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posted by mrpg on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the anti-babies-vaccines dept.

Medical Xpress:

Australians report having sex once or twice a week, on average. For Brits, it's less than once a week, while Americans report having sex two to three times a week.

We can't know for sure how often individuals actually have sex. Some people may incorrectly report their sexual frequency, either by mistake or on purpose. But the national estimates data are based on representative samples, so they're a useful guide.
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In fact, Australians and Americans are having less sex than they used to in past decades.

Aussies had sex about 20 times fewer in 2013 than a decade before. Americans had sex nine times fewer, on average, in 2014 than a decade before.

Increased competition for our free time from smartphones, expanded entertainment options, and other sources is cited as causes for the drop in frequency.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:44AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:44AM (#806837)

    self-reporting on things like this is fraught, fraught froged freight!

    FTFY.

  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday February 26 2019, @07:09AM (3 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @07:09AM (#806843) Journal

    Frogged Fright?

    Totally confused now we are. Forged with heavy loads? Fraggle Rock? Frolongered with frehensile supraesophageal ganglia? I fear the point is lost, as may have been the intent of the Sabotuerish AC.

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @08:52AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @08:52AM (#806861)

      Froged/frogged [urbandictionary.com] - adjective - dissed, dumped.
      Fraught - adj - used to be past participle of "fraught" when the latter used to be the approximation of the Dutch verb meaning "to load a ship". The today English noun is "freight" and the 'froged' adjective needs a noun like an old philosopher needs a nun.

      It makes sense, so it's totally not a self-reported frotted fraud on things like this, and a Polish'turd neither.

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday February 26 2019, @09:08AM (1 child)

        by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @09:08AM (#806866) Journal

        That is what I said.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @09:52AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @09:52AM (#806870)

          Yeah, but you made the point little, when actually sex is a big deal for humans.
          "Fake it 'til you make it" is still better than burying the penis in the sand (errr, sorry, head, yes) on the basis that the self-reported data is unreliable.