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What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves

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Re: What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves

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Post by forgottenpass »

dkla1120 wrote: post #22

> "Stephens-Davidowitz’s data suggests that there are more gay men in the closet than we think..." > "...that a lot of straight women watch lesbian porn" Why not a lot straight men that watch gay porn, and more lesbian woman in the closet than you would think? Or just people who are hyper-sexual? I'd be interested in understanding the methods used to determine the difference between homosexuality and hyper-sexuality,…

I'd be interested in understanding the methods used to determine the difference between homosexuality and hyper-sexuality, and simply curious.

They can tell the difference because they're doing "Data Science," not science.

Re: What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves

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Post by int_19h »

Mz wrote: post #28
int_19h wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As I understand it, most porn is consumed alone, as a substitute for sex with a partner. That is not actually the case. People in relationships watch porn a lot, and sometimes they even do it together.

Your reply makes little sense. Consuming porn alone does not mean you are not in a relationship. "Sometimes they even do it together" is a weird way to end a suggestion that people are mostly not consuming porn alone. Are they or are they not mostly (more than half the time) consuming it together?

I misunderstood your comment - I thought you implied that people mostly consume porn when they're not in a relationship.

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Post by lugg »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #39
lugg wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but did you apply to spy school?

>>> even if they never act on them That said, I didn't apply to a spy school - but does reading up on situational awareness books and articles after binge-watching some spy/action TV series count?

No I don't think so. The analogy was, just because you have a fantasy about being a spy doesn't mean you're willing to act on it and really want to be in life and death situations as often as Jason Bourne.

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Post by lostmsu »

marchenko wrote: post #57
mythrwy wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And that interests of people searching for porn are representative of the general population. Agree. Not convinced (although the data is interesting).

I suspect that this assumption fails particularly spectacularly with women, who consume more erotica as art and text than men.

Or they just talk less about what they actually consume.
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