Internet raises the bar for first-time sex in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands young people these days start to have sex later, according to the research ‘Sex under 25’ carried out in 2017. More recent qualitative research by Rutgers among young people showed that social media in many ways plays an important role. The fact that the legal drinking age was raised in the Netherlands is also of influence. It appears that young people also attach great importance to the experience of first-time sex, and would rather experience this within a relationship.