Unemployment Makes People Hornier

A doctoral student from Texas A&M University recently studied the sexual habits of 2,362 young men and women, ages 21-27. Matthew J. Davis took a gander at contraceptive use, number of partners and the overall roll in the sack totals for his subjects. So what did he find? The study, which is published in Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, explains that young people who are subjected to higher rates of poverty (prolonged unemployment for instance) are likely to have more sex and not use contraceptives, than those with a stable source of income.

And why may this be? Well part of it has a lot to do simply with having extra time on your hands. But another less obvious reason is how people perceive their future:

“A second factor that may be working in this relationship is future uncertainty. Unemployed and poor individuals may be less likely to perceive their future as both positive and stable, which may lead to reduction in their ability to delay gratification and comprehend future consequences of their actions.”

Well you have to compensate for being jobless after graduation somehow right?

Via: Jezebel via: UPI