Young prudes
from Aarva Hosted by Aria Schrecker
Could the end of casual sex really just come down to falling birth rates? Millennials spent a decade treating casual sex as the ultimate freedom. Now, the generation behind them is suddenly demanding commitment and shaming bad dates on TikTok. Most observers blame smartphones for this new prudishness. But an essay published on 28 October 2026 in Works in Progress asks a much colder question: what if sexual revolutions are just a matter of math? Decades of birth rate data reveal how the ratio of men to women in the dating pool quietly dictates romantic norms, turning modern love into simple supply and demand. An argument that the recent decline in casual sex is driven by demographics rather than culture. Using historical birth rates and relationship age gaps, the author shows how a surplus of women in the mid-twentieth century sparked the sexual revolution. Because falling birth rates have now created a surplus of men, the dating market is returning to the more conservative norms of the 1930s. Read at source: Works in Progress For more features and details, visit aarva.app
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