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by Brybry 1147 days ago
But high school kids are having less sex and, those that do, with fewer partners and it continues to trend down. [1]

So, assuming porn has any effect at all, it's possible highly available internet porn is decreasing the amount of sex kids are having.

The sexual violence trend on page 56 is concerning however it looks like the CDC has not been tracking that question as long either (only 4 year trend instead of 10+ like other categories).

Another concerning thing to me is the decreasing condom use, especially with current abortion trends. If we think porn drives behavior, maybe porn actors should be mandated to use condoms.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/yrbs_data-sum... [Page 14 (17 pdf)]