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Consentual sex is not hedonism. I don't know how to explain to you that the meaning of life isn't to make babies, and that it's morally wrong to optimize socie

Consentual sex is not hedonism. I don't know how to explain to you that the meaning of life isn't to make babies, and that it's morally wrong to optimize society for making babies by treating women as chattel, banning birth control, censoring art work, screaming all day about birth control being poison, or whatever it is you think you are fighting for.

yucky 4y ago
>Consentual sex is not hedonism. Agreed 100%. Consensual sex is awesome (the only good kind!), but we're talking about hook-up culture specifically though. And I never said anything about banning birth control, there are many different types of birth control. The ones that add estrogen to our water supply are problematic though.[0] As an aside, what do you think is causing the massive drop in fertility and semen counts in western men?[1] It's one thing to handwave away things you don't like, but we know semen counts have never been this low, so why do you think that is? [0] - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26454754/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26454754/ [1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/health/male-sperm-count-problem.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/health/male-sperm-count-p...
- staticman2 4y ago
  I'm still waiting for your evidence that the study I cited above showing estrogen was a minute presence in drinking water was one that nobody could replicate. That seems a lot more on point than something something bass? If the medical community has no consensus about the cause of semen decline, how the fuck should you or I know the cause? Linking to something about bass doesn't really suggest to me you have a basic understanding of the facts. Did it occur to you bass don't live in the same environments humans do and they may have a few anatomical differences than humans? I think you would benefit from less original thinking on the matter and more sticking with what experts say on medical matters in general. Here's a mayo clinic article on low sperm count, for example: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/low-sperm-count/symptoms-causes/syc-20374585 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/low-sperm-cou... It has a section on environmental causes none of which include estrogen.
  - yucky 4y ago
    A thorough search will show there are no published studies that reference it and replicate the results. If you seem to think it's been replicated and my queries have missed it, please link the study.
    - staticman2 4y ago
      It seems to me there is a difference between "nobody has attempted to replicate the results" and "nobody has been able to replicate it". If nobody has been able to replicate the results you should be able to document the scientists who tried to replicate the results and failed to do so.

yucky 4y ago

>Consentual sex is not hedonism. Agreed 100%. Consensual sex is awesome (the only good kind!), but we're talking about hook-up culture specifically though. And I never said anything about banning birth control, there are many different types of birth control. The ones that add estrogen to our water supply are problematic though.[0] As an aside, what do you think is causing the massive drop in fertility and semen counts in western men?[1] It's one thing to handwave away things you don't like, but we know semen counts have never been this low, so why do you think that is? [0] - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26454754/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26454754/ [1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/health/male-sperm-count-problem.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/health/male-sperm-count-p...

staticman2 4y ago
I'm still waiting for your evidence that the study I cited above showing estrogen was a minute presence in drinking water was one that nobody could replicate. That seems a lot more on point than something something bass? If the medical community has no consensus about the cause of semen decline, how the fuck should you or I know the cause? Linking to something about bass doesn't really suggest to me you have a basic understanding of the facts. Did it occur to you bass don't live in the same environments humans do and they may have a few anatomical differences than humans? I think you would benefit from less original thinking on the matter and more sticking with what experts say on medical matters in general. Here's a mayo clinic article on low sperm count, for example: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/low-sperm-count/symptoms-causes/syc-20374585 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/low-sperm-cou... It has a section on environmental causes none of which include estrogen.
- yucky 4y ago
  A thorough search will show there are no published studies that reference it and replicate the results. If you seem to think it's been replicated and my queries have missed it, please link the study.
  - staticman2 4y ago
    It seems to me there is a difference between "nobody has attempted to replicate the results" and "nobody has been able to replicate it". If nobody has been able to replicate the results you should be able to document the scientists who tried to replicate the results and failed to do so.