Zicoflex If you
believe the
buzz about
millennials
—the group
of people
reaching
young
adulthood
in the early
21st
century—
you've
probably
heard the
statement
that we're
the
generation
that ruined
dating.
Supposedly,
we're
constantly
buried in our
apps, we
barely
interact in
person, and
when we
do, it's just
for casual
hookups.
Hell, we've
even been
credited
with
ushering in
an actual
dating
apocalypse.
But is there
evidence to
support
these ideas,
or have
they just
been drilled
into us by
the media?
Every year,
the dating
site Match
surveys
single
Americans
ages 18 and
up to
examine
these kinds
of beliefs
about
dating, sex,
and love.
And—
surprise—a
lot of them
are totally
off,
according to
the 5,509-
person
analysis.
Here are
some of the
myths
about
twentysomethi
that this
year's
Singles in
America
survey will
hopefully
put to rest
for good.
1. We're
done with
dating.
While it
might seem
like people
have
progressively
come to
prefer
casual sex
to dating,
the majority
of singles
are either
actively
looking for
a
relationship
(22 percent)
or open to
one if the
opportunity
presents
itself (42
percent).
Almost half
of singles
(41 percent)
dated last
year, and
twentysomethi
are the
generation
most likely
to have
done so.
We're also
30 percent
more likely
than other
generations
to want a
relationship
this year.
2. We're
wasting
our time
with
dating
apps.
A lot of us
have heard
our friends
(or
ourselves)
rant about
how online
dating
doesn't
work and
meeting
through
friends is so
much easier.
But the
reality is,
dating app
users were
four times
more likely
to date in
2016. In
fact, dating
apps were a
more
common
means for
meeting
people, with
40 percent
of actively
dating
singles
getting
their most
recent first
dates that
way, rather
than
through
mutual
friends
(only 24
percent).
Complaining
about
Tinder will
always be a
favorite
millennial
pastime,
and many
of our
complaints
—like the
creepy
messages
we receive
—are
totally valid.
But the
claim that it
just doesn't
work is not.
3. We're
having a
ton of sex.
Compared
with our
parents'
generation,
we're 51
percent
more likely
to be totally
uninterested
in sex.
(Confirming
that finding,
a study
published
last year
found that
people in
their
twenties
and early
thirties
have less
sex than
baby
boomers
and Gen
Xers.) We're
also, for
whatever
reason, 66
percent less
into oral
than other
generations.
And despite
fearmongering
about our
generation's
penchant
for empty
promiscuity,
we're
actually 40
percent
more likely
to believe
emotional
intimacy
enhances
sex.
4. Online
dating is
only for
the most
desperate
among us.
Nowadays,
online
dating is
the
absolute
norm. Most
singles (53
percent)
have made
a profile at
some point,
and almost
half (40
percent)
have met a
date online.
This is
especially
true for
millennials:
Fifty-seven
percent
more
millennials
than people
of other
generations
have
created
profiles, and
75 percent
more than
baby
boomers
have gone
out with
someone
they met
online.
Dating
apocalypse,
be damned.
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