Have More Sex: my New York Times op-ed is live!

Considering the loneliness epidemic through the lens of sexlessness.

Hello and welcome to Many Such Cases.

This morning, I had an essay published in the Opinion section of the New York Times. The essay details how everyone is having less sex than they likely should be, and how this is a symptom of a growing crisis isolation, loneliness and cultural anomie.

Here’s the link, if you’d like to read it.

I am somewhat terrified to have this piece be shared on such a massive platform, as obviously excited about it as I am, too. I do know this op-ed will generate many critiques, some legitimate and some the result of a willful misinterpretation of what I’ve said. That’s okay.

One of the legitimate critiques I hope to further address here on this Substack is that my op-ed doesn’t offer much in the way of solutions. Sorry, but I couldn’t offer much in the way of all-encompassing, framework-shifting advice for how to have more sex in a 1200 word article that merely introduces the problem, largely because a universal solution doesn’t exist. I just want people to start thinking about it!

However, I do think that exploring potential solutions that will work for some but not all is an important avenue to attempt to pursue. My hope from the start of launching this newsletter has been to do some of that here. I’ve got a few ideas, but I am certainly open to suggestions.

For those of you that have found me here because of the op-ed, I am so appreciative of the support. Thank you!