Is romance dead in 2024?

The world, and primarily the United States, has witnessed an unprecedented decline in relationships over the past decade and the outlook for 2024, in the love department, seems to be even bleaker.

Today nearly thirty-four percent of women and an astounding sixty-three percent of men in the U.S. are single. Not surprisingly the decline in relationships brings with it a decline in sexual activity and an inevitable drop in birth rates with studies showing the number of sexually active Americans at a thirty-year low.

The question of why we’re seeing this decline in romantic relationships isn’t easy to answer. Many factors determine a person’s desire to commit themselves to another but data does point the finger at some aspects of our current lifestyle.

Dating today seems harder than it was just ten years ago and technology has a lot to do with that.

More physical and emotional risk

Online dating is a doorway to predatory dating. It’s easier than ever for people with bad intentions to find likely victims. All they need to do is swipe left. In some cases, these people are out to do physical harm to others. In some they’re scammers who have found a new and easier way to con people out of their money, but, in most cases, they’re just broken people who shouldn’t be dating in the first place. It’s emotionally…