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> get pregnant less often But are they getting pregnant less often per instance of intercourse? There were a lot of articles lately that teenagers and young a

by aianus 8y ago

> get pregnant less often But are they getting pregnant less often per instance of intercourse? There were a lot of articles lately that teenagers and young adults are having less sex now than ever before which IMHO would be a failure rather than a success of overparenting.

DoreenMichele 8y ago
Why on earth would you presume it's a failure? I knew a guy some years older than me who had been a bonafide hippie. He told me "TV cut off at 9pm. Not really anything to do after that but sex and drugs." With the internet providing 24/7 entertainment, that particular issue -- "I'm bored. I think I shall get high and/or laid." -- is mostly a solved problem.
watwut 8y ago
1.) It is both less sex and more protection. 2.) Statistically, kids who are well informed about sex and have factual information tend to both start later and use protection. So no, later sex is not failure of parenting. It is result of kids making rational well informed choices. (Meaning them skipping sex with partner they don't trust, them being less likely to be manipulated or shamed into it, less likely do it just to acquired social status or for fear they will look gay.) 3.) There is nothing inherently good about soon sex. Self control is good thing and will be correlated with later sex (cause you skip some chances by choice). The idea that there is something wrong with you if you are not having sex at 17 is ridiculous anyway.
- aianus 8y ago
  The trend is continuing into adulthood which is the part that’s concerning.
  - watwut 8y ago
    Out of curiosity, why is that concerning - assuming we are really at some kind of historical low e.g. low compared to more then just hippy 80ties including pre-contracepion eras? Is that you think it is lack of sex that makes people have less children (meaning that they would have them had they not be too lazy to have sex)? Or that there are less relationships or that people keep solely their own gender peer group? Mark of people caring about work more then humans? Or something else?

by aianus 8y ago

DoreenMichele 8y ago

Why on earth would you presume it's a failure? I knew a guy some years older than me who had been a bonafide hippie. He told me "TV cut off at 9pm. Not really anything to do after that but sex and drugs." With the internet providing 24/7 entertainment, that particular issue -- "I'm bored. I think I shall get high and/or laid." -- is mostly a solved problem.

watwut 8y ago

1.) It is both less sex and more protection. 2.) Statistically, kids who are well informed about sex and have factual information tend to both start later and use protection. So no, later sex is not failure of parenting. It is result of kids making rational well informed choices. (Meaning them skipping sex with partner they don't trust, them being less likely to be manipulated or shamed into it, less likely do it just to acquired social status or for fear they will look gay.) 3.) There is nothing inherently good about soon sex. Self control is good thing and will be correlated with later sex (cause you skip some chances by choice). The idea that there is something wrong with you if you are not having sex at 17 is ridiculous anyway.

aianus 8y ago
The trend is continuing into adulthood which is the part that’s concerning.
- watwut 8y ago
  Out of curiosity, why is that concerning - assuming we are really at some kind of historical low e.g. low compared to more then just hippy 80ties including pre-contracepion eras? Is that you think it is lack of sex that makes people have less children (meaning that they would have them had they not be too lazy to have sex)? Or that there are less relationships or that people keep solely their own gender peer group? Mark of people caring about work more then humans? Or something else?