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1) Internet porn is training young men to have sex with fantasy images, making sex with a real partner an alien concept. 2) People are way more engaged with sc
by tomohawk 8y ago
1) Internet porn is training young men to have sex with fantasy images, making sex with a real partner an alien concept.
2) People are way more engaged with screens than in person
3) Masculinity is labeled 'toxic', etc. Young men are not getting the support/encouragement/mentoring they need.
- louisswiss 8y agoCan you expand the third point a bit? I hear people talk about this a lot, but don't understand what it actually means. For example, what kind of support/encouragement/mentoring did men previously get that they no longer enjoy, and how would it have an effect on sex rates?
- tomohawk 8y agoYou can see this where it is acceptible to have all female organizations or institutions, but unacceptable to have similar organizations or institutions for males. Similarly, there are many programs specifically targeting women for certain careers, such as STEM. The result is that increasingly there is a "gender gap" favoring women at university. https://www.theguardian.com/education/datablog/2013/jan/29/how-many-men-and-women-are-studying-at-my-university https://www.theguardian.com/education/datablog/2013/jan/29/h...
- tomjakubowski 8y ago> Masculinity is labeled 'toxic' Not true and a willful misinterpretation of the phrase "toxic masculinity".