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The Gen Z Intimacy Recession
Episode 1544

The Gen Z Intimacy Recession

Carter Sherman talks about the decline in sex and intimacy among young people and what role the internet and hookup culture have played in shaping a generation's new cultural mores.

The Brian Lehrer Show

August 7, 202518m 56s

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Show Notes

Carter Sherman, author of The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future (Gallery Books, 2025), and a reproductive health and justice journalist at the Guardian, talks about the decline in sex and intimacy among young people and what role the internet and hookup culture have played in shaping a generation's new cultural mores.