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.
