[otabdeveloper]

What they call (incorrectly) 'sex' is not mating.

Having kids is strongly inversely correlated with 'having sex'. (People who are most successful at reproducing are also the people with the fewest sexual partners and a less active sex life.)

[lliamander]

I regret not having links to share, but studies show that married people on average have sex more often than unmarried people. Protestant couples (married) report having the most sex of any of the cohorts studied, though catholic couples had the highest subjective satisfaction rating - make of that what you will.

My interpretation: this is largely because most people, when they are single, struggle to find romantic partners. Many are also (at least ostensibly) looking for someone to marry, and so they try to optimize for that (sometimes) at the expense of more sex now.

I agree with the distinction you are making though.

[erikb]

You probably intended to say something reasonable, but what you wrote just doesn't make much sense.

[otabdeveloper]

The people having 4-5 kids aren't the people who got laid in highschool.

Moreover, some of the most successfully reproducing people are those who have sex once a year.

'Sex' is, by definition, something that's supposed to lead to reproduction. Whatever you're discussing here isn't.

[static_noise]

The game has changed in major ways and contraception is one key part. Sex is detached from reproduction.