Increasing numbers of young adults in the United States are reporting a lack of sexual activity — dubbed “sexlessness” — a trend experts say presents “a huge opportunity for evangelization” for advocates of marriage.
The most recent data from the National Survey of Family Growth, which has been periodically administered since 1973 by the National Center for Health Statistics, shows that, between 2013 and 2023, “all measures of sexlessness rose for both young adult males and females,” according to an analysis from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS).
Brad Wilcox, Northridge Preparatory School
Clinton Colmenares, Furman University
John Stonestreet, G. Shane Morris, The Christian Post
Madalaine Elhabbal, Catholic News Agency
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