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Earlier generations are well-known for their outlook when it comes it premarital sex and homosexuality. But 21st generation people have drastically changed people’s perception on the two: more acceptable, even though they might not be practicing any of it.
There are over 33,000 adults involved in the study from the General Social Survey that took decades before they finally reached a conclusion. The team wanted to understand people’s view and outlook about premarital sex and homosexuality from one generation to another.
Researchers from San Diego University, Florida Atlantic University and Hunter College discovered there is an increasing acceptance of premarital sex from 1970s up to date. There were 29% of adults who perceived premarital sex as “not wrong at all” back in 1970s, rising to 42% during the 1980s and 1990s, and reached 58% by 2012.
The participants mostly came from the millennial generation, those people born between years 1982-1999. Most of them have no moral obligations when it comes to premarital sex, but they were also found to have less sexual partners than people in earlier generations.
Shockingly, Baby Boomers, those born between the years of 1946-1964, and GenXers, from 1965-1981, have the highest number of sexual partners among all other age groups averaging 11 partners per individual throughout their lifetime.
Millenials only has the record of 8 sexual partners and are not as reserved as adults from the Greatest Generation (early 1900s) with an average of only two sexual partners.
According to Jean Twenge, author of the study and the book Generation Me and Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University said that, “I was surprised that millennials were the most accepting of premarital sex in their attitudes, but are choosing to have sex with fewer partners as adults.” She added, “They are tolerant, but perhaps more cautious. This could be due to fears of STDs including HIV, or it could be because they choose ‘friends with benefits’ relationships over sex with different partners.”
Aside from premarital sex, they also tackled the growing acceptance for homosexuality over the generations. Only 11% accepted homosexuality in 1973 and grow to about 44% by 2012. There was a significant variation of acceptance among genders in 2012 as 51% of women have no obligations of homosexuality as compared to only 35% among men.
Twenge reported that, “Cultures change and people absorb the culture as children and adolescents, leading to generational differences.” It only meant that younger generations arrive and replaces the old perspective with a more tolerant and accepting one.
During an interview with the CBS News, Twenge said, “Overall, millennials are fine with making their own choices even if they believe others can behave differently.” Then she proceeded discussing her book, “In Generation Me, I find that the most prominent theme of the generational and cultural changes is more individualism. That can mean more self-focus, but it can also mean more tolerance toward others who are different.”
In the reported published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the researchers enumerated a number of other trends that is becoming more accepted by the new generations, such as less religious affiliation, approval of legal marijuana, tolerance for difference, and more openness towards sexuality.
Source: CBS News
Earlier generations are well-known for their outlook when it comes it premarital sex and homosexuality. But 21st generation people have drastically changed people’s perception on the two: more acceptable, even though they might not be practicing any of it.
There are over 33,000 adults involved in the study from the General Social Survey that took decades before they finally reached a conclusion. The team wanted to understand people’s view and outlook about premarital sex and homosexuality from one generation to another.
Researchers from San Diego University, Florida Atlantic University and Hunter College discovered there is an increasing acceptance of premarital sex from 1970s up to date. There were 29% of adults who perceived premarital sex as “not wrong at all” back in 1970s, rising to 42% during the 1980s and 1990s, and reached 58% by 2012.
The participants mostly came from the millennial generation, those people born between years 1982-1999. Most of them have no moral obligations when it comes to premarital sex, but they were also found to have less sexual partners than people in earlier generations.
Shockingly, Baby Boomers, those born between the years of 1946-1964, and GenXers, from 1965-1981, have the highest number of sexual partners among all other age groups averaging 11 partners per individual throughout their lifetime.
Millenials only has the record of 8 sexual partners and are not as reserved as adults from the Greatest Generation (early 1900s) with an average of only two sexual partners.
According to Jean Twenge, author of the study and the book Generation Me and Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University said that, “I was surprised that millennials were the most accepting of premarital sex in their attitudes, but are choosing to have sex with fewer partners as adults.” She added, “They are tolerant, but perhaps more cautious. This could be due to fears of STDs including HIV, or it could be because they choose ‘friends with benefits’ relationships over sex with different partners.”
Aside from premarital sex, they also tackled the growing acceptance for homosexuality over the generations. Only 11% accepted homosexuality in 1973 and grow to about 44% by 2012. There was a significant variation of acceptance among genders in 2012 as 51% of women have no obligations of homosexuality as compared to only 35% among men.
Twenge reported that, “Cultures change and people absorb the culture as children and adolescents, leading to generational differences.” It only meant that younger generations arrive and replaces the old perspective with a more tolerant and accepting one.
During an interview with the CBS News, Twenge said, “Overall, millennials are fine with making their own choices even if they believe others can behave differently.” Then she proceeded discussing her book, “In Generation Me, I find that the most prominent theme of the generational and cultural changes is more individualism. That can mean more self-focus, but it can also mean more tolerance toward others who are different.”
In the reported published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the researchers enumerated a number of other trends that is becoming more accepted by the new generations, such as less religious affiliation, approval of legal marijuana, tolerance for difference, and more openness towards sexuality.
Source: CBS News
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