The Art of Manliness
45min2018 DEC 6
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Studies show that people, especially young people, are having less sex than past generations did. While many may celebrate this decline as a good thing, the reasons behind the drop in sex may not all be so positive. A decline in physicalintimacy may potentially speak to a decline in emotional intimacy, and a struggle modern folks are having with connecting with each other. My guest explores the decline in sexual frequency as a way into these larger cultural and relational questions in her longform cover story for this month's TheAtlantic magazine. Her name is Kate Julian, and today we discuss her piece,entitled "The Sex Recession," onwhy people are counterintuitivelyhaving less sex in a time when sex is less taboo and more accessible than ever before.We begin our conversation highlighting the statistics that indicate young Americans are having less sex and whether this decline holds true for other countries and affects married people as well as singles. Kate then delves into the ide...