Why young Danes are still having sex |
Gen Z, as is well known, is having significantly less sex than their parents. They also drink less, smoke less, and have fewer close friends. The rise of the internet is often blamed for this development – the anxious generation is having less sex because they are porn-addled and distracted. But a new report shows that, alone in the West, the Danes are bucking the trend. Young Danes between 15–25 are not having less sex than previous generations; in fact, the rate has remained more or less constant since the 1970s. Most people report satisfaction with their sex lives. In Denmark, the sexless Zoomer has been proven a myth.
The Danish example suggests that we should rethink the sexlessness crisis elsewhere. It sounds plausible that our endless scrolling and unlimited access to online pornography would affect our sex and social lives – very few young people are proud of their online habits. But the Danes are no less addicted to the internet than their European counterparts – an age limit on TikTok is one of the Prime Minister’s top priorities. More than one third of young Danish men report porn as one of their primary sources of information about sex. And yet, they are still able to woo the opposite sex, and presumably........