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The sex recession: 5 reasons young people are having so little sex

These should be boom times for sex. The share of Americans who say sex between unmarried adults is "not wrong at all" is at an all-time high. New cases of HIV are at an all-time low. Most women can – at last – get birth control for free, and the morning-after pill without a prescription.

If hookups are your thing, Grindr and Tinder offer the prospect of casual sex within the hour. The phrase, "If something exists, there is porn of it," used to be a clever internet meme; now it's a truism. BDSM plays at the local multiplex – but why bother going? Sex is portrayed, often graphically and sometimes gorgeously, on prime-time cable. Sexting is, statistically speaking, normal.

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