Key points
2025 has been a year marked by political and economical turmoil and the unbridled advancement of AI.
Our social and interpersonal relationships have also experienced much turmoil.
Understanding trends is an opportunity to assess where we are and where we're going.
2025 has been a year of much chaos: a political storm under the Trump administration, major economic and geopolitical instability, and the introduction of artificial intelligence into all aspects of our lives—including our most private and sacred space: our bedrooms.
The world of sex and relationships has also shifted dramatically—not only because of the aforementioned sociopolitical and technological forces, but in ways that are also independent of them. Some of these dynamics have been decades in the making, s

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