Why the world stopped having sex

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The massive rise of antidepressants, which suppress libido, might have some affect.<p>Maybe also the constant drip feed of hormones from screen time.<p>Edit: also obesity, which is a double-whammy of a) reducing libido, and b) reducing sexual attractiveness

A lot of comments here are pointing to specific causes such as microplastics and testosterone levels, prescriptions etc. Perhaps there&#x27;s something to it, but gay&#x2F;bi men specifically aren&#x27;t slowing down, so this seems to be a uniquely <i>straight</i> issue [1]:<p>&quot;In the post hoc analyses, an increase in sexual inactivity and having no sexual partners among men was observed in most sociodemographic subgroups but not among gay or bisexual participants...&quot;<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jamanetwork.com&#x2F;journals&#x2F;jamanetworkopen&#x2F;fullarticle&#x2F;2767066" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jamanetwork.com&#x2F;journals&#x2F;jamanetworkopen&#x2F;fullarticle...</a><p>Medical advancements such as the availability of PrEP have been a boon to the gay community, and it&#x27;s paired with frequent STD testing.<p>Gay men are exposed to the same environmental hazards, and also have smartphones&#x2F;social media, so I&#x27;m not convinced that&#x27;s what been slowing down their straight counterparts.

The invention of the screen probably did more than anything else to curb sex.<p>100 years ago, what was a couple likely doing for entertainment at 10 PM on a Saturday? What about now?

&gt; Maybe people are more able to tell us that they’re not having sex.<p>It was the first thought that occurred to me: maybe we aren&#x27;t having less sex, but we are simply more honest about it.<p>But the article makes even the above statement in support of the title: maybe journalism needs more honesty too?

Its interesting that dietary and pharmaceutical changes aren&#x27;t considered at all.<p>At least in the US, a majority of adults are on at least one prescription drug and a large number have two or more. Our diets have also changed to include a much larger proportion of vegetable oils, processed foods, and soy to name a few.

I don&#x27;t think there&#x27;s a single answer to this as it is a multi facade problem. However I have been wondering is how much the global decline of testosterone levels in men has been contributing to this?<p>Speaking personally, I had no idea my testosterone levels were low until my wife and I started having arguments over sex, I know it sounds ridiculous but I had close to no libido as a man in his 30s. Even when I was younger I had no desire for sex and just thought it&#x27;s &quot;the way I am&quot;. My wife and I are both Catholics so naturally we don&#x27;t attribute much value to sex however after a series of frustrating fights, I did some research and figured I should get tested..<p>When my results came back, I was only at 10nmol&#x2F;L! After repeating the test multiple times (3 times, before 9AM), my baseline was established at 10-12 nmol&#x2F;L..<p>This was _very_ surprising as I have a healthy BMI, exercise regularly (weight lifting + cardio 2x a week) and eat well..<p>Anyway after being refused by public doctors for TRT (since I&#x27;m in the &quot;normal&quot; range), I finally had it. I went to see a private urologist and he immediately put me on HCG + TRT and it has been incredible.. It has been 5 months now and my mood is much better, my libido is like a teenager and I have more energy.<p>Moral of the story: check your testosterone levels gentlemen!

A possible contributing factor is that people, and especially young people, are drinking less alcohol than the generations prior, which is leading to stronger inhibitions, a lower frequency of one-night stands and no hangover sex.<p>No, I have no sources for this assumption at hand.

Somewhat strangely, this makes me think of something Dijkstra wrote[1]:<p><pre><code> Technology is expert at inflicting radical novelties upon mankind. Nuclear weapons and the pill are examples from the last 50 years; so is in my opinion the automatic computer, and this not so much in its capacity of a tool —in that capacity it causes only a ripple on the surface of our culture— as in its capacity of a challenge that is absolutely without precedent in the history of Mankind. </code></pre> While no doubt screens and porn and so on are contributing factors, it’s probably worth considering the sexual impact of near ubiquitous intentionally taken sexual endocrine disrupters.<p>In my personal experience women who go off the pill have marked increases in libido. Of course that’s anecdotal, but the plural of anecdote is data.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cs.utexas.edu&#x2F;users&#x2F;EWD&#x2F;transcriptions&#x2F;EWD10xx&#x2F;EWD1035.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cs.utexas.edu&#x2F;users&#x2F;EWD&#x2F;transcriptions&#x2F;EWD10xx&#x2F;E...</a>

Maybe a controversial opinion, but I&#x27;m pretty happy with this trend. I see no value in extra-marital sex. I was always put off by the cultural expectation that one is supposed to &quot;experiment&quot; sexually, before one decides to settle down.

Aren&#x27;t STDs at an all time high? How does this relate to low levels of sex?

In the case of France, for anyone who understands French, in this debate[1], it is said that when men watch pornography, their brain gets used to a certain category of female bodies to whom their wife&#x2F;girlfriend does not resemble, hence they lose attraction towards their partner, but also in the women around them and the ones they see in their daily life, in a nightclub ...etc.<p>It is also said that porn is more and more violent, so lots of men are not excited in the normal and romantic way of making love (most likely your wife&#x2F;girlfriend won&#x27;t let you treat her the way your brain is trained to through porn)<p>There is also one interesting opinion in that debate (from an author which was not present, but was quoted): when French boys get a bunch of sexual experiences in their adolescence, it is normal they loose that sense of romance and attraction once adult.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=AqrRSF8rrlU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=AqrRSF8rrlU</a>

I&#x27;ve seen a lot of these articles, and they mention that both singles and people in relationships are having less sex, but I have to wonder if fewer romantic relationships are being formed as well? The <i>desire</i> for intimacy doesn&#x27;t seem any less, but is it being fulfilled in other ways, like AI spouses or romantic literature and movies?

We&#x27;ve outsourced our sex life to porn stars. Er, at least that&#x27;s what one of my friends says....

This article is about France.<p>France has a very large Muslim population, larger than decades ago due to growth of families and immigration. Surely a more conservative cultural norm has played a role.<p>People like to reduce to a single factor: it&#x27;s porn. It&#x27;s careers. It&#x27;s the high cost of living. It&#x27;s micro plastics. It&#x27;s low T. It&#x27;s diet. It&#x27;s this or that.<p>There are probably many things.<p>Note however that we all are bringing our biases into the picture when we select for One master cause.

&gt; The proportion of those aged 18 to 24 who had never had sex was 28 per cent, up from 5 per cent in 2006.<p>What? If this is correct (I doubt it) this alone sounds extremely worrying, also because it indicates that it&#x27;s mostly a problem with the new generation. It&#x27;s a 5-fold increase from 18 years ago.

Screens are really good at entertaining our brains.<p>Before screens, if you are bored you go out and hang out with other people.<p>And the push-pull of romance is entertaining, the sex and the physical activity is a huge rush of hormones to the brain.<p>But we can get a similar rush of hormones on demand by visiting any porn site.

The rich hoarding all the wealth, means everybody is too busy trying to make a living and too tired.

Liberté, égalité, fertilité

Hopefully this trend will result in population growth slow down to give other species a chance.

Beside that people don&#x27;t have marry someone today, I think porn is a key here.<p>Even if only the men should be affected by porn (mis)use, we already have some within 50% of the target group who no longer have desire to have sex.<p>Or in another words: No drive.<p>I don&#x27;t know the effects of porn on womens

Birth control, endocrine disruptive chemicals, engineered strife about &quot;oppression&quot; of women, FUD about global warming and overpopulation, STDs, villification of normal sexual dynamics like men approaching women, poor media depictions of healthy dating and family norms, a concerted effort to make childbirth seem like a tremendously painful and risky thing to be avoided at all costs. It&#x27;s a wonder anyone is having sex, much less having kids. If this doesn&#x27;t turn around, we&#x27;re in for a bunch of trouble.