Maybe this is dumb, but I opened this at work and it was a little more graphic and NSFW than I expected.
One reason why humans are special and unique: We masturbate. A lot
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#22> Males report having sexual fantasies earlier in development (average age of onset 11.5 years) I find that figure to be surprisingly high. My first dream that was definitely sexual was when I was 7 going on 8, in the second grade. > today’s Internet pornography scene, where zero is left to the imagination. I disagree. The primary psychological goal of porno seems to be for the viewer to imagine one of the actors as…
May I ask; how old are you now? (your past recall seems pretty damn good if you can remember back so far) As it stands I'd say 7/8 seems young; well, for men (it might be reasonable for women). My work is in computer forensics and we often have children's computers to examine. In my limited observation sexual interest develops around 10/11 in boys and 8/9 in girls (this is based on searches for porn or sexy pics so i…
OT, but how far back in your youth can you remember? I ask this because I described my earliest memory to my mother and she confirmed that at that time I must have been no more than 18 months old. It was an apartment we lived in during a brief period of separation from my father, when she went AWOL with me, and she swore she never told anyone where we have been for those few weeks.
I also remember a day when my brother took me on his motorcycle because I was sitting on the gas tank and it burned my thighs. Turns out my brother left for the U.S. when I was 2 years old.
My aunt has letters I wrote to her when I was 4, and those I remember like it was yesterday. The first letter has punctures in it because it was the day I found out that you couldn't write a letter on the carpet, and needed a hard surface behind it to keep the pencil from puncturing it.
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#23>>>male university students were found to masturbate to ejaculation about every 72 hours If that stat alone had been widespread a few decades ago, it would have prevented so much angst for so many.
Really 72 whole hours? Must be students with roommates.
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#24Note that the author doesn't claim that humans are the only species who masturbates, but rather that humans masturbate the most often. The author goes on to speculate that this is because humans have the ability to fantasize, though I think the claims that humans masturbate more than any other animal and that chimps are unable to fantasize dubious. If you found this article interesting (or amusing, as it very well ma…
In the video, that's an ape with a frog. Not a monkey. Show some respect :)
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
May I ask; how old are you now? (your past recall seems pretty damn good if you can remember back so far) As it stands I'd say 7/8 seems young; well, for men (it might be reasonable for women). My work is in computer forensics and we often have children's computers to examine. In my limited observation sexual interest develops around 10/11 in boys and 8/9 in girls (this is based on searches for porn or sexy pics so i…
OT, but how far back in your youth can you remember? I ask this because I described my earliest memory to my mother and she confirmed that at that time I must have been no more than 18 months old. It was an apartment we lived in during a brief period of separation from my father, when she went AWOL with me, and she swore she never told anyone where we have been for those few weeks. I also remember a day when my broth…
Yea, I think it's all relative. I know people who remember little from before the age of 6, and I find that to be almost disturbing...I remember most everything from 4 onward, and my earliest memory involves me wanting a particular sort of diaper (the pig ones!), so I imagine I was pretty young at the time.
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#26Note that the author doesn't claim that humans are the only species who masturbates, but rather that humans masturbate the most often. The author goes on to speculate that this is because humans have the ability to fantasize, though I think the claims that humans masturbate more than any other animal and that chimps are unable to fantasize dubious. If you found this article interesting (or amusing, as it very well ma…
one of the few species that have been observed to participate in oral sex.
There's also the notorious example of bats.
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#27One reason why not to read HN over lunch.
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#28Maybe this is dumb, but I opened this at work and it was a little more graphic and NSFW than I expected.
"Oh, hey, do you have a second to take a look at this over here?"
"I'll be there in, uh, a minute."
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#29> Is the next generation going to be so intellectually lazy in their sexual fantasies [because of Internet porn] that their creativity in other domains is also affected? Wow. I know each generation ends up spreading FUD about the habits of the younger ones, but I never expected to be criticized for not masturbating creatively enough . Puritanism sure ain't what it used to be.
I think it's quite an astute point. Easy access to porn desensitizes us sexually, and we no longer have to depend on our imaginations. It's not necessarily about FUD or a generational issue, it's something worth thinking about.
I think these are important questions to consider:
How does easy access to pornography affect the development of children?
What are the effects of pornography and masturbation in my life?
How does porn affect my marriage?
How does masturbation affect my marriage?Re: One reason why humans are special and unique: We masturbate. A lot
#30> Is the next generation going to be so intellectually lazy in their sexual fantasies [because of Internet porn] that their creativity in other domains is also affected? Wow. I know each generation ends up spreading FUD about the habits of the younger ones, but I never expected to be criticized for not masturbating creatively enough . Puritanism sure ain't what it used to be.
I think it's quite an astute point. Easy access to porn desensitizes us sexually, and we no longer have to depend on our imaginations. It's not necessarily about FUD or a generational issue, it's something worth thinking about. I think these are important questions to consider: How does easy access to pornography affect the development of children? What are the effects of pornography and masturbation in my life? How…
The latter 3 are not too interesting IMO, because porn and masturbation have been around for centuries, and whatever effects they've had have become part of society.
The first one might be an interesting one to consider. Of course this is assuming children get hold of the pornography at an earlier age than they should and continuously have easy access to it. And in my opinion, the only thing that occurs is that children will get desensitized to the typical types of sex early on, and when they reach the age where they will be participating, they will need or want more interesting, atypical, types of sex to fully enjoy themselves.