By Molly Goddard
1:16pm PST, Jan 24, 2025
Americans are not spending much intimate time together in the bedroom.
According to a new government study, the desire of United States citizens to get
frisky with a partner is lower than ever. Per the National Survey of Family Growth, research found ten percent of young males and seven percent of their female counterparts claim they are still virgins.
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"In sum, for young adult males, s———- has roughly doubled across all measures over the last ten years or so. For young adult females, it has risen by roughly 50 percent," the Institute of
Family Studies (IFS) said of their findings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics — with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — conducts the study every year by talking with American men and women ages 15 to 49.
The candid discussion ranges from everything from
reproductive health to their bedroom preferences.
Per the research, not many young people are hooking up for fun, as 24 percent of males ages 22-34 had not had s– in 2022-2023, which was up from 9 percent in 2013-15. For women, the number was 13 percent, up from 8 percent.
Upon being questioned about if they had engaged in intercourse with another person in the last three months, 35 percent of men said no. Females clocked in at 31 percent who had not, up from 21 percent.
According to the data, the
COVID-19 pandemic took a hit on the adolescent libido as researchers did not see many big changes until between 2019 and 2022.
However, that's not the only reason for the decline in lovemaking. "One of the biggest drivers of declining sexual activity is the decline in
marriage. Married people have more s–, and for most young adults, marriage is occurring later or not at all. As a result, s– is declining," the study clarified.
Data obtained by Pew Research found 25 percent of Americans age 40 and younger had never been married.
Findings also showed that people who fall into that age category live by themselves and without a large community.
A 2024 study by the International Social Work Journal proved males with wives tend to age slower than men without a spouse. However, they must avoid the trappings of having their partner die or going through a
divorce to stay looking young.
