Millennials are turned off sex, study suggests, with one in eight still virgins at 26

[Anti Federalist]

Pffft, speaking as a man, I can't blame the young men.

I'd just as soon stick my dick in a wood chipper as have anything to do with a fourth wave femi-nazi.

MGTOW

Millennials are turned off sex, study suggests, with one in eight still virgins at 26

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...still-virgins/

6 MAY 2018 • 1:04PM

Millennials are waiting longer to have sex, with one in eight still virgins at 26 years old, new research has found.

The sharp rise in the number of young people waiting longer to have sex may be because of a "fear of intimacy" and the pressure of social media, according to analysts.

The Next Steps project, the brainchild of the Department for Education which is now managed by University College London, has tracked 16,000 people born in 1989-90 since they were 14.

The interviews, conducted in 2016, discovered a rise in the number of Millenials waiting longer to have sex compared to previous generations, where one in 20 reported still being virgins at around the same age.

Susanna Abse, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Balint Consultancy, told the Sunday Times: "Millenials have been brought up in a culture of hypersexuality which has bred a fear of intimacy.

The "fear of exposure" on social media has been suggested as a possible reason why young people are waiting longer to have sex
The 'fear of exposure' on social media has been suggested as a possible reason why young people are waiting longer to have sex CREDIT: DOMINIC LIPINKSI/PA
"The women are always up for it with beautiful hard bodies and the men have permanent erections. That is daunting to young people.

"The fear for young men is of being humiliated that they can't live up to that, plus the fear of exposure in your Facebook group."

If those who refused to answer the question were also virgins, the figure rises to one in six , according to Steve McKay, professor in social research at Lincoln University.


The research also found that as young people get older they are less likely to have sexual partners, with more than 90% of those who had lost their virginity having done so before 19-years-old.

The Next Steps project began in 2004 and monitored pupils attending state and independent schools across England. The UCL Institute of Education, part of University College London, took over the study in 2013.

[Bern]

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The Next Steps project, the brainchild of the Department for Education which is now managed by University College London, has tracked 16,000 people born in 1989-90 since they were 14.
...

In physics, the observer effect is the theory that simply observing a situation or phenomenon necessarily changes that phenomenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics)

It's not clear how the study was conducted, but if these kids were aware that they were participating in a study that was tracking their sexual history, it's possible that might have affected their decision making. It's also possible that the youth culture in the UK is very different from the youth culture over here, because I really don't think we would be seeing the mental crises from "incels" if voluntary celibacy were so widespread/common.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/w...rebellion.html

https://www.vox.com/world/2018/4/25/...alek-minassian


Also, CSB: About a month ago I caught my 18yo son lying to me (again). He wasn't where we thought he was (or where he was supposed to be). So, I'm reading him the riot act and I'm drawing lines in the sand and explaining what his future is going to look like with respect to my support depending upon his decision making going forward. I ask him if there is anything else he wants to come clean about while we're already clearing the air (so I don't hold it against him down the line). He meekly replies, "Well, I'm not a virgin." Uhhh... Not really what I meant, but thanks for sharing.

[Suzanimal]

Mine are virgins and that's fine with me. I tell them it's the Crocs but, in actuality, it's because they're cheap. My oldest (19) has talked about how he likes money better than women so much I bought him this t-shirt for his birthday.

[jmdrake]

Pffft, speaking as a man, I can't blame the young men.

I'd just as soon stick my dick in a wood chipper as have anything to do with a fourth wave femi-nazi.

MGTOW

Millennials are turned off sex, study suggests, with one in eight still virgins at 26

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...still-virgins/

6 MAY 2018 • 1:04PM

Millennials are waiting longer to have sex, with one in eight still virgins at 26 years old, new research has found.

The sharp rise in the number of young people waiting longer to have sex may be because of a "fear of intimacy" and the pressure of social media, according to analysts.

The Next Steps project, the brainchild of the Department for Education which is now managed by University College London, has tracked 16,000 people born in 1989-90 since they were 14.

The interviews, conducted in 2016, discovered a rise in the number of Millenials waiting longer to have sex compared to previous generations, where one in 20 reported still being virgins at around the same age.

Susanna Abse, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Balint Consultancy, told the Sunday Times: "Millenials have been brought up in a culture of hypersexuality which has bred a fear of intimacy.

The "fear of exposure" on social media has been suggested as a possible reason why young people are waiting longer to have sex
The 'fear of exposure' on social media has been suggested as a possible reason why young people are waiting longer to have sex CREDIT: DOMINIC LIPINKSI/PA
"The women are always up for it with beautiful hard bodies and the men have permanent erections. That is daunting to young people.

"The fear for young men is of being humiliated that they can't live up to that, plus the fear of exposure in your Facebook group."

If those who refused to answer the question were also virgins, the figure rises to one in six , according to Steve McKay, professor in social research at Lincoln University.


The research also found that as young people get older they are less likely to have sexual partners, with more than 90% of those who had lost their virginity having done so before 19-years-old.

The Next Steps project began in 2004 and monitored pupils attending state and independent schools across England. The UCL Institute of Education, part of University College London, took over the study in 2013.

I'm confused. They are reporting people waiting to have sex as if it's a bad thing. I was well into my 20s before I had sex but that's largely out of not knowing how to approach women. I wish I could have said it was based on religious virtue but I'm not going to straight up lie.

[euphemia]

If their answers are the truth, then we have a lot of young people who are at 0 risk for HIV/AIDS and other STDs.

[Suzanimal]

I'm confused. They are reporting people waiting to have sex as if it's a bad thing. I was well into my 20s before I had sex but that's largely out of not knowing how to approach women. I wish I could have said it was based on religious virtue but I'm not going to straight up lie.

If their answers are the truth, then we have a lot of young people who are at 0 risk for HIV/AIDS and other STDs.

I know, right? Weird. Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't...

[opal]

"The Next Steps project, the brainchild of the Department for Education which is now managed by University College London, has tracked 16,000 people born in 1989-90 since they were 14.

The interviews, conducted in 2016, discovered a rise in the number of Millenials waiting longer to have sex compared to previous generations, where one in 20 reported still being virgins at around the same age."

ok.. this has probably been debated to death since the century changed but, to qualify as a "millennial" - don't you have to be BORN this century?

Studying people born in 1989-1990 - nope.. X generation.. not Millennials

[specsaregood]

"The Next Steps project, the brainchild of the Department for Education which is now managed by University College London, has tracked 16,000 people born in 1989-90 since they were 14.

The interviews, conducted in 2016, discovered a rise in the number of Millenials waiting longer to have sex compared to previous generations, where one in 20 reported still being virgins at around the same age."

ok.. this has probably been debated to death since the century changed but, to qualify as a "millennial" - don't you have to be BORN this century?

Studying people born in 1989-1990 - nope.. X generation.. not Millennials

It seems like it should be that way, probably why the term millennial is misused so much, but what you are thinking of millennial is actually "Generation Z"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genera...of_generations

Millenial = early 80s - early 2000s.

[euphemia]

I know, right? Weird. Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't...

The biggest mistake someone can make is entering a sexual relationship without sufficient maturity. I was an at-risk teen--mom passed away, dad was a raging alcoholic. Poor. I knew that having a baby in those circumstances would absolutely wreck any chance I had of a future. I was determined not to go down that path until I was done with school and ready to be an adult.

[dannno]

Studying people born in 1989-1990 - nope.. X generation.. not Millennials

Millenials were born from 1982 - 2000

[Suzanimal]

We should send dannno to England, he'd help 'em with their virgin problem.


BTW, I'm just teasing. I love dannno.

[ghengis86]

"The Next Steps project, the brainchild of the Department for Education which is now managed by University College London, has tracked 16,000 people born in 1989-90 since they were 14.

The interviews, conducted in 2016, discovered a rise in the number of Millenials waiting longer to have sex compared to previous generations, where one in 20 reported still being virgins at around the same age."

ok.. this has probably been debated to death since the century changed but, to qualify as a "millennial" - don't you have to be BORN this century?

Studying people born in 1989-1990 - nope.. X generation.. not Millennials

It seems like it should be that way, probably why the term millennial is misused so much, but what you are thinking of millennial is actually "Generation Z"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genera...of_generations

Millenial = early 80s - early 2000s.

Millenials were born from 1982 - 2000

Millennial = first generation coming of age in the new millennium.

But even within that definition, there's a big difference between early and late millennials. Those born in 2000 don't even remember 9/11 (tm). Early's didn't grow up with smart phones and FaceFuckbook. Interesting stuff

[DamianTV]

So, if your choice is to have sex with Trigglypuff, or remain a virgin, what would you choose? Me? I'd rather remain a virgin for eternity.

[dannno]

Millennial = first generation coming of age in the new millennium.

But even within that definition, there's a big difference between early and late millennials. Those born in 2000 don't even remember 9/11 (tm). Early's didn't grow up with smart phones and FaceFuckbook. Interesting stuff

There was a VERY CLEAR line in the sand, if you were that age like I was you would know.

The name came because people born in 1982 graduated high school and became adults in 2000.

We were texting and had cell phones in 2000 and 2001, everybody communicated on AIM as well. Gmail came out around 2001. Myspace became popular in 2003 and in 2004 Facebook became available to college students, including those millennials still in college who were born in 1982.

Anybody born in 1981 and graduated high school in 1999 was largely out of the loop. Not a lot of 'popular' guys and girls using computers to communicate who were that age.. whereas one year younger at least 90% of the girls in my freshman class in college had AIM, maybe 98%.

[ghengis86]

There was a VERY CLEAR line in the sand, if you were that age like I was you would know.

The name came because people born in 1982 graduated high school and became adults in 2000.

We were texting and had cell phones in 2000 and 2001, everybody communicated on AIM as well. Gmail came out around 2001. Myspace became popular in 2003 and in 2004 Facebook became available to college students, including those millennials still in college who were born in 1982.

Anybody born in 1981 and graduated high school in 1999 was largely out of the loop. Not a lot of 'popular' guys and girls using computers to communicate who were that age.. whereas one year younger at least 90% of the girls in my freshman class in college had AIM, maybe 98%.

The single reason why I type fast is AIM. not Almena Typing Time videos from grade school with the Apple IIe. Type fast or (socially) die! Pretty sure AIM messages got me laid on multiple occasions. And coordinated rendezvous.

I'm fairly certain I can type faster, with less mistakes and with better punctuation and grammar than anyone younger than me or even fresh out of college. Once texting really took off, there was no need to be proficient at "word processing" bc you only had to do it for papers in school. It's pathetic what admin assistants consider fast typing.

"Kids" today are buried in devices and fake online lives; they don't have the same intimate, one on one connections now. I think early Millennials had a good mix of new emerging technology that connected them to others, yet didn't cannibalize all face to face interactions like it does now.

Anyway, each generation is worse than the previous and whatnot. Fornicate - eat, drink and be merry - and die...

[fisharmor]

The biggest mistake someone can make is entering a sexual relationship without sufficient maturity. I was an at-risk teen--mom passed away, dad was a raging alcoholic. Poor. I knew that having a baby in those circumstances would absolutely wreck any chance I had of a future. I was determined not to go down that path until I was done with school and ready to be an adult.

I have to say, you are the absolute last person on this forum I would have expected to treat children like life-wreckers.


It's different for men, you know... these days men only risk being labeled sex offenders and never gaining employment for the next 60+ years.
The tragedy of raising a child kind of pales in comparison to that.

[Dr.3D]

Mine are virgins and that's fine with me. I tell them it's the Crocs but, in actuality, it's because they're cheap. My oldest (19) has talked about how he likes money better than women so much I bought him this t-shirt for his birthday.

That reminds me of the old military marching cadence.....

"I don't know but I've been told."
"I don't know but I've been told."
"If you hang around women, you'll never have gold."
"If you hang around women, you'll never have gold."

[specsaregood]

I'm fairly certain I can type faster, with less mistakes and with better punctuation and grammar than anyone younger than me or even fresh out of college. Once texting really took off, there was no need to be proficient at "word processing" bc you only had to do it for papers in school. It's pathetic what admin assistants consider fast typing.

I'm not so sure about that, lots of online games have chatting options. I was amazed just tonight at watching my 7r old type. He's was completely touch typing blazing fast while chatting in his game Roblox. I'm not sure where he learned it all, mostly self taught I guess. I unleashed him on youtubes comments a few months ago --showed him how to add them, after seeing him reading them in depth-- I felt like an evil mastermind in doing so... muahahaha

[specsaregood]

//dupe

[heavenlyboy34]

Millenials were born from 1982 - 2000

1981, not 82. #professionalmilennial http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/defining-generations-where-millennials-end-and-post-millennials-begin/

[opal]

well now I'm sad that my kid does fall in that category


However - you'd never know it by actions and behavior -
entitled crap does not fly in my family


for age - I used to have two categories of folks..
those that remember when the Beetles broke up..
and those that just heard about it
now there's a third
those that have no clue who the beetles were

[Anti Federalist]

Gee, I wonder why?

[dannno]

Gee, I wonder why?

That sucks.

[Anti Globalist]

I'm just glad I'm not the only 26 year old who is still a virgin.

[Danke]

Loose Millennials tightened here.

[oyarde]

I'm just glad I'm not the only 26 year old who is still a virgin.

I was worn out by 26 . Had spent eight years in the Army , was working as a factory foreman for some time , married , kids , house payment ...... but hey , muh boat was pd for

[tod evans]

Lost my virginity at 12....Several decades ago.

[Danke]

I was worn out by 26 . Had spent eight years in the Army , was working as a factory foreman for some time , married , kids , house payment ...... but hey , muh boat was pd for

Whose boat was that, that you "picked up?"

[oyarde]

Whose boat was that, that you "picked up?"

I bought it for 50 FRN's when I was 12 . I still have it .

[Raginfridus]

Lost my virginity at 12....Several decades ago.

Bottom doesn't count.