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Pillow Talk: Why millennials are having less sex than their parents did

Millennials are having far less sex than their baby boomer parents had at the same age, according to a survey of more than 33,000 adults led by San Diego State University researchers.
Millennials are having far less sex than their baby boomer parents had at the same age, according to a survey of more than 33,000 adults led by San Diego State University researchers.
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Pillow Talk: Why millennials are having less sex than their parents did

A new study on generational attitudes toward sex found that twenty-something millennials are having far less sex than their baby boomer parents had at the same age.

Jean Twenge, author of the study Changes in American Adults’ Sexual Behavior and Attitudes and Jeffrey Arnett, author of Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood share how attitudes about sex are changing and why millennials are choosing to have fewer sexual partners and less sex in general than previous generations.

Changes in American Adults’ Sexual Behavior and Attitudes, 1972–2012

Guests:

Jean Twenge, Ph.D., Professor at San Diego State University and Author of study “Changes in American Adults’ Sexual Behavior and Attitudes

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Psychology, Clark University in Worcester, MA and author of “Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood”