• Aggravationstation@feddit.uk
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    6 months ago

    The proportion of adolescents reporting neither solo masturbation nor partnered sexual behavior

    Wow. I didn’t lose my virginity til I was 18 but for about 5 years before that I whacked it all the damn time. Was I just super horny as a youngun or are teen libidos going down?

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      6 months ago

      aside from the social reasons, there is a general decline in testosterone over time in the population, probably due to estrogen-like compounds from plastic. So yeah, people are less horny. Doesn’t mean they are not horny, just less.

      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Don’t forget other factors, like stress, poor diet, reduced physical activity, and obesity. At least in the United States, all of these things are worse than ever.