It must be a real problem for both sexes. Sex is depicted and insinuated everywhere... the hormones are active & working... yet there are still many reasons for 'restraint', especially on theoretical 'casual dates'.

Maybe there ARE very few casual dates anymore, and sex is 'almost' assumed unless it isn't convenient or couples take a dislike to each other.

What worries me is that serious relationships, marriage and/or kids result from basing compatibility on (mostly) sex.....[yeah, this has always been a problem, but moreso in recent decades]

I find it interesting, because I remember sitting in my college student union discussing the recent news (about 1960)that the contraceptive pill had just been approved. I said at the time that this would change the whole moral issue in years to come.

Nothing wrong with 'sex' per se, but it clouds the mind about other bases for dating/relationships.