Less Sex, More Screen Time?

The rivalry between my aging Baby Boomer generation and those young, hip Millennials has opened a new front according to an article in yesterday’s Washington Post.

Boomers like this aging slave have long been known for our self indulgence. Our generational mantra was (and still is) “sex, drugs and  rock and roll”. And did I mention Sex?

It takes a boomer to create a sex blog like me to brag for years in 500 word or less installments about how many times I have sex with my wife/Mistress. Or how many sexual partners she has had.

On the other hand, the Millennials, brought to heel by the ugly of the 2008 recession, are known for their abstemious ways: delaying reproduction, delaying home ownership, getting by on "gigs" rather than “real” jobs, driving less, occupying fewer square feet, etc. etc. The only things they do more of than their boomer parents and grandparents are craft beers and kale salads.

Sadly, it turns out they have sex less too!

That pathetic diagnosis was  confirmed  on a day when Mistress and slave “indulged” twice: once before our morning bike ride, and then later after a lazy nap on an overcast afternoon.  Mistress even got in a little cock riding during round two, that pushed her cum count to at least 4 by my calculation.

The Post Story leads with a headline quoting a Millennial on sex: “There really isn’t anything magical about it.”  It is sourced by  a recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior (my issue must be in my mailbox at home!) to the effect that Millennials, particularly the younger ones,  are having sex less frequently and with fewer partners than the self-indulgent boomer generation.

It’s a less sexy time to be young than it used to be, despite millennials’ reputation as bed-hoppers frolicking like the characters on “Girls.” A study published Tuesday in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior finds that younger millennials — born in the 1990s — are more than twice as likely to be sexually inactive in their early 20s as the previous generation.

They are also doing it with fewer partners.

As a Dad  of two young ladies in this generational cadre, I should be gratified that they are less likely to hop in bed with any guy with an eager organ. But still, there is a little sadness to this guy:

Noah Patterson, 18, likes to sit in front of several screens simultaneously: a work project, a YouTube clip, a video game. To shut it all down for a date or even a one-night stand seems like a waste. “For an average date, you’re going to spend at least two hours, and in that two hours I won’t be doing something I enjoy,” he said.

Dang. I’d hate to cut into my screen time just for another roll in the hay!

It may be the cut-throat competition of the current economic climate that has made millennials more sex adverse, like the young non-stud quoted below:

He has never had sex, although he likes porn. “I’d rather be watching YouTube videos and making money.” Sex, he said, is “not going to be something people ask you for on your résumé.”

That attitude does not surprise Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist at Rutgers University and chief scientific adviser to the dating site Match.com.

“It’s a highly motivated, ambitious generation,” she said. “A lot of them are afraid that they’ll get into something they can’t get out of and they won’t be able to get back to their desk and keep studying.”

It could be us Boomers had it too easy. We thought we could have careers, lots of sex and kids too! And we did! We had it all, and the tides of the economy were definitely on our side. But I gotta tell you, I’d much rather have sex with Mistress than more screen time, more on-line porn, or another craft IPA to wash down my kale salad.