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This may be an unpopular question to ask, but... Are we too obsessed with sex?
- Thread starter Comrade Grogu
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Well we are mammals and some mammals are very horny... especially some ape and monkey species. Just look at bonobos..
I'd argue people are way more interested in fucking for pleasure than reproducing.
Well you said creatures and certain creatures don't actually have sex which is what the joke was about.
I like this answer. Speaking as an American, we're still an incredibly repressed society when it comes to sex and sexuality. I do believe that if we were open and freer with sex that it would simultaneously become much less of a big deal. It's just another thing. Some people are into it and some aren't. We don't need to elevate it to some sort of holy act.
Oh really that bad huh? I haven't seen many people mention it but then again I haven't really actively followed threads about XC2.
I do wonder what humanity would be like if our technology got so good we could just forgo pregnancy the natural way and incubate children in some kind of artificial womb. Would it make people more open to sex as something to be done simply for enjoyment without the biological drive behind it or would sex start to fall off as a major desire for the species. I'm talking super long term here, not over night or even in 50 years.
Not just humans do this tho, fuck for pleasure. But it's the reason why it's hardwired.
Just keep masturbating you'll eventually not be horny for days.
If you are still horny you haven't masturbated enough.
The immediate access to porn anytime, anywhere is probably not doing good things to the human brain.
the human brain definitely was not evolved to handle hentai
the human brain definitely was not evolved to handle hentai
I'm aware other creatures fuck for pleasure. It's also largely a different ballgame for animals.
I'm talking about humans specifically who are likely doing it for pleasure > procreation.
But also: We're not talking about animals --- we're talking about people, and my beef with the "biology" angle being so dominating.
I love sex and would love to try this...but the more and more VR becomes an avenue for fantasy and "immersive play" leaves me kinda worried about this.
We're hardly there yet, but I am curious if the effects of sex and violence while rigged up might have a more...pronounced/detrimental effect.
I got nothing to say it will or won't... just throwing thoughts out to the universe.
Oh it's bad, very otaku lol, and yeah you should just avoid those shit-fest conversations, I do to.
This could probably be the case for some, I guess the question then is whether or not the reaction to the big lady will lead to favorable changes and reactions down the line
lol
The thrust (sorry) of this thread kind of bothers me. I think telling people they are "too sexual" or implying they are obsessed with sex because they spend "too much" time thinking about or engaging in sexual activity is harmful. Especially to women and sexual minorities, frankly.
The issue I have with this is that you seem to believe that this is an issue solely for women. If you go on DeviantArt, you're going to find a lot of sexualized images of women, yes, but you're also going to find the same for men. Along with that, a lot of the people drawing this stuff in the first place are women.
So that leads me into the "protection of women and sexual minorities". Exploitation has no place in the world, I agree, but you can't just cover everything sexual regarding women as "exploitation". There are women getting into porn, onlyfans, lewd cosplay, etc every day of their own free will. Should they be protected from themselves because they are doing something they want to do?
Sexuality isn't a male dominated thing, women are just as sexual as men. When you try to suppress sexuality, you're not hurting the people you are against, they are going to do whatever they were going to do anyway, you're only hurting the people you think you're protecting.
Protect children, because they are the ones that can't protect themselves.
So that leads me into the "protection of women and sexual minorities". Exploitation has no place in the world, I agree, but you can't just cover everything sexual regarding women as "exploitation". There are women getting into porn, onlyfans, lewd cosplay, etc every day of their own free will. Should they be protected from themselves because they are doing something they want to do?
Sexuality isn't a male dominated thing, women are just as sexual as men. When you try to suppress sexuality, you're not hurting the people you are against, they are going to do whatever they were going to do anyway, you're only hurting the people you think you're protecting.
Protect children, because they are the ones that can't protect themselves.
Isn't that the trick evolution pulled on us mammals?
Pleasure is a reaction of your body to encourage certain behaviors. Eating, sleeping, etc.
Just imagine if cumming was like getting a cramp instead of being pleasurable.
Sex is fucking awesome. Literally one of the greatest feelings in existence, and an incredible and important way to bond with someone.
Also, I'd love to know your argument against prostitution. Why should two consenting adults not be allowed to exchange money for a physical activity?
Also, I'd love to know your argument against prostitution. Why should two consenting adults not be allowed to exchange money for a physical activity?
Well, moderation right?? To be obsessed with sexual thought 8 days a week sounds as severe as someone obsessed with food (this is a terrible example, I know).
I think the post after yours kinda examines the more social ramifications of being "too obsessed".
1000%. I'd never kinkshame anything unless it even remotely involves this.
But also, like many things, there shouldn't be an "all or nothing" attitude about sex. Many people are hurt because of people's "sexual obsessions". A healthy sexual life (with a partner you understand in, or play safely with) is so damn important. But someone with a poor/traumatizing sexual experience can be harmed by it for decades.
We are.
No matter what society or culture we live in living beings will always follow two imperatives, survival and reproduction. Our modern obsession with sex comes from the overstimulation of sexual imagery and easy access to sexual content that technology produces, which we created in the first place because we are horny. It's ironic but it's what we are.
No matter what society or culture we live in living beings will always follow two imperatives, survival and reproduction. Our modern obsession with sex comes from the overstimulation of sexual imagery and easy access to sexual content that technology produces, which we created in the first place because we are horny. It's ironic but it's what we are.
Probably but cats still got barbs on their dicks and bed bugs violently stab their own version of a dick into the bodies of the female so it's not always fun and pleasurable.
That would hinge on those creatures interpreting those actions as pain, which doesn't have to be the case.
I think we would still see it be as strong a presence as now. Like, the reason we see it so largely in culture right now doesn't seem to be because people want to have children, it's because our minds and bodies often still respond to sex really strongly, things like hormones are still greatly in play. I think the hypothetical you're talking about would really only be a continuation of the trend we're already seeing: sex being decoupled from making children and being seen as it's own still-desirable and sought-after thing.
Well that's sad and shockingly reductive. I have a pretty great time at parties or going out places, or just walking, gardening, or drawing. I don't need to be fucked to feel fulfilled. I enjoy a lot of things (and you can too!).
I think life SEEMS like it puts this much clout on it. But there's really much more to life. 🤨 It doesn't exist in a vacuum.
I don't agree with establishing an extreme amount of time that one engages in sex/sexual thoughts or fantasies to justify, effectively, shaming people. Especially one that is not real lol. And yes that is a terrible example! There are immediate health ramifications to unhealthy relationships with food. Sex, approached with the right amount of caution and self-awareness, is not going to cause you physical harm.
If we're talking about hypersexuality/sex addiction, you have to get into how much sex interferes with a person's daily life. If having sexual thoughts or engaging in sex "eight days a week" is not causing problems in a person's life, I don't see why anyone else should have a problem with it either.
Tf I never said that's what I do. I like to mind my own business and relax. I'm Demi too so yeah 😂
What I'm saying is that at it's core, reproduction is the foundation of this species and a lot of what we do is just to look like strong mates and continue our lineage. We are but animals.
No more obsessed with sex than we are with money and pleasure, all of which lead to exploitation of people if left unchecked. We need to check the people that have "power" and control, and protect those that don't, rather than shaming the inherent desire for these things.
Sex rules, thinking about it often is sometimes a person's motivator and comfort.
Sex rules, thinking about it often is sometimes a person's motivator and comfort.
Well that's sad and shockingly reductive. I have a pretty great time at parties or going out places, or just walking, gardening, or drawing. I don't need to be fucked to feel fulfilled. I enjoy a lot of things (and you can too!).
I think life SEEMS like it puts this much clout on it. But there's really much more to life. 🤨 It doesn't exist in a vacuum.
A lot of fucking took place for us to be here today is probably what that poster meant.
They aren't saying all there is to life is sex but sex is essential to life and believe it or not is a massive motivator for our species.
Hentai too strong. Please nerf
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Just kidding! Hentai needs a buff
I mean... Between sex and jerkin it I'm at least 2 times a day.
Some days more.
It ain't working.
this is truly a shame. I miss the 80s so much, where the video clips were mostly about having fun and the quality of music..
also I always find it amusing when people act like having sex is like breathing. this will never not be funny to me :D
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Yeah, this is where I am at.
Sex is one of the greatest pleasures you can experience in life and physically speaking it might be us at our most vulnerable/intimate.
But it is also one of the most self-destructive/destructive vices a person can have.
And that part of our nature is prayed upon and relentlessly exploited everywhere.
This must be some bizarro 80s I missed. I remember it being a cocaine filled capitalistic orgy.
Just by chance, how old where you back in this fun and innocent times?
I guess? Dirty jokes, "That's what she said" memes, "That's a penis" memes, and stanning Hot Ryu/Lady Dimitrescu/whoever else the Internet was unexpectedly horny for through the years are real. But we're embodied beings, and sex is a bodily pleasure. Like eating or sports. So long as you're enjoying it in a responsible way then it shouldn't be a problem. Besides, I doubt the people who are horny for Lady Dimitrescu actually have the tissues out so much as they're expressing their attraction towards her in the most Internet way.
The actual issues about it revolve around porn addiction, sexual exploitation, unsafe sex, and respecting boundaries.
The actual issues about it revolve around porn addiction, sexual exploitation, unsafe sex, and respecting boundaries.
I think hentai is fantastic (lol sorry, weird way to start). It's often very creative (for better or worse), can appeal to a whole bunch of kinks IRL Porn can't make happen, and you honestly see a lot of talented artists in this sorta genre of work. ...But the amount of comics that focus on rape (and other dubious kniks) has alarmed me more than once. o_O
I really don't know how/where to draw a line there besides the one in my head.
Probably. I mean, you're telling this to a kinda sterotypical girly-girl for the softer genres --- I love a good romance. ♥
Of course there's an emotional aspect to it, but I really don't think that's what's happening when we talk about media and video games. I often see its inclusion in media for more perverse reasons and don't think video games deserve much of the benefit of the doubt. Some parts of it have gotten better, but I find the way we talk about sex much too black-and-white in general (like saying "it's just biology", or for how long nuclear-styled families were all that were ever seen in TV shows or whatever).
I diminish it because media often diminishes the female form to just that --- to girls with long legs and short skirts, to personalities of characters made to be loving to the player, and because the internet has made it incredibly easy to seek even hardcore fetishes which can have some rotten implicated into the real world. I think sex through media is largely perceived through straight men's views of it.
Of course sex has a love component. But I don't primarily think "love" with "too obsessed". Sexual health really swings many ways.
This topic is sorta hitting a FEW areas of discussion though. Are we talking biology, or games, or media, or how we socialize or how we enjoy ourselves privately or overtly? This is a BIG topic and I don't think quick cut-and-dry answers are satisfying enough for something that effects billions of people in different ways.
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LOL, same here.
Will hit 40 soon, I hit on my wife daily. 🤣
I'm crazy about that woman, and SUPER attracted to her. Like on another level attracted/drawn to her.
Going by this (7.8 Billion+ and counting):
www.worldometers.info
Yeah, we probably are. We'll continue to multiply until the aliens wipe us all out.
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Yeah, we probably are. We'll continue to multiply until the aliens wipe us all out.
I think the Resi thing isn't really about sex in the same way we usually talk about sex though, it's not really about tall people in the way people can be tall. And I doubt that many people are into gigantism. I think it was something else.