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Americans are having less sex and researchers are blaming Netflix

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Re: Americans are having less sex and researchers are blaming Netflix

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Post by mistaken »

quietbritishjim wrote: post #3

If we're going with hunches (as in the article) free streaming porn seems more likely than streaming conventional entertainment like Netflix. I mean, both have taken off over the relevant period, but porn is obviously a bit more closely tied to sex.

I'm not so sure. I think boredom is the biggest factor, so Netflix is probably the cause. For example the Indian government once tried offering electricity in rural areas to lower child birth rates. "If there is electricity in every village, then people will watch TV till late at night and then fall asleep. They won't get a chance to produce children,"[1]

[1] https://www.treehugger.com/culture/indian-government-pushes-...

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Post by mamon »

insickness wrote: post #8

I would attribute it more the glut of free online porn than netflix. Men consume porn far more than women because men are more visually stimulated than women. This has been verified by numerous scientific studies. In many ways, women can't compete with porn. Hundreds of years ago, the average man would be delighted to get sex from the average woman in his local community. Through porn, your average guy has seen more…

>> "videos of the the most physically attractive women imaginable"

Is it just me, or are most of the porn stars really just little above average, when it comes to looks? Like 7/10? The women that I would call "most attractive women imaginable" are all regular movie/pop stars, not porn stars.

Re: Americans are having less sex and researchers are blaming Netflix

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Post by throwawaymonkie »

Wow. So first men are vilified for being sexual creatures, now they are blamed for not having enough sex.

With all this twitter justice #metoo, who can blame men for not wanting to having anything to do with women. After all the shaming of Mike Pence for not wanting to meet alone with a woman, it sure seems like it was by far the best way to go.

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Post by dEnigma »

mamon wrote: post #12
insickness wrote: post #8

I would attribute it more the glut of free online porn than netflix. Men consume porn far more than women because men are more visually stimulated than women. This has been verified by numerous scientific studies. In many ways, women can't compete with porn. Hundreds of years ago, the average man would be delighted to get sex from the average woman in his local community. Through porn, your average guy has seen more…

>> "videos of the the most physically attractive women imaginable" Is it just me, or are most of the porn stars really just little above average, when it comes to looks? Like 7/10? The women that I would call "most attractive women imaginable" are all regular movie/pop stars, not porn stars.

Most porn stars probably don't fall into the "most physically attractive women imaginable" category, you're right. But you certainly can find pornographic videos with extremely attractive women, if you look for them. Of course the camerawork and editing makes a difference too. Nowadays there is quite a lot of well-produced porn on the internet and some porn stars do look like your "movie/pop stars".

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Post by gaius »

insickness wrote: post #8

I would attribute it more the glut of free online porn than netflix. Men consume porn far more than women because men are more visually stimulated than women. This has been verified by numerous scientific studies. In many ways, women can't compete with porn. Hundreds of years ago, the average man would be delighted to get sex from the average woman in his local community. Through porn, your average guy has seen more…

Hundreds of years ago, the average man would be delighted to get sex from the average woman in his local community

Laws of supply and demand apply here too.

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Post by acd »

I think that the researchers are on to something broader. The research shows that smart device use lessens sex. Japan for example has early high technology usage and high suicide rates but low birth rates. Does devices with entertainment substitute getting together with your partner and friends?

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Post by gregshap »

gregshap wrote: post #18

Original paper (abstract): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-0953-1

According to the abstract, the declines are driven by people married or living together, and especially people in their 50s, with kids, and those who DONT view pornography.

So according to the paper pornography is a complement to partnered sex, not a substitute.

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