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Including year 2014, it becomes more significant (21% vs 15%, X² = 6.3, p = 0.01). | Including year 2014, it becomes more significant (21% vs 15%, X² = 6.3, p = 0.01). | ||
What is worse, women are known to downplay their partner counts, so sexlessness among women is possibly lower than what they report.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women.27s_reported_sex_partner_count_dramatically_increases_when_hooked_up_to_a_polygraph</ref> | What is worse, women are known to downplay their partner counts, so sexlessness among women is possibly lower than what they report.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women.27s_reported_sex_partner_count_dramatically_increases_when_hooked_up_to_a_polygraph</ref> | ||
Including older populations, this sex difference vanishes somewhat as older men [[serial monogamy|remarry]] more often, leaving behind [[single mothers|single mothers]].<ref>https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658059231</ref> | Including older populations, this sex difference vanishes somewhat as older men [[serial monogamy|remarry]] more often, leaving behind [[single mothers|single mothers]].<ref>https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658059231</ref> | ||
The higher sexlessness among men aged 18-25 is likely mainly caused by women getting into relationships in their [[The Wall|prime years]], preferring men slightly older than themselves. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 0 1ex" id="sexless" | |||
|+ Had no sex in the past year, aged 18-30, by sex (GSS) | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Men (N, 95% CI) | |||
! Women (N, 95% CI) | |||
|- | |||
| 1990-2006 | |||
| 13.4% (2013, 11.9%, 14.9%) | |||
| 11.5% (2489, 10.3%, 12.8%) | |||
|- | |||
| 2012-2018 | |||
| 20.8% (682, 17.7%, 23.8%) | |||
| 14.5% (742, 12.0%, 17.0%) | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
| z = 4.6, p < .00001 | |||
| z = 2.2, p < .03 | |||
|} | |||
Sexlessness among young adults is not only higher for men, but sexlessness has also risen more quickly for men | Sexlessness among young adults is not only higher for men, but sexlessness has also risen more quickly for men (see [[#sexless|table]]). Men experienced a greater decline (-7% vs -3%, p < 0.001). | ||
This agrees with other findings of a rise of sexual inequality The most sexually active men have more sex than ever,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_get_2-3_times_as_many_casual_sexual_relationships_from_Tinder_than_men|become more unequally distributed</ref> | This agrees with other findings of a rise of sexual inequality The most sexually active men have more sex than ever,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_get_2-3_times_as_many_casual_sexual_relationships_from_Tinder_than_men|become more unequally distributed</ref> which may indicate a rise of open relationships, quick succession of sex partners perhaps enabled by online dating<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_get_2-3_times_as_many_casual_sexual_relationships_from_Tinder_than_men</ref> and other forms of ''de facto polygamy'', accompanied by a rise in acceptance of polygamy.<ref>https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/214601/moral-acceptance-polygamy-record-high-why.aspx</ref> | ||
Regardless of the cause, this undeniably means men's sexual needs are less likely met in this age bracket. | Regardless of the cause, this undeniably means men's sexual needs are less likely met in this age bracket. | ||