"Let's be honest about lockdown libido loss - and why we're having less sex now
As a Mumsnet thread sparks a conversation about the impact of the pandemic in our bedrooms, Rebecca Reid says we shouldn't feel guilty
During a recent socially distanced walk, I was complaining that I haven’t used the last few months to get fit or read any of the classics, and that unlike everyone else, I haven’t been having sex three times a day.
"Don’t be ridiculous," my friend replied. "No-one is having sex anymore. Absolutely no-one".
While it’s possible that her assessment was something of an exaggeration, it came as a relief to me. At the start of lockdown, there was constant chatter about how newly work-from-home employees would be sneaking in a lunch time bonk every day, and how the birth rate was going to rocket because we’re all so desperate for an orgasm in the face of oblivion. There was even a name coined for the resulting baby boom generation: "coronials".
For those of us – like me - who found ourselves distinctly unaroused during lockdown, it was tempting to feel like there was a huge sex party going on without us."
Let's be honest about lockdown libido loss - and why we're having less sex now
ToryGraph never writes about the Official CUK threads
As a Mumsnet thread sparks a conversation about the impact of the pandemic in our bedrooms, Rebecca Reid says we shouldn't feel guilty
During a recent socially distanced walk, I was complaining that I haven’t used the last few months to get fit or read any of the classics, and that unlike everyone else, I haven’t been having sex three times a day.
"Don’t be ridiculous," my friend replied. "No-one is having sex anymore. Absolutely no-one".
While it’s possible that her assessment was something of an exaggeration, it came as a relief to me. At the start of lockdown, there was constant chatter about how newly work-from-home employees would be sneaking in a lunch time bonk every day, and how the birth rate was going to rocket because we’re all so desperate for an orgasm in the face of oblivion. There was even a name coined for the resulting baby boom generation: "coronials".
For those of us – like me - who found ourselves distinctly unaroused during lockdown, it was tempting to feel like there was a huge sex party going on without us."
Let's be honest about lockdown libido loss - and why we're having less sex now
ToryGraph never writes about the Official CUK threads
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