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The Atlantic covered this recently too: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arch
by acwan93 6y ago
The Atlantic covered this recently too: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex...
>I was told it might be a consequence of the hookup culture, of crushing economic pressures, of surging anxiety rates, of psychological frailty, of widespread antidepressant use, of streaming television, of environmental estrogens leaked by plastics, of dropping testosterone levels, of digital porn, of the vibrator’s golden age, of dating apps, of option paralysis, of helicopter parents, of careerism, of smartphones, of the news cycle, of information overload generally, of sleep deprivation, of obesity. Name a modern blight, and someone, somewhere, is ready to blame it for messing with the modern libido.
- mc32 6y agoSo it’s really really a problem in Japan and to a lesser extent Singapore and SKorea, but there is a whole generation of guys who’re just not getting any and have little interest in getting any at all. And at least in Japan there is a weird subculture of something I’d call “adult play dates” where you pay for someone to feign interest in you —I don’t even know what the purpose of that is.
- troughway 6y ago>And at least in Japan there is a weird subculture of something I’d call “adult play dates” where you pay for someone to feign interest in you —I don’t even know what the purpose of that is. Welcome to OnlyFans.
- mc32 6y agoTrue, true, but these play dates are in person. It’s kind of like a strip club but without the nudity. It’s implied that the person you pay will show fake interest and you set up subsequent dates knowing there is no real interest. So it’s kind of like a strip-club + wannabe shrink + palm reader mashup.
- tenebrisalietum 6y agoNot sure this is about libido so much as about access to another partner.