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Sex Recession

US and British surveys show people are having less sex than in the past.

This week it was reported that British people are having less sex than they used to, and similar stories are cropping up across the world. But one US stat seemed particularly stark – the amount of young men having no sex at all in the past year has tripled in a decade. Is it true?

Image: A couple using smartphones in bed.
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Tue 14 May 201901:50GMT
BBC World Service

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