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Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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Lack of eye contact. That's what I see among both sexes under the age of 30. Almost to the level of autism. An inability to have basic conversation. And the boys are totally ineffectual and terrified of trying to kiss a girl; it's been made faux pas to show any inclination. It's hard enough as a teenager to get up the courage to kiss a girl. Imagine if you think there's a 50/50 chance she'll completely destroy your l…

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Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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I work with a very large-scale UK survey that roughly covers the boomer generation: people born 1940-1970. Take a moment to guess the median lifetime number of sexual partners. . . . It's 3. Other people have less sex than you think.

Why would only having been with three people change how much sex you have had?

Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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The article almost exclusively talks about the US. One reason that isn't mentioned in the article is because the US is fundamentally based on puritanism and a lot of its values, especially concerning passion and sexuality are still prevalent in its culture. The "All American" OJ and corn flakes breakfast and circumcision (used as a form of genital mutilation to prevent masturbation) by Kellogs is still practiced to t…

Sorry I must have missed something how do you link Kelloggs the cereal company with circumcision?

https://www.history.com/news/dr-john-kellogg-cereal-wellness...

Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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So what's the problem when people are not forced anymore to adhere to stupid social games, faking interest in other people, wasting a lot of time on something that in the end is just a couple of minutes of satifsfying a body function? Seems like a huge plus. Nobody is forced to live that way, and probably everybody else is better off with the two worlds separated.

I don't think they are suggesting that the reason is because humanity has evolved past our sexual desires. People still want it. They just aren't doing it.

Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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The article almost exclusively talks about the US. One reason that isn't mentioned in the article is because the US is fundamentally based on puritanism and a lot of its values, especially concerning passion and sexuality are still prevalent in its culture. The "All American" OJ and corn flakes breakfast and circumcision (used as a form of genital mutilation to prevent masturbation) by Kellogs is still practiced to t…

Puritanism regarding sex is trending down and has been for a long time. Puritanism regarding indulging the brain through other means is also trending down.

If circumcision had even the most tiny sliver of anything to do with it you can bet your ass that there would be an associated stereotype that's older than the US.

Teenage sex isn't vilified. It's all over in pop culture. See all the bottom of the barrel high-school drama shows that Netflix puts out for example. We don't talk about this because it's hard to reconcile with the "you're too stupid to make decisions because prefrontal cortex" message we bombard teens with at every opportunity.

Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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The article almost exclusively talks about the US. One reason that isn't mentioned in the article is because the US is fundamentally based on puritanism and a lot of its values, especially concerning passion and sexuality are still prevalent in its culture. The "All American" OJ and corn flakes breakfast and circumcision (used as a form of genital mutilation to prevent masturbation) by Kellogs is still practiced to t…

we live in the 1960s?

Non of this is true in modern America for young folk

Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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I work with a very large-scale UK survey that roughly covers the boomer generation: people born 1940-1970. Take a moment to guess the median lifetime number of sexual partners. . . . It's 3. Other people have less sex than you think.

The number of partners does in no way tell you much about the amount of sex people have. A person could have a single partner their whole life but bang every day. Compare that to a person who hooks up with a new person once every two weeks. The first person has 14 times more sex than the second but the number of partners would paint a very different picture.

> The first person has 14 times more sex

One time a day only - here lies the problem.

Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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The article almost exclusively talks about the US. One reason that isn't mentioned in the article is because the US is fundamentally based on puritanism and a lot of its values, especially concerning passion and sexuality are still prevalent in its culture. The "All American" OJ and corn flakes breakfast and circumcision (used as a form of genital mutilation to prevent masturbation) by Kellogs is still practiced to t…

Sorry I must have missed something how do you link Kelloggs the cereal company with circumcision?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg#Views_on_s... is a solid tl;dr. He invented cornflakes thinking that that was a food that would inhibit libido and cause people to have less sex.

Re: Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)

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The article almost exclusively talks about the US. One reason that isn't mentioned in the article is because the US is fundamentally based on puritanism and a lot of its values, especially concerning passion and sexuality are still prevalent in its culture. The "All American" OJ and corn flakes breakfast and circumcision (used as a form of genital mutilation to prevent masturbation) by Kellogs is still practiced to t…

Sorry I must have missed something how do you link Kelloggs the cereal company with circumcision?

https://allthingscomedy.com/podcasts/46---live-w-patton-oswa...
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