Here's why millennials aren't having sex

Don’t let all that swiping fool you.

When it came to making with the bang-bang, Gen Xers out-banged Millennials.

Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s were much more likely to report having no sexual partners as adults than those born in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a recent study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

THE DETAILS
The study looked at answers to the General Social Survey, which included 26,707 members of the Millennial generation and Generation X.

- Fifteen percent of those ages 20 to 24 and born between 1990 and 1994 reported having no sexual partners since turning 18

- Only six percent of GenX'ers born between 1965 and 1969 said they had no sexual partners during those ages

- There was an apparent break in the Millennial generation. Millennials born in the 1990s also had sex less than those born in the 1980s, and are "growing up more slowly than those born in the 1980s," according to a release from Florida Atlantic University

- Fewer had driver's licenses or were paid for their work

In short, the study's abstract claims that "contrary to popular media conceptions of a 'hookup generation' more likely to engage in frequent casual sex ... Millennials and iGen'ers born in the 1990s, had no sexual partners after age 18."

In other words, the "Hookup Generation" is a myth.

WHY? 

Education
There has been more sex education and awareness of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV.

Porn
Technology makes pornography easier to access.

Define "sex"
The definition of sex might  differ between the generations. For instance some do not consider oral sex actual sex.

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OTHER REASONS:

Those interwebs 

Twenge, author of the book "Generation Me,” told Science Daily that all that swiping on dating apps might be doing as much harm as good.

“Technology may have the opposite effect if young people are spending so much time online that they interact less in person, and thus don't have sex," she said.

Safety
Twenge also offered personal safety and media stories about college sexual abuse as a possible explanation to Science Daily.

“This generation is very interested in safety, which also appears in their reduced use of alcohol and their interest in 'safe spaces' on campus," she told the website.

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