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snoodog  ·  2474 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Too Much Netflix, Not Enough Chill: Why Young Americans Are Having Less Sex

    whereas the 1960s saw a freeing up of attitudes towards sex, pushing at boundaries, this counter-swing is turning sexual freedom into sexual fear, and nearly all sexual opportunities into a legalistic minefield.”

    “I am concerned that we are well on our way to demonising, if not criminalising, all male desire.” In other words, taken too far, the emerging sexual counter-revolution could put a chill on romance, relationships and marriage if sizable numbers of single men become afraid to initiate relationships with women

Basically as it becomes more and more dangers/risky men to ask women out and engage with them the number of men in relationships goes down. It’s going to take a long time for the societal expectations to catch up and have women being the expected initiators. Until that happens sex, marriage rates and birth rates will continue to decline