Celibacy is all the rage online. Here's why.

Let's talk about sex — more specifically, about the fact that some of us are opting not to have it. Celibacy is a hot topic in pop culture, evidenced by the return of the Netflix series Too Hot To Handle, where contestants attempt to abstain from sex for prize money. Beyond Netflix, people — women in particular — are opening up about their decision to be celibate online and coining terms about it like "boy sober." 

Between 2007 and 2017, the number of young men and women having casual sex both dropped...