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If you and your partner are having less sex nowadays, you\u2019re not alone. In fact, according to a new study appearing in the British Medical Journal,<\/em> people of all ages, including young people and individuals who are living together either in or out of marriage, are not getting it on as much as in decades past.<\/p>\n

Yet the findings of the study, which looked at data from 34,000 adults between the ages of 16 and 44 over a 21-year period, may not be as clear cut as they seem, according to Debra Herbenick, a professor at Indiana University\u2019s School of Public Health. What experts and laypeople want to know is, why are people having less sex?<\/p>\n

Why are people having less sex?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Herbenick, who is a human sexuality expert, asked the question, are individuals having the kind of sex they want to have? Several experts chimed in to answer that question.<\/p>\n

According to Stephanie Coontz, a marriage historian and author living in Olympia, Washington, one reason may be that compared with times in the past when women weren\u2019t able to say \u201cno\u201d to sex, many are now feeling freer to voice their opposition.<\/p>\n

Another expert, Shan Boodram, a clinical sexologist and author of The Game of Desire<\/em>, noted that people are getting married later, waiting longer to move out of their parents\u2019 house, and feel less connected with others.<\/p>\n

Herbenick also pointed out several other factors that may be involved. One is how the questions on the survey were asked. She noted that some were fairly vague, which could skew the results.<\/p>\n

Another factor: cell phones. Herbenick talked about how the last thing you can do on your cell phone is engage in physical sex and how couples need to turn off their phones and turn to each other. Phones and the internet, she said, are pulling people apart. Less communication can mean less intimacy and less sex.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Herbenick emphasized that some individuals are exploring different forms of sex than they used to and that sex is not the only way couples can express connection and intimacy.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Less sex among young people<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The phenomenon of having less sex is not just for older adults. Research shows there is a \u201csex recession\u201d going on among young people. In the December 2018 issue of The Atlantic<\/em> magazine, Kate Julian notes that \u201cyoung people are launching their sex lives later and having sex less frequently than members of previous generations.\u201d Some reasons include:<\/p>\n