When we're home alone and want someone to watch TV with but instead we have sex with someone and they leave, it doesn't fulfil our need for intimacy, it actually creates detachment. Skip navigation! Story from Sex. Juliana Piskorz. Last Updated 28 July , According to new data collected by the Kinsey Institute , the pandemic has changed our attitudes to sex.
Researchers spoke to singles across America and found that over half of those surveyed now have no interest in one-night stands. This is the antithesis of the wet and wild summer of love initially forecast by experts at the beginning of the vaccine rollout in January.
I was intrigued to see if this trend was mirrored among my peers so I posted an Instagram story asking my followers if they would have a one-night stand and if not, why not. The results were surprising. Reasons ranged from being put off by previous bad experiences to concerns over personal safety and wellbeing.
The common thread, however, was that no-strings sex is more often than not emotionally and physically underwhelming. This seems even more unexpected when you consider the huge uptick in dating app usage since the start of the pandemic, with many of these platforms garnering a reputation for encouraging casual hook-ups.
When restrictions eased after the first lockdown in May , dating apps were the first point of call for many singles. With limited options at our fingertips, park dates became de rigueur and a takeaway pint followed by a clandestine snog in a bush was the apex of modern romance.
