Sam Wei, a year-old financial analyst in Chicago, has not had sex since her last relationship ended eighteen months ago. She makes out with guys sometimes, and she likes to cuddle.
Instead, Wei finds "intellectual conversation more stimulating and more pleasurable than having sex sometimes I'm just kind of more of a rational person. I like to make sure it makes sense before I dive into it.
It's not a very sexy time to be young, despite millennials' reputation as bed-hoppers frolicking like the characters in "Girls.
Recent research also shows that overall, millennials - people born between the early s and - have fewer sexual partners than the baby boomers and Generation X, immediately preceding them. Granted, the vast majority of young adults are still having sex, but an increasing number appear to be standing on the sidelines.
Delaying sex is not necessarily bad, experts say - being intentional about when to have sex can lead to stronger relationships in the long run. The trend may also reflect women feeling more empowered to say no, said Stephanie Coontz, director of research at the Council on Contemporary Families. But some experts are concerned that the dropoff reflects the difficulty some young people are having in forming deep romantic connections.
