the 2007 through 2017 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition into Adulthood Supplement to quantify some of the proximate sources of the decline in the likelihood that unpartnered young adults ages 18 to 23 have recently had sexual intercourse. Among young women, the decline in the frequency of drinking alcohol explains about one quarter of the drop in the propensity to have casual sex. Among young men, declines in drinking frequency, an increase in computer gaming, and the growing percentage who coreside with their parents all contribute significantly to the decline in casual sex. The authors find no evidence that trends in young adults’ economic circumstances, internet use, or television watching explain the recent decline in casual sexual activity.

[...] An important form of adolescent and young adult sexual activity is encounters that occur outside of a committed relationship or partnership, encounters we refer to here mainly as “casual sex.” In recent decades casual sexual encounters have become normative behavior among emerging adults of both sexes (Bogle 2008). Casual sexual encounters could involve people who are strangers or acquaintances, previous partners, or friends (Garcia et al. 2012). Some casual sexual encounters may serve as a sort of trial or rehearsal for determining whether a long-term romantic partnership is desirable (Manning, Giordano, and Longmore 2006).

The decline in casual sexual activity could have both positive and negative consequences for young adults and broader society. On one hand, less frequent casual sex may lead to fewer unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, and mental health problems (Arnett 2018; Bersamin et al. 2014; Townsend et al. 2020). On the other hand, sexual inactivity may hinder young adults’ psychosocial development and diminish their physical and emotional gratification (Julian 2018). Nationally representative data on the frequency of, or trends in, casual sex are rare (cf. Johnson 2013). However, the decline in sexual activity among unmarried young adults (Ueda et al. 2020) suggests that a decline in casual sex parallels the more general decline in sexual frequency among young adults... (MORE - details)
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