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Can someone explain the origin of why Gen Z disdains casual sex, sex scenes, & porn? Every generation before celebrated "getting bitches," used porn profusely, etc. (and is doing much better by all metrics such as depression, employment rate, and dating).
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Anonymous 8w

Idk if we’ve just become more aware of it bc it’s being shoved in our face. Our whole generation doesn’t hate it though, there’s practically a porn epidemic and hookups are maybe more common than ever, that’s probably why people are more loud about disliking it.

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Anonymous 8w

Gen z is between 27 and 14 if we are going by the stupid notion of gen z being born ‘97 to ‘12. Which means the mid and older are the active ones doing casual sex you mean the latter end aren’t engaging and that’s because they don’t really know about sex.

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Anonymous 8w

Im actually curious about why you have such a fervent investment in this question? Who cares? People still won’t be sleeping with you, so it really doesn’t matter does it?

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Anonymous 8w

Dumbest take ever. Acting like ppl old and yet haven’t have polarized opinions on these topics 😭 like religious reasons didn’t exist. Millennials hate ts too and some love it it’s always been lowkey 50/50.

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Anonymous 8w

my personal reasoning for not having casual sex is that we don’t have the right to abortions anymore, and having a child could kill me. If abortion was still legal, not only would I be having more casual sex, but so would many other women i know.

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Anonymous 8w

i'm so confused why you asked if you already did research on this topic?

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Anonymous 8w

idk about everyone else but i’m asexual

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Anonymous 8w

It’s complex. There’s the conservative movement #2 mentioned that explains part of it. But for others, from my perspective, that culture you speak of just kind of screams disrespect to women, and the misogyny it takes to perpetuate that has socially started to sour in the big 2026

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

That is completely wrong. These generations behaved that way since they were in high school/university. Ask your mom and dad, or go watch media produced from 1990-2016 (Animal House, Superbad, pretty much any 2000s comedy). This promiscuity and sexual liberation was a key part of their culture during their youth.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Superbad came out 2007 the oldest gen z by that metric would’ve been 10 and not having sex yet, also wouldn’t have seen it in theaters. Would’ve seen it on dvd and tv maybe a year or two later still Superbad is more for latter end millennials born late 80’s early 90’s around 15-18. That is millennial media it wasn’t made for gen z. And Animal House was 78 so that’s gen x bro.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

https://fortune.com/2026/03/15/gen-z-dating-workplace-culture-relationship-building-loneliness/

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Once again you are talking about younger gen z, the latter not gen z who is 23 and up to damn near almost 30 is not just entering adulthood. You are talking about gen z who is 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Also your post is talking about casual sex, hookups, porn, hoeing, which is never a romantic relationship which is what the link you quoted mentioned; a sexual relationship does not equal a romantic relationship.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

The article literally says "enter adulthood." The data is clearly scoped to a population that makes sense to measure sexual relationships for. Do you think the people running these studies are fucking idiots? Relationships are a reasonable proxy metric for sexual activity. We can be pretty fucking confident that if relationships trend downward, then so does sexual activity - especially given Gen Z's outward displays of prudishness with respect to casual sex and sex in media.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

That’s not true correlation ≠ causation. Just because a downward trend exists in romantic relationship doesn’t mean it exists in sexual relationships. STD’s and STI’s are on an upward slope right now in younger population which would mean they are still sexual just without a title or having sexual relationships without having romantic relationships. Sex and romance don’t have to coexist together you can be a relationship with no sex, celibate or you can be sexual with no relationship.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Okay I can concede that a downward trend in relationships does not mean a decrease in sexual activity, but I do think that anyone who doesn't think Gen Z adults are having much less sex than their millennial/Gen X counterparts who were at the same age is covering their eyes and ears willfully. STDs are on an upward slope, sure, and you have no idea why; absolutely does not indicate anything about whether sexual activity is trending up or down. Maybe people are wearing condoms less.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Or some basic Google can help us out here. We don't even have to guess. https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-half-of-gen-z-adults-have-never-had-sexreport-11052178 https://ifstudies.org/in-the-news/adults-are-having-less-sex-than-ever-with-gen-z-seeing-the-steepest-decline-study

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

Take even your phrasing, OP. Even as a tomboy, I cringe when I hear boys around me talk about “getting bitches,” because even if they don’t remember because of my baseball cap and baggy hoodie, I’m actually one of those “bitches.” I honestly don’t think the women of previous generations are doing “better” for that

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

Also the employment rate is definitelyyyy not tied to this. Honestly, you could point to several other factors for those depression and dating rates too (COVID, social media, AI chatbots, growing political divisiveness, world events, etc)

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

I suspect the rates of blaming everything but oneself for one's shortcomings are also far greater in Gen Z 😂

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

? I just tried to answer your question?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

As for the getting bitches stuff that’s clearly misogynistic so it’s getting pushed back on by feminists more now

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

That is simply not true. The studies show Gen Z is having far less sex than all of the other generations before them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

More data

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

And more on whether the participants were having hookups

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

We may be having less sex but that doesn’t mean hookups are not more prominent among the people having sex, and it’s definitely something we hear a lot about bc people post and talk about it sm. But that’s also only one component of your post, the porn rates have risen, from an earlier age too, as far as I know

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

What the fuck does "hookups being more prominent among the people having sex" mean, and what does that have to do with literally anything we are talking about 😂

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

It means those of us who aren’t having them have to hear about them more and it turns people off to the idea

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Like I see the way my friends who are hooking up are living and, hell nah

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

You're claiming that Gen Z is having less sex because they're hearing more about others' hookups and are being turned off to the idea by it? Nah that might just be a you problem. Maybe go to the gym and get the T checked LMAO

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

No I don’t think that’s the reason we are having less sex but your question was why do we have more disdain for it and I think that’s partially why

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

I do work out and uh. I hope my T levels arnt particularly high given I’m a girl

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

It just sounds deeply inane to me that you are pointing to this uniquely personal experience of hearing other people brag about their hookups and extrapolating it to be one of the primary causes of Gen Z being sexless. I mean, I guess if you are sexless or an incel, it can be off-putting if it triggers your insecurities. But groups have conversations about sex which lead to increased enthusiasm about the act. Ever watch Sex and the City?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Idk man sorry. You asked us a question and i answered with some of my personal experience. I don’t have the statistics on why people in general are more disdainful but I know I’ve heard people speak like me. Also again The question you asked wasn’t “why are people more sexless” it’s why are people more disdainful

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Also groups having conversations about the act isn’t gonna get more people excited when what we’re hearing are horror stories

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

What are the horror stories?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Toxic men, bad sex, awkward endings, situatuonships the fuck with people’s heads, etc etc.

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Anonymous 8w

I buy that COVID, social media, gender war propaganda, and fake relationship advice TikToks have rotted Gen Z's brains into avoiding sex and relationships. I don't buy the rest - all of those, like hOrRiBLe mEN, have existed since the beginning of time, and humans have always fucked like rabbits outside of marriage until the Prude Generation came along.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Well idk man you asked us, we answered. Sorry it’s not the answer you want ig. Cry me a river. Porn is a blight on society anyway, and while hookups are fine for the people that wanna do them, a lot of us don’t and you just have to cope

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Anonymous 8w

I don't think that's valid. A sexless population is bad for society, point blank. Gen Z is fucking fried by all metrics compared to the generations before it. That you are scared to go outside and scared off from engaging with other humans, falling in love, having one-night stands because of social media brainrot is not a badge of honor.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Well we can have sex without porn and endless hookups

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

I agree the other stuff is a problem but again that wasn’t what the post was about

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

Sure you can, but the data shows sex is not happening at all. The generation is a bunch of prudes.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Oh well. Rough.

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Anonymous 8w

Avoiding experiences because you are brainrotted by propaganda, unable to heal your traumas, and scared is upsetting because you are letting your fear own you and take control of your life. On a mass scale, its acceptance leads to what we see today - a generation devoid of sex, employment, social skills, attention span, and ambition. An entire generation like this is bad for society, because prudes are going to run politics soon.

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Anonymous 8w

The ultra right-wing didn't even need to try because women are slutshaming each other for them!

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8w

Me too!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Idk about you but I’m employed I just don’t have sex

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Also why lump porn in with sexlessness, if anything the ampunt of porn we have around plays a role in why sex numbers are dropping

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

I’m not avoiding hookups bc I’m brainwashed. I’m avoiding it bc I know myself well enough to know I would get nothing out of casual sex. That’s similar for many, not everyone can be intimate with practical strangers. To each their own

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Anonymous 8w

Are their bits on yikyak?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

Bots*

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

Might not even be a real bot but it’s essentially like talking to one

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Anonymous 8w

Yeah. Like I have been in a long term relationship since highschool so I am not exactly sex negative. And I am against the general swing of our society towards conservatism. But there are a lot of downsides to hookups and I don’t think it’s bad for society to call it out (as long as we aren’t shaming people) and I’ve always thought porn is toxic and bad and idk why it’s part of this conversation

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Anonymous 8w

No Fr like it’s not a surprise people avoid hookups when the government is literally making it riskier for them

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Anonymous 8w

The thing is OP didn’t ask why people were having less sex, they asked why we were more sex negative

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

Lowkey OP’s points sounds similar to the pro-natalism alt-right movement that’s trying to manipulate or outright force women into having babies to raise the birth rate because supposedly that’s the cause of a bunch of society’s problems

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

No fr

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Anonymous 8w

Agreed

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Hey unc how old are you?

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 8w

Eww sis this is not a flex; wear condoms, get an iud, get a hysterectomy but also I don’t trust these mens mychart out here to be slinging raw pus and catching raw d.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

i always use condoms. condoms are not 100% effective and neither is birth control. Not to mention, going on birth control could also kill me, and because of my health, i can NOT get an IUD. My only choice is condoms.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Bro doesn’t know brith control can fail

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

also, hysterectomies are not usually covered by insurance unless they are medically necessary, like they are actively dying with it and need it removed.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Good one night stand culture is toxic especially when alcohol or drugs are involved

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Anonymous 8w

YES!! Vasectomies are reversible in most situations, yet a hysterectomy is PERMANENT!

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

Isn’t a hysterectomy a form of birth control permanent if it sounds like pregnancy can kill them, I mean if that fails I should be able to sue my doctor right, right.

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 8w

Also #8 I don’t what precautions you make with your sexual partners and have them do but I as a woman can say what we can do on our end because I’m not putting all my trust into a man hand about my health. Like you said you may need the permanent end if prevalent can kill you, you should be talking to your insurance.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

*not prevalent, auto correct it’s supposed to be pregnancy

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

I use condoms every time i have sex. I can not take birth control because of a fatal heart condition, which is the same reason i can not get pregnant. I have tried to get a hysterectomy, but am repeatedly told no because i have never been pregnant. same with getting my tubes tied.

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Anonymous 8w

i didn’t mean to imply that, i meant to imply that condoms are not 100% effective and neither if birth control

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Not everyone finds hysterectomies to be an option. 8 said birth control, not birth could kill them. Also hysterectomies can come with their own bad consequences I for one, like 8 can only do condoms. But I’m unwilling to get a hysterectomy because I badly want children someday, just not now, so my answer is simply to abstain from sex if at any time I’m in a position where I can’t get an abortion, and there’s no shame in that

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

while i would choose abstinence, that would mean being abstinent forever because i never plan to have kids, because going through birth can kill me.

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 8w

Fair enough my b I didn’t see that part.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

Read it again because right in their first comment “having a child could kill me”. So please this isn’t about you.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

no you’re good haha

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

woahhhh no need to be rude, they probably did not see that part!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

I know it’s not about me, but given that I’m in a similar position to 8 I take annoyance at you shaming them for literally, not having sex?

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 8w

Not trying to be rude but I don’t appreciate them thinking I quick to throwing hysterectomy without cause they shouldn’t have been quick to respond if they didn’t actually read your comment and mine.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

It wasn’t about that. It’s the fact you replied to someone saying they have to choose abstinence with “ew girl not a flex” and then offering solutions she did not ask for that you have no grounds to know are feasable

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8w

I’m not shaming them for casual sex it’s everyone’s liberty to take but I’m thinking just like birth control isn’t 100% neither are condoms. Only abstinence or complete prevention on their end that’s all I’m saying. Doctors suck saying they can’t have one simply because they haven’t been pregnant that’s lunacy.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Explain the “ew that is not a flex” comment then

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8w

Same!

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