Re:Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)
by rthomas6 on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:16AM
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So, to me, this implies women being more selective of partners than in the past accounts for some of the overall decrease, but not all.
Re:Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)
by embeng4096 on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:24AM
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Can you elaborate? This particular comment of yours reads to me as agreeing -- as in agreeing that selectivity accounts for some of the decrease in sex, but not all, which I think is what I stated.
Your other comment in this overall thread gives me the impression that you actually disagree though, so I think I'm missing something and would appreciate more explanation.
Re:Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)
by rthomas6 on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:33AM
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No, I agree. My other comment was limited the context of talking about that data only (that 80 percent of women fight over 20% of the men on data sites), not your data. You have promiscuity rates separated by sex, and changes of them over time. The other comment doesn't, and only taking the other comment's data by itself isn't enough, imo, to draw any meaningful conclusions.
Re:Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)
by embeng4096 on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:36AM
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Ah, makes sense -- thanks for clarifying.
I read the chart as indicating a jump from ~15% to 28% of men 18-30 not having sex, and women from ~13% to 18%. So perhaps the simultaneous rise could be due to factors like less promiscuity overall or more selectivity, but I find that GP's reasoning is plausible for explaining why sexlessness in men rose higher and faster than that in women.