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15 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 22 Jan \ on: Sexlessness is rising by every measure (1982-2023) charts_and_numbers

Interesting.

What motivates the young people these days if not the pursuit of the opposite sex?

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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 22 Jan

I think it's just that they're getting their release from porn.

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Riberet 22 Jan

This is something that I have also thought, porn makes you cover that need artificially, which makes your desire to seek interactions with the opposite sex decrease, in addition to many other consequences that porn itself entails.

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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undergotten 22 Jan

If my son is an example: nothing.

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40 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 22 Jan

That's the golden question, right? My personal guess is the boring one: it's the phones. People are online and don't go out anymore.

The "exciting" explanations are about economics or feminism or dating apps. I personally don't believe in those, but you are free to do so if you want.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 Jan

I agree it's the phone but what apps are people using? dating apps

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 22 Jan

Probably a big part of it.

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16 sats \ 0 replies \ @000w2 22 Jan

Angering the wrong woman could destroy your social life and career. Risk reward is not worth it in the social media age, especially if there is infinite zero-risk porn available.

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