Why aren’t young people having sex any more? We asked the public what they thought.
Over the past few decades, sex appears to have been on the decline among teenagers and young adults – but it’s not just happening in Britain.
In the US in 2010, 12 per cent of 18 to 29-year-olds reported not having had sex in the past year, according to the General Social Survey, a long-running sociological survey. In 2024, that figure had doubled.
A similar decline in sexual activity among young people is occurring in high-income countries such as Australia and Germany. But it is most notable in Japan, with a recent review finding that around half of Japanese people remain sexually inexperienced through their mid-20s.
Learn more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504177-why-arent-young-people-having-sex-any-more/
