One-in-three students admit to taking part in bizarre new Gen Z sex trend

There are plenty of reasons to be fearful for the future of humanity but this latest Gen Z trend in the bedroom might be one of the clearest indicators yet.

When it comes to sex, everybody will have their own preferences in terms of partners and positions, even if the most googled sex position from last year was one you've probably never heard of.

While the older generations are busy enjoying themselves at swinger cruises and festivals, it's pretty clear that a lot of Gen Z are having far less sex than their predecessors, even in a more sex positive world.

There's plenty that can be said about how the growth of online pornography might have influenced that but it also seems clear that the few members of Gen Z who are having sex are doing it far less often, with one night stands perhaps a distant memory for many.

The problem, it seems, is that a lot of people have had their minds so distorted by what they see online that when it actually comes to getting down and dirty in the bedroom, they have no clue what they are doing.

And that is reflected in a truly baffling new survey taken by American college students in which a staggering one in three participants admitted to scrolling through their phones during sex.

Now, I don't want to blow my own trumpet too much here but that is truly a foreign concept to me, and if it did happen, you'd probably just give up hope of being intimate ever again.

Sometimes that serotonin boost is all you need (Getty Stock)

But it seems as if it's a regular occurrence for some, at least across the pond, going off the answers of 100,000 US students aged 18 and over following a survey which was conducted through the social media apps YikYak and Sidechat - I must be losing it because I've never heard of those either.

More than 35 per cent of participants admitted that they have whipped out their phones to send a text or even watch a quick TikTok video while doing the deed, as if they're going to find some inspiration online that is going to make their experience more enjoyable.

I think we can all appreciate just how screen addicted a lot of kids are these days but that is truly taking things to another level, and surely ruins any hope of a positive conclusion to whatever is going on between the sheets.

Maybe Australia are onto something when it comes to banning social media for kids.

Emotional intimacy might actually be dead (Getty Stock)

It's not just the online world that's to blame though, as it's fair to say that a lot of these students had a key period of socialisation at school and college taken away from them during the Coronavirus pandemic, which no doubt increased anxiety about socialising and sex.

The study also found that a remarkable amount of people were willing to have sex with their roommates literally in the room with them, while nearly three quarters suggested that they'd met their partner in person, which is at least one positive to take from this.

The Institute of Family Studies, which published an analysis of the study, said: “In sum, for young adult males, sexlessness has roughly doubled across all measures over the last 10 years or so. For young adult females, it has risen by roughly 50 per cent."