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The great sex recession: celibate Americans at record high

Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, pictured in 1961 with then-president John F. Kennedy (left) and his attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, is believed to have been celibate his entire life. [AFP]

The share of American adults having no sex in the past year reached an all-time high in 2018, an intimate survey revealed Friday, and many of those missing out are men in their 20s.

An analysis of new research data by The Washington Post reveals a battle of the sexes, with 18 percent of the women between the ages of 18 and 30 reporting no sex in the past year -- but 28 percent of men.

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