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I wonder how much of an impact the pervasive availability of digital pornography has on this.

rubicon33 6y ago
Porn, Video Games, lack of a "tribe" / strong community, low socioeconomic status... All are factors (IMO). Porn - Relieves the sexual desire temporarily. Video Games - Distracts and occupies the mind Lack of tribe - Depresses, and isolates the individual Low Socioeconomic Status - Lowers ability to attract opposite sex, lowers confidence, etc.
antidaily 6y ago
Porn on the internet has existed since the internet has existed.
- slothtrop 6y ago
  It wasn't always so easily accessible and in such vast quantities. Downstream was slow, there was that wild west time of p2p in the late 90s-00s where you never really knew what you'd get. Now it's ridiculously pervasive.
  - antidaily 6y ago
    It was always easily accessible and downloaded fast enough. But ok, let's say it took a minute to download a 150kb image of porn. Did that stop anyone? No. But I do think a comment you made above is correct -- people are more sedentary. Especially young men. So they possibly seek porn out more often just out of boredom.
    - slothtrop 6y ago
      You used an image as an example, but this is far less stimulating than video.
jcims 6y ago
I honestly think this is a larger factor than is generally given credit. There is the 'vicarious experience' element of it that may help sate some part of the brain, and the 'i don't measure up' element that shames some out of even trying.
newguy1234 6y ago
I know it has personally impacted me. At a young age, I simply gave up on trying to find women to have sex with simply because I had access to the best porn on the internet.
slothtrop 6y ago
Definitely the pacifying nature of this, and sedentary lifestyle surrounding multimedia. Add marijuana in the mix, and you have even more lethargy. Someone mentioned low economic status but that never prevented people from shagging. Low culture is its own culture. Impoverished countries have a higher fertility rate. By all the counts the average young man is not marked by "low economic status" yet still has less sex.
aswanson 6y ago
There are studies out showing that pervasive pornography usage by young males is causing impotence at an incredible rate for their age cohort (teens through 20s). It's literally rewiring their brains to want false stimulation more than the real thing.

Porn, Video Games, lack of a "tribe" / strong community, low socioeconomic status... All are factors (IMO). Porn - Relieves the sexual desire temporarily. Video Games - Distracts and occupies the mind Lack of tribe - Depresses, and isolates the individual Low Socioeconomic Status - Lowers ability to attract opposite sex, lowers confidence, etc.

antidaily 6y ago

Porn on the internet has existed since the internet has existed.

slothtrop 6y ago
It wasn't always so easily accessible and in such vast quantities. Downstream was slow, there was that wild west time of p2p in the late 90s-00s where you never really knew what you'd get. Now it's ridiculously pervasive.
- antidaily 6y ago
  It was always easily accessible and downloaded fast enough. But ok, let's say it took a minute to download a 150kb image of porn. Did that stop anyone? No. But I do think a comment you made above is correct -- people are more sedentary. Especially young men. So they possibly seek porn out more often just out of boredom.
  - slothtrop 6y ago
    You used an image as an example, but this is far less stimulating than video.

jcims 6y ago

I honestly think this is a larger factor than is generally given credit. There is the 'vicarious experience' element of it that may help sate some part of the brain, and the 'i don't measure up' element that shames some out of even trying.

newguy1234 6y ago

I know it has personally impacted me. At a young age, I simply gave up on trying to find women to have sex with simply because I had access to the best porn on the internet.

slothtrop 6y ago

Definitely the pacifying nature of this, and sedentary lifestyle surrounding multimedia. Add marijuana in the mix, and you have even more lethargy. Someone mentioned low economic status but that never prevented people from shagging. Low culture is its own culture. Impoverished countries have a higher fertility rate. By all the counts the average young man is not marked by "low economic status" yet still has less sex.

aswanson 6y ago

There are studies out showing that pervasive pornography usage by young males is causing impotence at an incredible rate for their age cohort (teens through 20s). It's literally rewiring their brains to want false stimulation more than the real thing.