https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❌" title="Kreuzzeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Kreuzzeichen"> Today’s students aren’t having sex.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💏" title="Kuss" aria-label="Emoji: Kuss"> Not nearly as many university students are having sex as you might think...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦠" title="Microbe" aria-label="Emoji: Microbe"> And Covid is not to blame

Here’s what is...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten"> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/university-students-arent-having-sex-parents-dont-know-whether/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/pa...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤝" title="Handschlag" aria-label="Emoji: Handschlag"> New research has shown students are prioritising finding friendships over sexual partners

58% of students who participated in a new report, "Sex and Relationships Among Students" say:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧑‍🤝‍🧑" title="Leute halten Händchen" aria-label="Emoji: Leute halten Händchen"> Making friends at university...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😘" title="Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht"> Is more important than finding a sexual partner

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📊" title="Balkendiagramm" aria-label="Emoji: Balkendiagramm">Just 16% of students declared excitement at the prospect of having sex at university.

Male students are less sexually active than female counterparts:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕺" title="Tanzender Mann" aria-label="Emoji: Tanzender Mann">34% of men
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💃" title="Tanzende Frau" aria-label="Emoji: Tanzende Frau"> 47% of women

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❌" title="Kreuzzeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Kreuzzeichen"> 11% of students were celibate by choice

The survey also revealed...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📊" title="Balkendiagramm" aria-label="Emoji: Balkendiagramm"> Men are more likely than women to report they’ve had more sexual partners

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗓️" title="Spiralkalenderblatt" aria-label="Emoji: Spiralkalenderblatt"> Nearly 10% of sexual encounters occurred during university welcome weeks https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/university-students-arent-having-sex-parents-dont-know-whether/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/pa...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔎" title="Nach rechts zeigende Lupe" aria-label="Emoji: Nach rechts zeigende Lupe">“People have very inaccurate perceptions of others’ lives especially in relation to sex,” says Nick Hillman, from Higher Education Policy Unit.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">This is true at all ages..

Research shows people believe women have approx 17 sexual partners by their 40s

The true number is 8

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> “I would say the student sex thing is a baby boomer obsession”

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Tablette" aria-label="Emoji: Tablette"> “The pill, easy access to abortion was a game changer for a whole generation,” say Dr Sarah Nicholson, retired NHS psychiatrist.

Today’s universities are more sober and circumspect

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> The wild side of university life is a narrative peculiar to the UK.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏠" title="Haus" aria-label="Emoji: Haus"> As a nation, we are unusual in using university as a way to leave home and grow up.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌍" title="Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Europa-Afrika auf dem Globus"> In other countries, students mostly live at home while they study - a passion killer if ever there was one

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛔️" title="Nicht betreten" aria-label="Emoji: Nicht betreten"> Sexual mores have also shifted and students are scared about getting consent wrong.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift"> At some universities, it’s compulsory to attend training around consent and coercion https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/university-students-arent-having-sex-parents-dont-know-whether/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/pa...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⁉️" title="Ausrufe-Fragezeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Ausrufe-Fragezeichen"> Only 1/4 undergraduates say that what they learned in their lives before university actually prepared them for sex and relationships

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📲" title="Mobiltelefon mit nach rechts zeigendem Pfeil auf der linken Seite" aria-label="Emoji: Mobiltelefon mit nach rechts zeigendem Pfeil auf der linken Seite"> 4/10 students have sexted a partner - mostly sending naked pictures

For parents it& #39;s hard to know whether to be:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Daumen hoch" aria-label="Emoji: Daumen hoch"> Relieved their young adult children are not having sex
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😟" title="Besorgtes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Besorgtes Gesicht"> or worried no intimate relationships could mean they are lonely

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷" title="Mit Schultern zuckende Person" aria-label="Emoji: Mit Schultern zuckende Person"> The truth is, ask parents today about their student children’s sex lives and most don’t have a clue

Research also showed:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💻" title="Computer" aria-label="Emoji: Computer">Over 50% of respondents say they watched porn

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❣️" title="Herz Ausrufezeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Herz Ausrufezeichen"> Nearly 1/3 say they’ve had an intimate relationship at university

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💋" title="Kussabdruck" aria-label="Emoji: Kussabdruck"> 1/4 arrive at university never having kissed anyone

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❌" title="Kreuzzeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Kreuzzeichen"> 43% have never had sex

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> “And that’s the benefits of surveys such as these...

"People read them and say, ‘oh, thank goodness I’m not the only virgin’,” says Dr Nicholson.

Read @helenapozniak& #39;s full report https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten"> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/university-students-arent-having-sex-parents-dont-know-whether/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/pa...