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If we're going with hunches (as in the article) free streaming porn seems more likely than streaming conventional entertainment like Netflix. I mean, both have
by quietbritishjim 9y ago
If we're going with hunches (as in the article) free streaming porn seems more likely than streaming conventional entertainment like Netflix. I mean, both have taken off over the relevant period, but porn is obviously a bit more closely tied to sex.
- mistaken 9y agoI'm not so sure. I think boredom is the biggest factor, so Netflix is probably the cause. For example the Indian government once tried offering electricity in rural areas to lower child birth rates. "If there is electricity in every village, then people will watch TV till late at night and then fall asleep. They won't get a chance to produce children,"[1] [1] https://www.treehugger.com/culture/indian-government-pushes-rural-electrification-for-population-control-television-as-contraception.html https://www.treehugger.com/culture/indian-government-pushes-...
- dEnigma 9y agoAccording to the abstract, the decline was not related to porn consumption, but since I don't have access to the article I don't know the details of how they controlled for it. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-0953-1 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-0953-1