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quote:Pregnancy prevention programs and messages directed toward teens may also have played a role. A 2014 Brookings report found that reality TV shows that follow the struggles of teen mothers like the MTV programs 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom may have contributed to up to a third of the decline in teen births from June 2009, when they began airing, through the end of 2010. This + the internet\media in general, circumventing fundies that think its a good idea to pretend sex doesn't exist for 17 year olds. Another huge thing that I don't ever see talked about when discussing kids not having as much sex... there's actually other things to do. When I was a kid in bible belt small town, there was zilch to do outside of school sports, which there were very few of. My friends high school aged kids are all busy now 24/7.
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Shrecknet posted:Let's read about sex work from actual sex workers instead of goons! I strongly recommend https://uncpress.org/book/9781469661926/porn-work/ quote:Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism
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bobua posted:This + the internet\media in general, circumventing fundies that think its a good idea to pretend sex doesn't exist for 17 year olds. This is an interesting observation, as the opposite has been mentioned frequently as being a problem. The decline of “places to be” like malls is often pointed to as being a problem. I think aspects of both are right. There is a lot more regimented, scheduled activity than 20 years ago. But if your parents aren’t getting you in those then there’s less to do.
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Jul 17, 2023 14:20
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I think the two things play into each other. You can't just go hang out because 1) there's no place that allows groups of teens in without needing to spend money 2) there no time because you have thirty extracurriculars that you need to attend to start padding your college app.
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Jul 17, 2023 15:31
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bobua posted:This + the internet\media in general, circumventing fundies that think its a good idea to pretend sex doesn't exist for 17 year olds. We also need to mention the teen obesity rate. Raging horomones can only do so much if you don't find anyone in your peer group attractive.
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C. Everett Koop posted:We also need to mention the teen obesity rate. Raging horomones can only do so much if you don't find anyone in your peer group attractive. lol is this a serious post?
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Jul 18, 2023 00:23
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Bruh, fat kids are getting laid all the time
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Bruh, fat kids are getting laid all the time As a former fat kid, I call bullshit
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:This is just a tangential FYI, but you don't need quotes around "straight" here. The vast majority of men who are into transwomen are plain ol' heterosexual guys. Gay men don't tend to be interested in transwomen (because, well, they're women). Dropping in here to say that it's trans woman, an adjective modifying woman, rather than transwoman, a weird noun. I will never give up this fight for correct linguistic distinction. https://www.vox.com/2015/2/18/8055691/transgender-transgendered-tnr
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thisusedyet posted:As a former fat kid, I call bullshit As a former fat kid, hate to tell you that op is right. It wasn't the fat that kept you a virgin.
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Jul 18, 2023 13:28
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I was a hot skinny guy. Crippling anxiety meant I first got laid at 24.
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We have an entire generation growing up not giving a poo poo about keeping virginity and here we are, a bunch of old heads, still finger pointing at each other over who did or didn't get laid at the right time. Unless there's something more systemic and troubling at work, I say let them be.
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Freakazoid_ posted:We have an entire generation growing up not giving a poo poo about keeping virginity and here we are, a bunch of old heads, still finger pointing at each other over who did or didn't get laid at the right time. I'd like to think that's what's up.
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Freakazoid_ posted:We have an entire generation growing up not giving a poo poo about keeping virginity Are they? That'd be nice if people got over thinking of it as a major benchmark that needs to be met before a certain point in time. My impression from all the media panic articles though was that kids were just growing afraid of physically being around each other.
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Jul 19, 2023 19:32
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:anyone want to guess the rates of teen pregnancy, stds, and flat out teen on teen rape and abuse hit our generation? you already know the answer. everyone knows the answer. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/40-mtv-officially-over-hill-180978539/ quote:A 2014 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research tied a 5.7 percent reduction in teen pregnancies to MTV’s “16 and Pregnant,” which followed the lives and struggles of young mothers. When new episodes aired, researchers saw spikes in internet searches for abortion and birth control, as well as fewer teen pregnancies in areas with high rates of viewership. Amazing what information does.
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The Butcher posted:Deepfaking your actor of choice who doesn't do porn or whatever other sort of celeb is also reallllly creepy weird, and you should feel dirty and bad for doing that, but I think that's pretty inevitable, because humans.  Too bad, it's here. I wonder, though, if you think Deepfaking your actor of choice is realllly creepy if it's slashfic of Kirk/Spock written by women 40 years ago? Or whatever nonsense AO3 is pumping out about kissing Harry Styles?
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Sep 28, 2023 04:16
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Finally my Jar Jar/Kermit slashfic can become a reality.
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It was always going to happen, the only question is: what restrictions do we put on it, legally speaking, to limit harm?
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Sep 28, 2023 05:05
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First define the harm
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nobody is talking about how porn almost no longer exists
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I have a number of friends who are sex workers or who have only fans. I see porn, at least outside of the big business/California/LA poo poo to be a real positive for the world. It was a lifeline for my friends though ideally we would just have a proper welfare state and universal healthcare. We do need to better regulate and monitor the business though, such as breaking up monopolies and removing stolen videos but it is hard to have that conversation without feeding prudes and jesus freaks who want to ban it outright and have a viewpoint hostile to sexual freedom.Name Change posted:Modern sex ed needs to address porn in any substantive way I do agree with this. Porn is not real life. It is not representative of how people actually have sex. Some people have distorted views about sex that came from porn. Zoeb fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Nov 10, 2023 |
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/virginia-election-david-owen-defeats-susanna-gibson-housequote:Republican David Owen defeated Democrat Susanna Gibson, giving Republicans a needed seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Looks like having a sex tape is still going to hurt politicians. Susanna Gibson lost her race in the Virginia House of Delegates against David Owen this year. Republicans were really playing up the video and were sending out mailers that showed scenes from the video, but I don't think there was any actual nudity in the mailers. Otherwise, this race seemed pretty standard this year in Virginia with a pro-abortion Democrat but that didn't seem to overcome the sex tape. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/susanna-gibson-virginia-mailers/
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It should be noted that the Washington Examiner is a NewsMax-level conservative rag. Gibson lost by less than 3 points (under 970 votes) in a race that was so close it was one of the last to be called. Now, given her district's history she probably should have won handily, so her past sex work did definitely hurt her. Hopefully we will eventually have a world where someone who has done sex work will be able to run for office without that work hurting their chances of winning. Unfortunately, we aren't in that world just yet.
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That was just one of the links I clicked on after google and it was more concise than others, but here's the story from the AP because I wasn't aware of the Washington Examiners reputation. https://apnews.com/article/susanna-gibson-david-owen-virginia-election-2023-5db9aec5a490a3a4cc9a695c0e1b7a17 quote:RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican David Owen held a narrow lead over Democrat Susanna Gibson in a Virginia House of Delegates race that drew attention after revelations that Gibson engaged in sex acts with her husband on a pornographic website, but the margin left the race too early to call. Reading the quotes make it seems like sex work isn't going to turn off supporters of a candidate for a lot of people, but it might galvanize the other side, especially conservative Republicans. Seems like we are making our way to a world where sex work isn't going to completely ruin a candidate though, even though I agree we are not there yet. Your right that it was close and Gibson running on abortion protection nearly overcame the attacks from Republicans. The district is the redder part of Henrico and Goochland, so it was tougher than other ones around Richmond.
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jackin off to the same poo poo i was jackin off to 600 days ago
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it is more ethical to see 2d porn than 3d
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the latest advancement in porn? cartoons. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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111023_4 posted:the latest advancement in porn? cartoons. How confident are you that the people animating porn cartoons are working in good conditions and receiving fair wages for their work?
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doverhog posted:How confident are you that the people animating porn cartoons are working in good conditions and receiving fair wages for their work? Nice try, but I know there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. As far as I know, Fritz the Cat had only the normal animation industry awfulness, so you can still watch that.
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How about leftist opposition to sex work? I use to run in a few leftist organizations and I've heard the argument made that sex work can never be consensual because it will always be under some duress. Either another person or the free market itself. I think that's bullshit but has anyone else ever heard that? Also, does anyone else get the feeling that opposition to porn and sex work is going to get worse with all the BS made about "Human Trafficing" in right wing political circles?
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BigRed0427 posted:How about leftist opposition to sex work? I use to run in a few leftist organizations and I've heard the argument made that sex work can never be consensual because it will always be under some duress. Either another person or the free market itself. This applies to all "work" and life itself.
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doverhog posted:This applies to all "work" and life itself. Lol you just can't get ahead of these arguments. "ActUALlY, ThAT's CApitALISM ToO". As if we are supposed to have every one of our needs met by everyone else as a reward for... existing? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Pvt. Parts posted:Lol you just can't get ahead of these arguments. "ActUALlY, ThAT's CApitALISM ToO". As if we are supposed to have every one of our needs met by everyone else as a reward for... existing? I mean that is entirely possible, especially with the technology we have now, and would ensure the most happiness for the most people. But don't worry, people like you are in the majority so it's gonna continue with 10% 'happy' and 90% of humanity at various levels of poverty and misery.
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Pvt. Parts posted:Lol you just can't get ahead of these arguments. "ActUALlY, ThAT's CApitALISM ToO". As if we are supposed to have every one of our needs met by everyone else as a reward for... existing? that would own
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WaPo article on a case study of the successful OnlyFans production side business model, followed by a more detailed discussion of the platform and its role normalizing this form of porn production: Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream quote:n the mornings, the workers of Bryce Adams’s OnlyFans empire buzz in through a camera-wired security gate, roll up the winding driveway that cost $120,000 to pave and park outside Adams’s $2.5 million home-office-studio complex. A large American flag waves from a pole above their office door. So does a banner depicting Adams, in tight shorts, from behind. The article only touches on the ongoing uneven pay that distributed independent contractor platforms like this one sustain themselves on, in a manner that feeds into the platform's frame: quote:Like most platforms, OnlyFans suffers from a problem of incredible pay inequality, with the bulk of the profits concentrated in the bank accounts of the lucky few. In 2020, the independent researcher Tom Hollands scraped the website’s payment data and concluded that the top 1 percent of accounts made 33 percent of the money, and that most accounts took home less than $145 a month. (OnlyFans declined to provide its own analysis, and Hollands said the company has since made it harder to access this data or conduct new research.) There's a lot of other weirdness to chew through, from employing Adam's mother as a cleaner to their guns to the relative pay of the employees on the nested brand. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Nov 11, 2023 |
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my two cents is that I think its sad that there's a niche of demand for daily parasocial textchats and the “They can cry in a Ferrari” makes me think some of these people arent doing the smart fin thing and saving enough so when they do retire they have a decent nest egg. toy super cars , boats, mcmansions are dumb.
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Pvt. Parts posted:Lol you just can't get ahead of these arguments. "ActUALlY, ThAT's CApitALISM ToO". As if we are supposed to have every one of our needs met by everyone else as a reward for... existing? Existence itself is a material condition placed on us by forces beyond our control. Whether your needs should be met is a separate question as to to whether someone should be allowed to, for example, do sex work without being harassed by the state.
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We need a rework of the sonic meme, replacing "consumption" with "masturbation"
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BigRed0427 posted:How about leftist opposition to sex work? I use to run in a few leftist organizations and I've heard the argument made that sex work can never be consensual because it will always be under some duress. Either another person or the free market itself. That argument is an oversimplification, but I think there is a genuine discussion to be had as to whether the labor of performing sexual gratification is meaningfully different from other forms of labor.
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