16.8? jesus.
I wanna see some breakdowns of these stats by country and socioeconomic factors
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Is it usually earlier in the US? Sounds a bit on the high side for where I live too.
Yeah. Even if we assume that the average age was 1 or 2 years higher when I was that age, there's no way that the numbers in my highschool class where anywhere close to that. Out of like 16 guys, I know of only a couple who even had a girlfriend while in school, which is probably more likely than casual sex at that age.
Plenty could have relationships outside school that they didn't talk much about.
I had my first sex at 16 and first relationships at 11, and my classmates weren't even remotely aware of how rich of a romantic/sexual life I already had, or that I had it at all.
I wasn't known as someone particularly likeable, either.
The number seems about right to me. Puberty starts at 12-ish, so does sexual exploration.
It's not sex when your sexual exploration amounts to masturbating and ogling people, though. It's possible that my classmates who had sex just didn't tell me, but most of the ones I was actually friends with definitely didn't have sex in highschool.
It’s possible that my classmates who had sex just didn’t tell me
we went to way different schools
It does sound pretty unlikely, but it's not impossible.
It's possible that my classmates who had sex just didn't tell me
Usually it's the exact opposite
I lost my v card at either 16 or 17, I forget which year exactly...
So yeah, 16.8 makes sense as an average.
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They also want to capture the "lonely man" demographic and make them feel like it's not their fault, engage them and get their clicks/dollars.
Yup. the sexual loneliness epidemic is easing up, because we're all fighting back to 'normal'. But ask most men this simple question: how many non-sexual friends do you have in your life that you communicate with more than once a week?
IDK about 'loneliness epidemic', but 'lonely' IS my normal.
I do communicate with some friends more than once a week, but none of them even live in the same city as I do.
That's the hell of it, but if you feel lonely at a base level, I suggest you try to find or start community events. You'd be amazed how effective Meetup is.
I have health issues that get in the way of in-person-socializing.
I don't really have a way to deal with that. I have my own issues, but I do fight past them to try being social whenever I can. The biggest thing I can say is to find groups who do voice & video chats more often.
Depends where you are, seems to be a pretty US-based thing. Here it is all weird stuff.
Fair enough, but I'm sure there's an alternative.
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Imma make that 15.1%