CYBERSPACE—Pleasure product manufacturer Lelo has recently conducted a survey to "learn how stigma-free, sex-positive culture affects the sex lives of the millennials," according to a company representative.
Lelo talked to nearly 8,000 Millennials to see how much this generation—known for their proclivity for casual sex and dating app hook-ups—is faring compared to their younger counterparts.
According to the company, many studies so far have shown that this age group (between 28 to 43 years old) was having significantly less sex when compared to older generations—but also compared to the generation that followed immediately after them. Surveys found several reasons for the anomaly, Lelo said, including heavy academic schedules, uncertainty in their career paths, a slower process of growing up, and dating apps. Earlier studies also have shown that dating apps have made dates more accessible, but issues were raised with the "easier path to sex, the ability to explore one too many relationships at the same time, and the rushed intimacy of many of these connections," the company opined.
Key findings in the survey include:
Eighty-three percent have had sex in the last year.
One-fifth (20 percent) had sex at least ten times a month, with nearly 15 percent of those participating in this survey having sex up to 15 times a month.
Sixty-two percent wish they were having even more sex.
Stress and/or anxiety stemming from everyday life seems to be the biggest culprit preventing people from having more sex (almost 32 percent), as well as negative body image (eight percent) and mental issues (six percent).
Twenty-seven percent consider sex toys and masturbation a normal part of their everyday life, whether partnered or not, and nearly one-in-five (18 percent) think this is the best alternative to the complexities of modern-day relationships.
Over half of those comfortable with their sexuality feel like they do not have to explore their sexuality further, while almost a quarter want to explore it some more.
Twelve percent believe they need to explore their sexual preferences more in order to "understand themselves better."
Fifty-seven percent would opt for a traditional relationship with a single partner out of all the possibilities.
Seventy-five percent said they have never explored kink and BDSM fantasies.
When asked to assess their generation’s sex lives, one in five feels they are having more sex compared to other generations. Almost ten percent think millennials have less sex than other generations.
These are the findings of a seven-country census-wide survey conducted in October 2024, among 7,012 adults born between 1980-1995. Countries involved in the survey were Italy, France, Sweden, Spain, Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S.
