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Why wouldn't it be, simply, "The nation socially isolated in 2020, so less [bow-chicka-bow-bow] happened, so in 2021 there were lower-than-average births"? (Ce
by inanutshellus 5y ago
Why wouldn't it be, simply, "The nation socially isolated in 2020, so less [bow-chicka-bow-bow] happened, so in 2021 there were lower-than-average births"?
(Certainly longer-standing trends will continue as trends, but... the "75%" stat seems like it'd point to covid isolation to me.)
- BlargMcLarg 5y agoWell, at least one source[1] suggests that sexlessness for men was actually dropping during the pandemic, breaking a quite significant trend. Meanwhile, it was rising for women. Seems there is at least room for skepticism, both towards the lackluster amount of evidence as well as what actually happened. [1]: https://ifstudies.org/blog/number-4-in-2021-more-faith-less-sex-why-are-so-many-unmarried-young-adults-not-having-sex https://ifstudies.org/blog/number-4-in-2021-more-faith-less-...