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Show HN: I made a worldwide sexual life dashboard

62 points by superderevo 2y ago

The idea is to share data-based insights about sexual life I’ve worked in SexEd startups, and it’s wild that humanity doesn’t have this data. Most major academic studies have focused on sex primarily from a health and reproduction perspective, leaving many important and interesting questions unexplored (for many reasons) To promote transparency, the anonymous data will be open-sourced, allowing researchers, students and anyone interested to analyze it

october8140 2y ago
Is it only available in English?
- superderevo 2y ago
  Yes, for now. In the coming months, we will be adding other major languages
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
bradfitz 2y ago
I tried to scroll the map that said only “blowjob" for the US and "not enough data" for all other countries and as I went to scroll it on mobile, an overlay helper text in a similar font said "Use two fingers"
- mattmaroon 2y ago
  Definitely need to add in some illustrations then.
bschwindHN 2y ago
The map is hilarious https://imgur.com/XgkaZTE https://imgur.com/XgkaZTE But also: please don't populate the browser history if you change pages on bar charts.
- superderevo 2y ago
  Yeah, the refresh issue on bar charts is a technical limitation of Flourish (otherwise amazing data viz tool). I’m in contact with their support to find a fix
- do_not_redeem 2y ago
  Off-topic but what is this map projection? Last time I checked, the west half of the USA's northern border is flat, but here it looks like the USA is inflating like a balloon.
  - MelancholyMiser 2y ago
    Robinson, sans Greenland.
  - superderevo 2y ago
    Natural Earth II
    - do_not_redeem 2y ago
      Thanks but it doesn't look like a match. I downloaded an image from here: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-raster-data/10m-natural-earth-2/ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-raster-data/1... And overlaid it like this: https://imgur.com/a/ERuWMoP https://imgur.com/a/ERuWMoP I lined up South America as best I could, but North America and especially Alaska are way off to the side.
  - jordanb 2y ago
    [flagged]
OsrsNeedsf2P 2y ago
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pcthrowaway 2y ago
I wouldn't put much stock in a lot of self-reported data, especially given the form design. For example, HSV-1 is an STI, and 70-80% of adults globally have it (certainly more than 50% in pretty much every country). 90% of people have or will have had HPV in their lifetime (though to be fair, many don't know about it as it's not tested for in men) 16% of survey respondents said they have never had an STI, which is frankly impossible. Every user apparently answered "age of first sexual intercourse" with a number? "sexual intercourse" is poorly defined for our 6% of lesbians (does that mean vaginal or anal penetration with a toy, and if so does that require a partner?). Wikipedia defines it as "typically involving" and goes on to say: > There are different views on what constitutes sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, which can impact views of sexual health
- zahlman 2y ago
  >16% of survey respondents said they have never had an STI, which is frankly impossible. Even people who are being honest might not count e.g. oral herpes as an STI if they contracted it in a non-sexual way. >Every user apparently answered "age of first sexual intercourse" with a number? ... As opposed to what?
  - zoklet-enjoyer 2y ago
    Creampie
  - pcthrowaway 2y ago
    > Even people who are being honest might not count e.g. oral herpes as an STI if they contracted it in a non-sexual way. That's pretty much my point, self-reporting with vague questions leads to bad data. HSV-1 can be transmitted orally to genitally however, and genital HSV-1 is now more common in many places than genital HSV-1 [1] (likely from oral-to-genital transmission since HSV-1 is less active genitally, and barriers are far less commonly used orally than with PiV intercourse) From [1]: "In studies conducted in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, cultures performed on samples taken from lesions of genital herpes indicated that more than 50% of infections were due to HSV-1" > .. As opposed to what? As opposed to... not having had sexual intercourse? [1]: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-diseases/sexual-health-sexually-transmitted-infections/canadian-guidelines/herpes-simplex-virus/etiology-epidemiology.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-d...
baka367 2y ago
I would suggest adding a gender filter on each chart. Right now, all the data is tailored towards a male user.
blendo 2y ago
What’s the margin of error of each question? What is the risk the stats have been gamed by bad actors?
dogman123 2y ago
This seems to violate the spirit of Show HN. Assuming it’s a marketing gimmick for Feeld or something like that. Who’s the “I”? “Designed by Cozy Ventures” … “We're a company that creates advanced digital solutions for early-stage startups.”
- superderevo 2y ago
  I collaborated with Cozy Ventures on the website design. I don’t think this violates any rules, but unfortunately the post has already been flagged Update: Removed this information from the website

62 points by superderevo 2y ago

october8140 2y ago

Is it only available in English?

superderevo 2y ago
Yes, for now. In the coming months, we will be adding other major languages
deleted 2y ago
[deleted]

bradfitz 2y ago

I tried to scroll the map that said only “blowjob" for the US and "not enough data" for all other countries and as I went to scroll it on mobile, an overlay helper text in a similar font said "Use two fingers"

mattmaroon 2y ago
Definitely need to add in some illustrations then.

bschwindHN 2y ago

The map is hilarious https://imgur.com/XgkaZTE https://imgur.com/XgkaZTE But also: please don't populate the browser history if you change pages on bar charts.

superderevo 2y ago
Yeah, the refresh issue on bar charts is a technical limitation of Flourish (otherwise amazing data viz tool). I’m in contact with their support to find a fix
do_not_redeem 2y ago
Off-topic but what is this map projection? Last time I checked, the west half of the USA's northern border is flat, but here it looks like the USA is inflating like a balloon.
- MelancholyMiser 2y ago
  Robinson, sans Greenland.
- superderevo 2y ago
  Natural Earth II
  - do_not_redeem 2y ago
    Thanks but it doesn't look like a match. I downloaded an image from here: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-raster-data/10m-natural-earth-2/ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-raster-data/1... And overlaid it like this: https://imgur.com/a/ERuWMoP https://imgur.com/a/ERuWMoP I lined up South America as best I could, but North America and especially Alaska are way off to the side.
- jordanb 2y ago
  [flagged]

OsrsNeedsf2P 2y ago

[dead]

pcthrowaway 2y ago

I wouldn't put much stock in a lot of self-reported data, especially given the form design. For example, HSV-1 is an STI, and 70-80% of adults globally have it (certainly more than 50% in pretty much every country). 90% of people have or will have had HPV in their lifetime (though to be fair, many don't know about it as it's not tested for in men) 16% of survey respondents said they have never had an STI, which is frankly impossible. Every user apparently answered "age of first sexual intercourse" with a number? "sexual intercourse" is poorly defined for our 6% of lesbians (does that mean vaginal or anal penetration with a toy, and if so does that require a partner?). Wikipedia defines it as "typically involving" and goes on to say: > There are different views on what constitutes sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, which can impact views of sexual health

zahlman 2y ago
>16% of survey respondents said they have never had an STI, which is frankly impossible. Even people who are being honest might not count e.g. oral herpes as an STI if they contracted it in a non-sexual way. >Every user apparently answered "age of first sexual intercourse" with a number? ... As opposed to what?
- zoklet-enjoyer 2y ago
  Creampie
- pcthrowaway 2y ago
  > Even people who are being honest might not count e.g. oral herpes as an STI if they contracted it in a non-sexual way. That's pretty much my point, self-reporting with vague questions leads to bad data. HSV-1 can be transmitted orally to genitally however, and genital HSV-1 is now more common in many places than genital HSV-1 [1] (likely from oral-to-genital transmission since HSV-1 is less active genitally, and barriers are far less commonly used orally than with PiV intercourse) From [1]: "In studies conducted in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, cultures performed on samples taken from lesions of genital herpes indicated that more than 50% of infections were due to HSV-1" > .. As opposed to what? As opposed to... not having had sexual intercourse? [1]: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-diseases/sexual-health-sexually-transmitted-infections/canadian-guidelines/herpes-simplex-virus/etiology-epidemiology.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-d...

baka367 2y ago

I would suggest adding a gender filter on each chart. Right now, all the data is tailored towards a male user.

blendo 2y ago

What’s the margin of error of each question? What is the risk the stats have been gamed by bad actors?

dogman123 2y ago

This seems to violate the spirit of Show HN. Assuming it’s a marketing gimmick for Feeld or something like that. Who’s the “I”? “Designed by Cozy Ventures” … “We're a company that creates advanced digital solutions for early-stage startups.”

superderevo 2y ago
I collaborated with Cozy Ventures on the website design. I don’t think this violates any rules, but unfortunately the post has already been flagged Update: Removed this information from the website