Gay guys have been marked safe from the sex recession. What's their secret? “Sex is so much less serious than they [straight people] make it out to be."

You'll never think of a gin fizz the same again.

Men can have casual, anonymous sex with relative safety and little threat of danger or shame—in other words, it can be just fun. For women, that is not always the case.

“I hear so many of my straight friends and also queer women friends talking about their desire to have casual sex and relationships but very little supports them to actually do that — either materially or culturally. By contrast gay guys have been fucking casually."

Gay guys have been marked safe from the sex recession. What's their secret? “Sex is so much less serious than they [straight people] make it out to be."

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Your mom and dad were getting it on constantly.

‘A guy’s trying to serve me a subpoena and I just don’t want to deal with it today. Will you help me out?’ To land his iconic Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Playboy's David Sheff had to help the rockstar evade legal trouble.

Thanks in part to Sheff, whatever Lennon’s legal trouble was would have to wait for another day. What resulted was a dynamic, intimate interview with Lennon and Ono that would hit newsstands in December 1980, just two days before Lennon was fatally shot.

Thanks in part to Sheff, whatever Lennon’s legal trouble was would have to wait for another day. What resulted was a dynamic, intimate interview with Lennon and Ono that would hit newsstands in December 1980, just two days before Lennon was fatally shot.

‘A guy’s trying to serve me a subpoena and I just don’t want to deal with it today. Will you help me out?’ To land his iconic Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Playboy's David Sheff had to help the rockstar evade legal trouble.

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According to Playboy's 1983 sex survey, respondents reported having an average of 15 lifetime sexual partners for women, and 20 for men. In our 2026 Gen Z sex survey, both men and women reported an average of 3 to 5 lifetime sexual partners. Your parents were having more sex than you.

From Erin Harson in "You’re Next" to Grace MacCaullay in "Ready or Not," there’s something just as alluring about the last woman standing after confronting the main villain. Our ranking of Final Girls as we get into spooky season:

Gen Z is having less sex. For them, making out is the opening act and the headliner at once.

personally i think the kids would be hornier if they weren't filled with existential dread

From Erin Harson in "You’re Next" to Grace MacCaullay in "Ready or Not," there’s something just as alluring about the last woman standing after confronting the main villain. Our ranking of Final Girls as we get into spooky season:

Your mom and dad were getting it on constantly.

It's clear that your mom and dad were getting it on constantly. But if you're going to simply just blame this generation for not desiring sex, that's not what our survey found. Gen Z wants sex, it's just become more complicated they say: