Why Americans Are Having Less Sex

>> RESEARCHERS NOTICE THERE HAS BEEN A DROP OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY
AMONG COUPLES TODAY.
THEY FOUND OUT THROUGH A NUMBER OF SURVEYS
DATING BACK TO 1989.
THEY LOOKED AT SURVEYS NOT ONLY FROM 1999,
THROUGH 2013.
BASED ON RESPONSES THEY FOUND THE PEOPLE JUST
AREN'T HAVING AS MUCH SEX AS THEY USE TO.
KEEP IN MIND THAT
IN TERMS OF FINDING REASONS FOR WHY THERE HAS BEEN A DROP IN
SEXUAL ACTIVITY, THEY DID CONTROL FOR PORNOGRAPHY.
THAT IS
NOT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.
LET'S GET INTO THE
METHODOLOGY A LITTLE BIT.
HERE IS WHAT THEY FOUND.
THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT COULD BE PLAYING A ROLE.
JAYAR
JACKSON USUALLY JUMPS IN AND SAYS WE ARE ALL ZAPPED.
THERE IS
A PHENOMENON IN JAPAN WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
RELATIONSHIPS OR HAVING SEX.
SOME THINK IT MIGHT HAVE TO DO
WITH TECHNOLOGY.
>>YOU CAN SEE WERE HER PROCLIVITIES ARE.
>> I KNOW, BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE DO ENJOY SEX.
BUT IT IS
WORK.
I THINK THE HARDEST PART IS CONVINCING YOURSELF TO GET
STARTED.
YOU ARE TIRED, YOU JUST WANT TO GET STARTED.
IT'S LIKE
GOING TO THE GYM.
IF FEELS REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU'RE THERE,
AND IT FEELS REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL
GOOD WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
>>THERE MIGHT BE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
I THINK I THINK IT
FEELS PRETTY GOOD THINKING ABOUT IT.
THIS ARTICLE STARTED GREAT.
I'M SURPRISED THEY TALKED ABOUT THINGS OTHER THAN DAVID SIROTA.
>> OR OTHER THAN CRAPPING ON MILLENNIAL'S.
>> ANYWAY ñ IT STARTED OUT GOOD BECAUSE THEY SAID PEOPLE ARE
HAVING LESS SEX THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
I MISS THE 1960S WERE
EVERYONE WAS HAVING SEX.
I MISS TODAY'S TENDER THING.
THEN THEY
CLARIFY IT IS MAINLY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MARRIED.
ANOTHER ELBOW
IN MY HEAD.
IT'S NOT MAINLY SINGLE PEOPLE, IT IS FOR MARRIED
COUPLES.
THAT MEANS IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THE SINGLES THAT ARE
ACTUALLY HAVING JUST AS MUCH IF NOT MORE SEX, THE MARRIED
COUPLES ARE HAVING EVEN LESS SEX.
>>THAT IS THE CRAZY PART.
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS YOU GET MARRIED, THEN YOU HAVE LESS
SEX ANYWAY.
BUT IT'S EVEN LESS THAN WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
>>THAT IS A LOW BAR DUDE.
>> FOR ME GIVE YOU MORE REASONS THAT INDIVIDUALS NOT NECESSARILY
TIED TO THIS RESEARCH, HAVE SUGGESTED.
ONE SEXUALITY
COUNSELOR SAYS THIS.
>> I AM NOT BUYING ANY OF THEIR EXPLANATIONS.
REMEMBER THE STUDY
IS ABOUT OUR PEOPLE HAVING MORE OR LESS SEX.
THOSE ARE THE FACTS, EVERYTHING ELSE IS SPECULATION.
>>THEY ARE HYPOTHESIZING ABOUT THE REASONS WHY.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T TESTED THOSE HYPOTHESES YET.
>>YOU CAN BLAME NETFLIX AND HELICOPTER PARENTING.
THEY MIGHT
HAVE MISSED OTHER PARTS OF IT WHICH IS MAY BE KNOWING THAT
PORN IS AVAILABLE LATER, LEADS TO LESS SEX NOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE SPENDING MORE TIME WITH YOUR KIDS
HENCE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEX SEEMS TO ME LIKE A WEAK
SAUCE EXPLANATION.
>>I GET IT.
I DON'T HAVE KIDS BUT I GET IT.
IF YOU ARE USING
UP A TON OF ENERGY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT FOR
YOUR KIDS, THAT IS EXHAUSTING.
I THINK THE MORE EXHAUSTED YOU ARE
THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING INTIMATE
WITH YOUR PARTNER AFTER A LONG DAY.
>> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MUCH MORE LIKELY THAT AFFECTS US ALL.
IT
AFFECTS PEOPLE EVEN IF YOU CONTROL FOR REGION, ECONOMIC
STATUS, RACE, GENDER, ETC.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, I AM NOT
WITH JAYAR JACKSON THAT THE PHONES ARE SAPPING US.
I THINK
IT IS SOME PHENOMENON, WHETHER IT IS CHEMICAL ñ NOW I AM
GETTING INTO CRAZY ñ OVER SPECULATION.
WE ARE PUTTING
PESTICIDES IN THE AIR, COULD THAT BE AFFECTING US?
WE KNOW
IT'S AFFECTING THE SEMEN COUNT.
>> OR PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE.
>> YES, PEOPLE USE A LOT MORE DRUGS.
I THINK THOSE ARE AVENUES
FOR RESEARCH THE NETFLIX AND HELICOPTER PARENTING.
>>I THINK SHE NAMED NETFLIX.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO
BE PHYSICAL AFTER A LONG DAY.
YOU JUST WANT TO GO HOME AND YOU
WANT TO CHILL, OR DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY ENERGY
WHATSOEVER.
I GET THAT.
ALSO CAN WE KEEP IT 100% REAL ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS.
YOU ARE MARRIED, IT'S THE SAME PERSON EVERY DAY.
I
LOVE MY HUSBAND, BUT YEAH SINGLE PEOPLE HAVE MORE SEX.
IF THEY
ARE LUCKY AND THEY ARE OUT THERE DOING THEIR THING.
>> BUT IT USED TO BE JUST YOUR HUSBAND BEFORE TWO. AND ANOTHER
THING, WE HAVE SO MANY MORE ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS.
IN THE
OLD DAYS THERE WAS NO TV ñ WHEN THERE WAS NO TV OR RADIO, THEY
HAD NONSTOP SEX BECAUSE WHAT ELSE WERE THEY GOING TO DO?
NOW
THAT WE HAVE THE INTERNET AND ALL THESE THOUSAND ENTERTAINMENT
OPTIONS, YOU MIGHT HAVE LESS TIME FOR SEX BECAUSE THOSE
ARE
APPEALING OPTIONS.

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