We're raising a generation of prudes who want less sex

We're raising a generation of prudes who want less sex
Gen Zers are eschewing not just sexual behaviour but also sexual content on screen, a UCLA study has found. (Image: Depositphotos)
Bloomberg
By Amanda LittleI can’t say I didn’t smile in the movie No Hard Feelings when Jennifer Lawrence storms the bedrooms at a college house party and, finding only teens sitting around texting, lambasts them all for failing to do some good old-fashioned shagging. The film satirises the now-common knowledge that Gen Z has become sexually timid – a stereotype supported by data from institutions including the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Chicago showing that sexual activity has markedly declined&nb...

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