Main content
Why are we having less sex?
Adults in the US have sex on average about 50 times a year, which has dropped by 20% over the last two decades. It’s happening in the UK, Australia, Finland and Japan too.
Porn, smart phones and the ‘slutty transmitter’. Adults in the US have sex on average about 50 times a year, which has dropped by 20 per cent over the last two decades. It’s a similar story in the UK, Australia, Germany, Finland and Japan. Could it be down to porn or our smart phones? Or is it actually down to something much harder to switch off? Some of the answers might surprise you.
Picture: A couple in bed using their phones. Credit: Getty Images
Last on
Mon 2 Sep 2019
08:06GMT
Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service except East and Southern Africa & East Asia
More episodes
Broadcasts
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 02:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Online, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 03:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service UK DAB/Freeview
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 05:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & South Asia only
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 06:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service East and Southern Africa & East Asia only
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 13:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Australasia
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 14:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service except Australasia
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 17:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service South Asia
- Thu 29 Aug 2019 19:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service except East and Southern Africa, South Asia & West and Central Africa
- Sat 31 Aug 2019 16:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service News Internet
Sat 31 Aug 2019 16:30GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4- Mon 2 Sep 2019 08:06GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service except East and Southern Africa & East Asia
Podcast
-
![]()
The Inquiry
Getting beyond the headlines to explore the forces and ideas shaping the world
