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That 15% figure seems dubious. It's a primal desire. It may have just been a polite response.
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
That 15% figure seems dubious. It's a primal desire. It may have just been a polite response.
- falcor84 9y agoI would argue that the actual primal desire is for sexual gratification, while sexual intercourse is just one way to do so. The way I see it, masturbation is perhaps the quintessential hack, in the sense of achieving a desired outcome while bypassing the "designed" mechanism.
- sillysaurus3 9y agoThat's probably true. Many animals can't.
- yorwba 9y agoHowever, it appears that many can (warning: link has picture of masturbating monkey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-reproductive_sexual_behavior_in_animals#Autoeroticism_or_masturbation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-reproductive_sexual_behavi...
- eanzenberg 9y agoThose acts aren't nearly equal.. if they were there'd be no humans to speak of.
- dageshi 9y agoJapans population is declining and has been for a while now... In a country where they have a word for the extremely socially withdrawn (Hikikomori), I could believe that 15% number. Not because those people wouldn't want a partner but simply because they believe their chances of getting one are 0% (and in their mind it's not worth trying).
- freeflight 9y agoThese acts are pretty much equal in terms of biological reactions and processes. Your hormones/instincts don't care where you "put your load", they only care that you did and normalized hormone levels. It's also not something unique to humans, lots of other animals hump inanimate objects due to reproductive drive/hormonal urges, some primate species are actually quite infamous for their "lewd behavior".
- stephengillie 9y agoA lot of people have had a dog hump their leg.