Although anything related to sex is sure to raise our curiosity, the younger generation, however, is in no hurry to have sex. Surprisingly, the millennials are waiting longer to have sex for the first time, suggested a new research.
The Department for Education of University College London studied 16,000 people born in 1989-90 (the millennial to be precise). The participants were tracked from the age of 14 years when they had started developing their knowledge about sex and anything related to it like virginity, masturbation etc.
The researchers interviewed the subjects in 2016 and came across a surprising conclusion. The research was conducted under the Next Steps project—which began in 2004 and monitors students attending schools across England—of the Department for Education.
When the researchers analysed the data collected after interviewing 16,000 millennials, they made a surprising discovery—the number of young people (millennials) ‘waiting longer to have sex’ has increased as compared to the previous generation. They also found that one in twenty people were reported being virgin till the age of 26.
According to the study, the younger generation is losing interest in sex because of ‘fear of intimacy’ and the pressure they face in social media. The ‘social media pressure’ came from the fear of exposure the young people faced in Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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