It’s only a small percentage of teens are engaging in sex. The rest is rumors and lying.
The few who are, are often talked about a lot making it seem like it’s common but it’s not.
Most teens believe everyone else is having sex when they aren’t.
The only people getting laid regularly in high school are gay boys. Joking, not joking.
Even teens who have had sex often only had a single or few encounters.
Unfortunately most girls are being sexually active with older boys or adult men not their peer boys. Though that occurrence has been declining. Or at least it was. It used to be considered more socially acceptable for a 17 year old girl to date a 23 year old man.
Not so much now. But it was very common in the early 2000s. And earlier.
Currently (2024) statistics show:
70% of Teen boys graduate high school with no sexual encounters.
69% of teen girls report the same (2024).
But just a decade ago the number was close to 50% for girls.
In general, people are having less sex and are interested in sex less than previous years. There are many reasons but the easy answer is “capitalism”. All causes mostly spring from that root cause.
It’s only a small percentage of teens are engaging in sex. The rest is rumors and lying. The few who are, are often talked about a lot making it seem like it’s common but it’s not.
Most teens believe everyone else is having sex when they aren’t.
The only people getting laid regularly in high school are gay boys. Joking, not joking.
https://weascend.org/resource/quick-facts-2024-sex-education-in-america/
Even teens who have had sex often only had a single or few encounters.
Unfortunately most girls are being sexually active with older boys or adult men not their peer boys. Though that occurrence has been declining. Or at least it was. It used to be considered more socially acceptable for a 17 year old girl to date a 23 year old man. Not so much now. But it was very common in the early 2000s. And earlier.
Currently (2024) statistics show:
70% of Teen boys graduate high school with no sexual encounters. 69% of teen girls report the same (2024).
But just a decade ago the number was close to 50% for girls.
In general, people are having less sex and are interested in sex less than previous years. There are many reasons but the easy answer is “capitalism”. All causes mostly spring from that root cause.
Yeah I’m taking about a decade ago, I’d say 50% would still be too high