Thread by @DevonShapiro

Thread on human sexuality

Watching porn results in people having less sex. It also causes men to judge their parents more be critical of their bodies and have unrealistic exceptions of them. Women are pressured to mimic acts seen in porn and forced to get plastic surgery

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

People who pay for sex or have sex outside of marriage are more unhappy than those who don't. Less educated women have more sexual partners as do unemployed people and those who had divorced parents.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

A women's hormone levels decide how she dresses. More estradiol (sex hormone) resulted in more skin display and shorter skirts.

Women who dress promiscuous are well aware the message they are sending and subconsciously do so to seek sexual partners.

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

People with depression and drug addiction are more likely to engage in pre-marital sex and get STDs. Psychiatric disorders result in promiscuous sexual behavior and increased risk of STDs

bmj.com/content/321/72…

Premarital sex and more sexual partners resulted in higher rates of drug addiction. Alcoholism is also associated with more sexual partners. Short periods of depression may arise from multiple failed sexual relationships, which may lead to drug abuse

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

People in a relationship who have sex, are more likely to enjoy sex than those who have casual hookup sex and one night stands. Those who take marriage seriously are the most likely to enjoy sex, whereas those who don't had the lowest enjoyment

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Those who sext (send sexual pictures of themselves online) are more likely to have low self-esteem, be drug addicts, and be depressed. More religious people are less likely to sext.

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In Zoroastrian Persia, before Islam put a stop to it. Sibling incest was seen as a holy act and it was a sin to refuse it.

Contrary to medieval Europe, it was not limited to just royalty and was practiced widely among the general public.

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The age of female puberty is returning to its pre-industrial age range due to the advancement of society, but the age of psycho-social maturation isn't.

Modern western society is incompatible with this biological reality and must change to adapt to it.

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