Nicole M. King, managing editor of the journal, The Family in America, reflects on the
fact that American youth are having far less sex “In spite of our culture’s
sex-saturation.” This is not just her personal assessment. She cites the
finding that:
·
Teens are initiating sex at later ages (between
1991 and 2017, the percentage of high-school students who had ever had sex went
down, from 54 to 40 percent).
In support, King cites Kate Julian’s Atlantic Magazine piece, “Why are Young People having so Little
Sex?” (Dec. 2018):
·
Today’s young adults are on track to have fewer
sex partners than members of the two preceding generations. People now in their
early 20s are two and a half times as likely to be abstinent as Gen Xers were
at that age; 15 percent report having had no sex since they reached adulthood.
What can account for this in our highly sexualized society,
which encourages almost all forms of sexual play? Some cite porn and
masturbation. However, I don’t think that these do much to explain their
preference of porn over the real thing. Perhaps, instead, many women now feel
burnt-out by dating that overwhelmingly seems to be focused on scoring, without
an overriding concern for commitment and permanency.
Consistent with this idea, even Julian admits that couples
in “committed relationships” tend to have more sex than single adults. King
cites the Marriage and Religion Research
Institute in this regard:
·
Who is most likely to report feeling enjoyment?
And who is least likely to feel sad, anxious, worried, or afraid? The person in
an always-intact marriage who worships weekly. Christians who marry, stay
married, take their faith seriously, and remain an active part of a religious
body—these are the people who report the most frequent and joyful sex.
King observes:
·
This is not reported by Julian, or by any of a
number of other concerned members of the media and elite, who sit in their
offices puzzling over why American’s youth don’t want (or can’t seem to handle)
all of the good gifts the sexual revolution has bestowed upon them.
Perhaps our God knew best when He joined Adam and Eve,
making them an inseparable unit (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6). Perhaps He also
knew best when He declared that such a stable unit called “family” would
produce the healthiest children:
·
Did he not make them one, with a portion of the
Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So
guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife
of your youth. “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says
the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of
hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.” (Malachi
2:15-16)
No comments:
Post a Comment