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> The median age of female's first marriage was less than 22 for 100 years and rose to 28 in the last few decades[1]. I would assume this results in a higher nu

> The median age of female's first marriage was less than 22 for 100 years and rose to 28 in the last few decades[1]. I would assume this results in a higher number of partners and more opportunities for an STD to spread. This is a common talking point among conservatives, but it's off-base. Not only has the median number of lifetime sexual partners not increased (in fact, it mostly flatlined from the 1960s, and even fell for many demographics after the 1980s), but it's irrelevant to the issue of gonorrhea, because single unmarried women in their 20s are not the main demographic affected by gonorrhea today.

giantg2 4y ago
Do you have some links? The surveys I found show the opposite for number of partners. I'm also curious about the demographics.
- standardUser 4y ago
  This article is a little dated but it shows the data very clearly. Subsequent surveys have shown similar results, with Boomers and X out-sexing Millennials (by # of partners) and with some signs indicating Z is on track for even fewer partners... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/06/why-millennials-have-sex-with-fewer-partners-than-their-parents-did/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/06/why-m... I think it's a terrible trend and we should all start having sex with more people.
  - giantg2 4y ago
    Pay walled, so I can't see your article. This article references a survey with a fairly small sample size. I found one other article that claimed what you are, but they were stupidly comparing millennials' lifetime average of 8 to boomers lifetime average of 10, even though boomers have been around almost twice as long (millennials would likely track to surpass boomers at the same age). That's why I was curious for more (open) data. https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4479617/average-number-sexual-partners-generation/ https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4479617/average-number-sex...
kar5pt 4y ago
This would be a great comment if you cited sources.

giantg2 4y ago

Do you have some links? The surveys I found show the opposite for number of partners. I'm also curious about the demographics.

standardUser 4y ago
This article is a little dated but it shows the data very clearly. Subsequent surveys have shown similar results, with Boomers and X out-sexing Millennials (by # of partners) and with some signs indicating Z is on track for even fewer partners... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/06/why-millennials-have-sex-with-fewer-partners-than-their-parents-did/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/06/why-m... I think it's a terrible trend and we should all start having sex with more people.
- giantg2 4y ago
  Pay walled, so I can't see your article. This article references a survey with a fairly small sample size. I found one other article that claimed what you are, but they were stupidly comparing millennials' lifetime average of 8 to boomers lifetime average of 10, even though boomers have been around almost twice as long (millennials would likely track to surpass boomers at the same age). That's why I was curious for more (open) data. https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4479617/average-number-sexual-partners-generation/ https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4479617/average-number-sex...

kar5pt 4y ago

This would be a great comment if you cited sources.