Let’s also not forget that a lot of people don’t want to catch anything. HSV 1 and HSV 2 are so common now, sometimes I’d rather just take care of myself then risk it 🤷🏼♀️
2026-10-24 17:05:22
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Psych Talk with Dr. Katz :
“Intimacy and closeness is a muscle you loose.” It’s a great framing and something I talk about with clients a lot
2026-10-24 14:48:23
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eldydeek :
rejection is part of life. every single person without exception gets rejected many times in their life. the fear around it is just an emotion and isn't based on anything tangible that can actually hurt you
2026-10-24 13:17:08
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Yvan Vivid :
What you're saying about friction and choice is illogical. If, as you say, people will always pick the easy route if one exists, then it would follow that people would only do hard things when they're forced to, which is not true. This is truly right wing logic: that easy, pleasurable things are bad, because they disrupt an economy of human life that can only operate through a delicate network of privations that push people into normatively good behavior. It completely disregards the subtlety and complexity of why people make the choices they do, and why those choices are as irreducibly diverse as the people who make them. Whatever the cause of the gen-z decline in seeking sexual relationships, taking for granted that what people are choosing to do is not what they would be better off doing is the same backbone of ideology that has emboldened conservatives to persecute queer people for their sexuality and women for their reproductive choices.
2026-10-24 21:59:37
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FruitFliesLikeAnAirplane :
My wife was receptive for 5 years before we got married. She changed her mind halfway through the honeymoon vacation. It never came back no matter what I tried. Dismissive Avoidant?
2026-10-24 13:40:47
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Southwest :
as a guy who has avaliable options lol? ... I get maybe 1-2 matches a year and zero interest in the real world.
2026-10-24 14:42:59
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Hobbes after Dark 🛜 :
Honestly, it’s because I genuinely can’t think of anything I would get out of a relationship. There is literally no benefit. Companionship? I guess, but I’ve just never really needed anyone.
2026-10-24 20:05:50
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Philipp :
Can't wait for the robots to be good enough
2026-10-24 21:50:20
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liebchentherottweiler :
I had an ex that was OVER t top w/it. I truly think it set a bar that was easier to hit & eventually nothing else could compare. Looking back, It was sad
2026-10-25 01:54:14
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BlerdyBytes :
“Intimacy and closeness is a muscle you lose” is a fantastic quote. You are right about 🌽 being as quality and accessible as it is now. When you add in the fact that so many people are chronically online so their anxiety is intensified by the content that is pushed, it's understandable why many people are doing things by themselves.
2026-10-24 19:16:52
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ChewieArtist :
we also suffer with dating apps that deliberately don't show you matches
2026-10-24 13:48:25
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BeeCee :
Oh he’s back!? 🥰
2026-10-24 19:49:07
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Daw :
crazy timing
2026-10-24 20:28:25
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NaturallyUnhinged :
Thank you for this post! I’ve been carrying the porn addict with me for the last 5 years. But this so much more sense and really speaks to my experience. My wife wants to have sex with me, but I’m afraid to and would rather watch porn. You are right, it is the intimacy and closeness I am afraid of! I now have something to work on and improve
2026-10-25 01:48:14
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OneStormeyNight :
feels less like something I engage in and more like something done to me and like something (power, respect, something) was taken from me when I engage with other people. I don't want to do it anymore.
2026-10-24 14:58:27
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vale.nutschel :
Omg
2026-10-24 13:06:46
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Mimi :
Also, your outfit looks good on you.
2026-10-24 21:01:42
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simpeh91 :
Such a nuanced take! Thank you.
2026-10-24 14:27:20
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HighJac'd :
first?
2026-10-24 12:08:56
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sienna :
corn perpetuates misogyny and hurts real life women. it is evil.
2026-10-24 12:17:21
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KarenGoesNorth :
But it's men. Say men.
2026-10-24 14:40:30
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Wookie :
They say it does satisfy them, yet their actions often imply quite the opposite 🤡
2026-10-24 13:14:11
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Venus_princessa 👸🏾 :
I say it’s fine. We shouldn’t be forced to interact with ppl who don’t have skills or may harass/🍇 us bc they have no other options
2026-10-24 15:15:09
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font2936 :
I have a hypothesis that this “step-somebody” pоrn popularity stems from the same afraid of risk. For previous generation, the girl next door was the dream scenario because it’s a regular woman, kinda familiar, but still a bit mysterious. So, a balance between risk and familiarity.
2026-10-24 18:30:22
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DadCantDance :
motion is lotion. sometimes the motion takes intricate attentiveness. don't ever give. the ick 😂
2026-10-24 19:21:42
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