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One informal survey suggests Italian adults have on average slightly more sex than the world's average.<ref>https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/survey-reveals-italians-have-more-sex-global-average-and-sex-kitchen</ref>
One informal survey suggests Italian adults have on average slightly more sex than the world's average.<ref>https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/survey-reveals-italians-have-more-sex-global-average-and-sex-kitchen</ref>
===Japan===
===Japan===
Japan has among the highest rates of incels and has had them for quite a while. As of 2019, 10% of 30 year olds have no sexual experience. 24.6% of 18-39 year old women have no heterosexual experience, up from 21.7% in 1992. For men it increased from 20% to 25.8%. Sex differences are remarkably small.<ref>https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00035.html</ref>
Japan has among the highest rates of incels and has had them for quite a while. As of 2019, 10% of 30 year olds have no sexual experience. 24.6% of 18-39 year old women have no heterosexual experience, up from 21.7% in 1992. For men it increased from 20% to 25.8%. Sex differences are remarkably small.<ref>https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00035.html</ref>
In 2016, a government survey found evidence of 541,000 [[hikikomori]] living in a country of 127 million people.<ref>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/the-world-of-american-hikikomori.html</ref>
In 2016, a government survey found evidence of 541,000 [[hikikomori]] living in a country of 127 million people.<ref>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/the-world-of-american-hikikomori.html</ref>
The survey also found a record number of “sexless” married couples.<ref>https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00161/</ref>
The survey also found a record number of “sexless” married couples.<ref>https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00161/</ref>
The share of married individuals who have had no sex for at least a month rose from about 32% to about 47% between 2004 and 2016.<ref>https://japan-forward.com/the-sun-also-rises-japan-confronts-a-crisis-of-sexless-marriages/</ref>
The share of married individuals who have had no sex for at least a month rose from about 32% to about 47% between 2004 and 2016.<ref>https://japan-forward.com/the-sun-also-rises-japan-confronts-a-crisis-of-sexless-marriages/</ref> Most young unmarried men in Japan seem completely sexless, with 40% of Japanese men in their 20s reporting not having been on a single date in their lives, in comparison to 25% of Japanese women of the same age bracket. However, a small portion of these dateless men may have sexual experiences, as 5% of them reported being married, indicating that they met their partner through a match-making service,<ref>https://archive.ph/BU0H0#selection-447.20-449.27</ref> the primary way [[arranged marriage|arranged marriages]] are carried out in modern Japan.<ref>https://factsanddetails.com/japan/cat18/sub117/item619.html</ref>
Unsurprisingly and according to a Durex survey from 2009, Japan was along with China the least sexually satisfied nation, with just 24% being satisfied with their sex lives compared to a global average of 44.12±7.68.<ref>http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/22444/Kiwi-women-most-promiscuous-in-the-world</ref><ref name="ref71">http://www.data360.org/pdf/20070416064139.Global%20Sex%20Survey.pdf</ref> The survey by Durex has been criticized for potentially biased sampling,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promiscuity#Global_studies</ref> but a similar result was found by a Japanese sex toy company in 2019 (though with China being much more satisfied).<ref>https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17629915/ [[https://archive.fo/wip/mUQlw Archive.is]]</ref>
 
Unsurprisingly, and according to a Durex survey from 2009, Japan was, along with China, the least sexually satisfied nation, with just 24% being satisfied with their sex lives compared to a global average of 44.12% (±7.68).<ref>http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/22444/Kiwi-women-most-promiscuous-in-the-world</ref><ref name="ref71">http://www.data360.org/pdf/20070416064139.Global%20Sex%20Survey.pdf</ref> The survey by Durex has been criticized for potentially biased sampling,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promiscuity#Global_studies</ref> but a similar result was found by a Japanese sex toy company in 2019 (though with China being much more satisfied).<ref>https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17629915/ [[https://archive.fo/wip/mUQlw Archive.is]]</ref>
 
Another study found between 1992 and 2015, the age-standardized proportion of 18-39-year-old Japanese adults who were single had increased, from 27.4 to 40.7% among women and from 40.3 to 50.8% among men.<ref>Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto, H, et al. 2020. ''The herbivore’s dilemma: Trends in and factors associated with heterosexual relationship status and interest in romantic relationships among young adults in Japan—Analysis of national surveys, 1987–2015.'' [[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241571 Article]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPillScience/comments/jrglg5/between_1992_and_2015_the_agestandardized/ Discussion]]</ref>
Another study found between 1992 and 2015, the age-standardized proportion of 18-39-year-old Japanese adults who were single had increased, from 27.4 to 40.7% among women and from 40.3 to 50.8% among men.<ref>Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto, H, et al. 2020. ''The herbivore’s dilemma: Trends in and factors associated with heterosexual relationship status and interest in romantic relationships among young adults in Japan—Analysis of national surveys, 1987–2015.'' [[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241571 Article]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPillScience/comments/jrglg5/between_1992_and_2015_the_agestandardized/ Discussion]]</ref>
===Netherlands===
===Netherlands===
In a survey from 2017, among 25-39 year olds, 8% (N = 427) of men but only 4% (N = 687) of women never had sex which is significantly different (Chi² = 8.053, p = 0.0045). Among 18-24 year olds, it was 25% (N = 4934) of men and 19% (N = 8216) of women, also significantly different (Chi² = 66.3, p < 0.0001).<ref>https://www.rutgers.nl/sites/rutgersnl/files/PDF-Onderzoek/Seksuele_Gezondheid_in_NL_2017_23012018.pdf</ref>
In a survey from 2017, among 25-39 year olds, 8% (N = 427) of men but only 4% (N = 687) of women never had sex which is significantly different (Chi² = 8.053, p = 0.0045). Among 18-24 year olds, it was 25% (N = 4934) of men and 19% (N = 8216) of women, also significantly different (Chi² = 66.3, p < 0.0001).<ref>https://www.rutgers.nl/sites/rutgersnl/files/PDF-Onderzoek/Seksuele_Gezondheid_in_NL_2017_23012018.pdf</ref>

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