By Mona Chalabi
Publication Date: 2025-11-28 15:00:00
The sex lives of Generation Z are of great interest – to politicians, to parents, to influencers and dating app managers and, apparently, to you too. Is Generation Z so lonely that they’re falling in love with AI robots? Do they form polycules all over the US? Are they having enough sex? Do they even have sex?
Generation Z is broadly defined as young Americans ages 13 to 28. This generation came of age when information about sex was readily available to them, for better (the Internet provides both sex education and community) and arguably for worse (as of 2022, 54% of U.S. teens reported seeing online pornography for the first time at age 13 or younger). They are more likely to embrace non-traditional identities and are progressive on issues like abortion rights and same-sex marriage—particularly among Gen Z women.
But they have also seen the world reeling from pandemic-era isolation and two Trump presidencies that celebrated the erosion of reproductive freedoms and LGBTQ+ rights. Sexual conservatives want Generation Z…
