• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    2008 was the beginning of the recession, and in many ways things never really recovered. Cost of college never went down. Housing remains unattainable for most young people. And the job market is becoming more exploitative than ever.

    Financial uncertainty creates anxiety. People with too much anxiety don’t have the time or energy for relationships and family. As it happens, countries where this is felt even more, like Korea and Japan, have it far worse.

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      I like the Bourne Ultimatum theory better. We peaked there and will never achieve that high again!

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        by that logic, nobody would have sex while in high school. And japan would have basically no virgins, since they have the love hotels.

        btw, america needs those. very covenient, and with the housing prices and everyone living with their parents, very much in demand

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          Expectations are a lot different for high schoolers than adults in their 20s. I absolutely got rejected quite a bit in my 20s for living with my parents. Not by everyone but it was common. My 20s mostly came after the 2008 collapse, coincidentally or not.

          This is in the US by the way and I’m sure it’s a cultural thing. In many countries, living with your parents until you’re financially stable or married is normal.

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    “Young male virgins” equals “men under age 30 who report zero female sex partners since they turned 18”?

    Good thing no male has sex before 18 or with anyone who isn’t female.

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    How would that make them virgins? They could e8tger be gay, 9r have had sex before being 18.

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    That’s when social media started earnestly taking a foothold. I am guessing maybe this has to do with depressed females (there are studies which indicate social media use affects females more and also depresses them). Depressed females likely have different preferences and standards than those who are not, perhaps. If you don’t like yourself, you’re unlikely to pursue and welcome relationships.

    Alternatively, that was the time of the Great Recession. Perhaps some young adults in general are too economically stressed to do normal activities?

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        In the context of this discussion, the chart title is “young male virginity on the rise”, so it doesn’t seem too far off the mark.

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          Yeah male virginity. Male is an adjective in this case.

          Male or especially Female as a noun, has a very weird ring to it. Sounds kinda disrespectful, as said above, like your talk about cattle…

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            Eh, monkey see word male, monkey think female appropriate word to use when discussing things.

            Monkey brain is not the smart brain, but I understand where it’s coming from.

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    men under 30 who report zero female sex partners since turning 18

    Okay, but what about male partners?

    Also, can we clarify whether we’re defining “sex” as “sexual contact” versus “penial vaginal intercourse”? Because I think ex-President Clinton is still a virgin under the second definition.

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      Not every study has to be about everything, there’s plenty of interesting things this tells us.

      Lots of follow up studies too, are gen z women the same or do they all go for older guys or the same guy? Is this trend tied with sexual identity, how do men feel about it, do porn habits correlate, how does it split demographically and economically…

      Doing a study on all these factors would be huge and expensive, getting a good data point to inform future study design is a vital step.

      But yeah look up the paper I bet they asked more than one question and have a methodology based on sound principles trying to increase understanding of a complex subject.