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All the articles I've read say people are having less sex. I don't know if they are true, but it definitely seems to fly in the face of the readily available d

by e40 8y ago

All the articles I've read say people are having less sex. I don't know if they are true, but it definitely seems to fly in the face of the readily available dating apps. I can tell you, as a lurker in some of the dating subreddits, it seems lots of guys complain they never get matches, or rarely do. And, a lot of the women complain about a constant stream of terrible matches with men. Here's a thought: maybe focusing purely on looks (like Tinder does) isn't a good recipe for sexual compatibility.

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hopler 8y ago
Tinder promotes the ancient practice of polygamy, very effectively. The highest status males are having sex with many many women , and the major of males are having less than their peers of the last did. Women hold mostly steady but are more like to part of a "harem" than a monogamt relationship.
- bb611 8y ago
  Is there data to support this argument?
  - ransom1538 8y ago
    I don't agree it makes it a "harem", but an interesting stat: "It was determined that the bottom 80% of men (in terms of attractiveness) are competing for the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are competing for the top 20% of men." I knew (Anecdotal) this was true watching a female friend using dating apps. Her inbox, full of hundreds of unread messages. Any guy would have read each message 3 times. https://medium.com/@worstonlinedater/tinder-experiments-ii-guys-unless-you-are-really-hot-you-are-probably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a https://medium.com/@worstonlinedater/tinder-experiments-ii-g...
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curtis 8y ago
> All the articles I've read say people are having less sex. All the articles I've read say that married people have the most sex. They also say that a smaller proportion of the population is married these days. Any study that doesn't explicitly account for the above is not going to tell you nearly as much as the headline would lead you to believe.
ksec 8y ago
>I don't know if they are true, If anything I think they are having way more casual sex, helped and fuelled by these dating apps.

by e40 8y ago

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hopler 8y ago

Tinder promotes the ancient practice of polygamy, very effectively. The highest status males are having sex with many many women , and the major of males are having less than their peers of the last did. Women hold mostly steady but are more like to part of a "harem" than a monogamt relationship.

bb611 8y ago
Is there data to support this argument?
- ransom1538 8y ago
  I don't agree it makes it a "harem", but an interesting stat: "It was determined that the bottom 80% of men (in terms of attractiveness) are competing for the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are competing for the top 20% of men." I knew (Anecdotal) this was true watching a female friend using dating apps. Her inbox, full of hundreds of unread messages. Any guy would have read each message 3 times. https://medium.com/@worstonlinedater/tinder-experiments-ii-guys-unless-you-are-really-hot-you-are-probably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a https://medium.com/@worstonlinedater/tinder-experiments-ii-g...
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curtis 8y ago

> All the articles I've read say people are having less sex. All the articles I've read say that married people have the most sex. They also say that a smaller proportion of the population is married these days. Any study that doesn't explicitly account for the above is not going to tell you nearly as much as the headline would lead you to believe.

ksec 8y ago

>I don't know if they are true, If anything I think they are having way more casual sex, helped and fuelled by these dating apps.