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Funny title, interesting article. Is this really HN material though?
> 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…
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 in no way conclusive).
> The primary psychological goal of porno seems to be for the viewer to imagine one of the actors as themselves, and/or the other actor(s) as those the viewer knows or sees.
As you can imagine (given the above job) we also see a lot of porn. And I would say you are right. POV pornography is extremely popular - probably the most common type of porn people watch.
Funny title, interesting article. Is this really HN material though?
Note 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…
> Another fun fact: homosexual behavior has been well documented in both the Bonobo and koalas, an interesting counterpoint to fundamentalists claims that homosexuality isn't natural. :) You didn't mention some things from your link like, The furry, eucalyptus-eating creatures appear to develop this tendency for same-sex liaisons when they are in captivity. In the wild, they remain heterosexual. What's natural about…
> 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…
If that stat alone had been widespread a few decades ago, it would have prevented so much angst for so many.
Note 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…
Incidentally you chose fairly poor examples for animal homosexuality. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals for a list of other examples you could use. For instance I prefer to cite giraffes (9 out of 10 sexual encounters are homosexual) and black swans (1/4 preferentially homosexual).
Funny title, interesting article. Is this really HN material though?
(I did it for SCIENCE!)