Behind the decline in fertility, isn't there a Sex Recession? A Love Crisis? Dating skills that are withering away? A Tinder-apocalypse? Undeniably, this episode is different. I talk about marriage, divorce, Tinder, pornography, patriarchy, and pleasure. And as bonus, I offer a bright new game for the next time you entertain friends at home.  

A podcast created by David Duhamel produced by MaisonK Prod

Original music : Ben Molinaro

Graphism : Anna Toussaint

Sources

Daysy Letourneur, 2022, On ne nait pas mec, on le devient. Zones

Bruno Patino, 2019, La Civilisation du poisson rouge, Grasset

Esther Perel, 2007, Mating in Captivity, Yellow Kite

On declining sex-activity

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-sex-problem-demographic-time-bomb-birth-rates-sex-robots-fertility-crisis-virgins-romance-porn-a7831041.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-sex-problem-demographic-time-bomb-birth-rates-sex-robots-fertility-crisis-virgins-romance-porn-a7831041.html

https://www.italymagazine.com/italy/science/less-sex-italian-couples-drop-male-sex-drive-blamed">https://www.italymagazine.com/italy/science/less-sex-italian-couples-drop-male-sex-drive-blamed

Kate Julian, 2018, Why are Young People Having so Little Sex? The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/

Debbie Herbenicl & Al, 2019, Changes in Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Frequency and Sexual Repertoire from 2009 to 2018: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 51  10.1007/s10508-021-02125-2">10.1007/s10508-021-02125-2 

On Dating Apps

Anna Brown, 2020, PEW research center, A profile of single Americans

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/a-profile-of-single-americans/">https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/a-profile-of-single-americans/

On Google Searches

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, 2017, Everybody Lies, Bloomsury

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