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Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

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Re: Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

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This is a widespread societal change that I think most people are completely unaware of. The majority of women are sleeping with the top 10% of men, sometimes only the top 3-5%, with the rest barely getting any at all. the sexual revolution was never about free love or sexual freedom, it was about womens rights to sleep with the few men they are all attracted to. The lower 80% of men instead saw their sexual freedom…

You would lose your job because that is some serious incel shit.

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post #12

They buried the lede here. > Sexual activity was largely unchanged among unmarried women, along with no notable decline among gay men, researchers reported. Basically sex is following the pattern of wealth. Men as a group aren't having less sex, instead there's a winner take all effect where a small number of men are having a lot of sex with a lot of women while a large number of men are having little to no sex. It'l…

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Re: Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

#73
post #9

I wonder how much of an impact the pervasive availability of digital pornography has on this.

I honestly think this is a larger factor than is generally given credit. There is the 'vicarious experience' element of it that may help sate some part of the brain, and the 'i don't measure up' element that shames some out of even trying.

Re: Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

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post #12

They buried the lede here. > Sexual activity was largely unchanged among unmarried women, along with no notable decline among gay men, researchers reported. Basically sex is following the pattern of wealth. Men as a group aren't having less sex, instead there's a winner take all effect where a small number of men are having a lot of sex with a lot of women while a large number of men are having little to no sex. It'l…

Why is it not the other way around? i.e. rich females getting a lot of males.

Re: Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

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post #71

This is a widespread societal change that I think most people are completely unaware of. The majority of women are sleeping with the top 10% of men, sometimes only the top 3-5%, with the rest barely getting any at all. the sexual revolution was never about free love or sexual freedom, it was about womens rights to sleep with the few men they are all attracted to. The lower 80% of men instead saw their sexual freedom…

You would lose your job because that is some serious incel shit.

The trick is I'm not an incel. I'm the opposite. I've seen this with my own two eyes for years and am completely shocked by it.

Re: Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

#78
post #8

Probably because you can now play counterstrike in the browser. :)

I’ll bet the causation is more like the inverse.

(This is the best construction I could come up with. Native English speakers enlighten me please.)

Re: Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

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post #12

They buried the lede here. > Sexual activity was largely unchanged among unmarried women, along with no notable decline among gay men, researchers reported. Basically sex is following the pattern of wealth. Men as a group aren't having less sex, instead there's a winner take all effect where a small number of men are having a lot of sex with a lot of women while a large number of men are having little to no sex. It'l…

> It'll be interesting to see what happens in 5-10 years What is already happening in rich parts of Asia. Tons of pissed off women with no kids who want to raise your taxes.

+ a huge rise in fertility tourism, continued rise of single mothers

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/30412...

Re: Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

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post #9

I wonder how much of an impact the pervasive availability of digital pornography has on this.

Porn on the internet has existed since the internet has existed.

It wasn't always so easily accessible and in such vast quantities. Downstream was slow, there was that wild west time of p2p in the late 90s-00s where you never really knew what you'd get. Now it's ridiculously pervasive.
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