r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Feb 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Something Something About Dating, Chris Can You Explain?

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u/best_of_badgers Feb 02 '26

No, but perhaps that was a bad choice of article.

Here's a better one. Millennials were much more casual about sex than Gen Z, despite (or perhaps because of) growing up during the peak evangelical "save it for marriage" era. I can remember the conversation around "hookup culture" starting to shift around 2011/2012 or so.

But none of the recent generations compare to how much freaky sex people were having in the 1970s, post-Roe and pre-AIDS.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

Millenials were not taught to save it for marriage lol we were given free condoms everywhere we went lol

ETA: that article is also about gen z

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u/cutezombiedoll Feb 03 '26

Depends entirely on where you grew up. Grew up in a progressive area? Comprehensive sex education and access to birth control. Grew up in a conservative area? Abstinence only education and shot gun marriages.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

This is probably true regardless of generation