Men's Sexual Desire Peaks Around 40? Perhaps We've Been Thinking About Desire Backwards (opens in new tab)

The modern world is strangely uncomfortable with middle age. We celebrate youth. We monetize youth. We reconstruct youth. We market youth. We filter youth. We preserve youth in photographs, advertisements, movies, social media feeds, and increasingly expensive bathroom cabinets. Youth is no longer merely a stage of life. It has become a cultural aspiration. Which is why a new study involving more than 67,000 people feels almost heretical.