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There was a sharp rise in the number of sex partners and extramarital sex<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Nonmarital_Birth_Rates_in_the_United_States%2C_1940-2014.png</ref> between the 1920 and 1970-born cohorts, but it remained stable thereafter. | There was a sharp rise in the number of sex partners and extramarital sex<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Nonmarital_Birth_Rates_in_the_United_States%2C_1940-2014.png</ref> between the 1920 and 1970-born cohorts, but it remained stable thereafter. | ||
More recently, there is rather a trend toward sexlessness in [[#Other_countries|many developed countries]]. Non-paternity rates have decreased between 1895 and 1993, presumably due to more effective contraceptive methods.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.103.3.799-811</ref> | More recently, there is rather a trend toward sexlessness in [[#Other_countries|many developed countries]]. Non-paternity rates have decreased between 1895 and 1993, presumably due to more effective contraceptive methods.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.103.3.799-811</ref> | ||
Out-of-wedlock birth rates have also plateaued in the U.S., Australia and Germany in the past few decades,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nonmarital_Birth_Rates_in_the_United_States,_1940-2014.png</ref> but they are still rising is countries such as France and the Netherlands.<ref>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-births-outside-marriage?country=AUS~CAN~CRI~DNK~DEU~ITA~NLD~SVK~CHL~FRA~GRC~JPN~MEX~USA</ref> | |||
Nonetheless, a minority of women (e.g. around 21.9% of female Tinder users) does seem to have ''lots of sex'' and can get it substantially more easily than men,<ref name="ref33"></ref> in fact, in a 2018 U.S. study, among a minority of people who live an active, uncommitted dating life, heterosexual men met an average of 2.4 partners for dating or sex in the past 12 months whereas that figure was 5.1 partners for women.<ref name="ref33"></ref> | Nonetheless, a minority of women (e.g. around 21.9% of female Tinder users) does seem to have ''lots of sex'' and can get it substantially more easily than men,<ref name="ref33"></ref> in fact, in a 2018 U.S. study, among a minority of people who live an active, uncommitted dating life, heterosexual men met an average of 2.4 partners for dating or sex in the past 12 months whereas that figure was 5.1 partners for women.<ref name="ref33"></ref> |