A famous sexologist over here warned, during an interview on public TV, that "mankind is becoming more and more a-sexual", and that "soon, it might begin to dislike sex", mainly because of the internet and some biochemistry.
(I translate roughly from the Dutch): He predicts that by the end of the century, very few people will engage in sex. A century later, sex will probably no longer trigger happiness because our brain will no longer be recognizing the act such. Later still, men and women may begin to lose some parts of their sexual organs (like the penis and the clitoris), because they are no longer useful.
The most primitive and essential of brain-functions - making sex and copulation work - could become irreparably damaged, he says. And the culprit would be a combination of the effect of internet-like, virtual worlds and the erosion of the chemical receptors that code for sex.
According to professor Bo Coolsaet, this almost unimaginable phenomenon will occur because of the rise of virtual worlds and the internet: people look to images of sex more often than ever before, but they practise it less than ever before.
He said data show that the frequency with which people practise real sex -- intercourse between two human beings -- is decreasing rapidly in countries with high internet activity. He pointed out that there is a correlation between increasing broadband and decreasing sexual acts. Gave some references to South Korea and Japan, where sexual frequency has dropped by a staggering 20% over the past 10 years (even after taking into account the fact that the population in these countries is aging). The frequency of masturbation has replaced that of real sex.
Coolsaet then said that masturbation differs fundamentally from sex between two people. In real sex, all kinds of hormones and chemicals are involved, which trigger reactions in the brain that are quite different from the reactions during masturbation. Brain activity differs, the intensity of orgasms differs, and the aftermath of the act stimulates very different parts of the brain (with masturbation: parts that deal with stress; with sex: parts that deal with social bonding and trust).
If people keep masturbating and keep having sex less and less, at the current rate in Korea and Japan (a trend observed elsewhere), then by the end of the century few people will have real intercourse. The chemical receptors in the brain will then be activated less and less frequently, and they might actually begin to lose their functions.
By the end of the 21st century, sex might already have become something of a "neutral" thing, no longer really associated by man as something "sexual". The sexual organs will still be there, but procreation will be managed artificially and mankind will spend most of its time in virtual worlds. Over the very long, evolutionary term, man might become an a-sexual species and lose its sex organs.
Coolsaet said we must allow culture to do its work. But he urged everyone to have more sex and to masturbate less.
Bizarre dude!!! But maybe he's onto something...?
(I translate roughly from the Dutch): He predicts that by the end of the century, very few people will engage in sex. A century later, sex will probably no longer trigger happiness because our brain will no longer be recognizing the act such. Later still, men and women may begin to lose some parts of their sexual organs (like the penis and the clitoris), because they are no longer useful.
The most primitive and essential of brain-functions - making sex and copulation work - could become irreparably damaged, he says. And the culprit would be a combination of the effect of internet-like, virtual worlds and the erosion of the chemical receptors that code for sex.
According to professor Bo Coolsaet, this almost unimaginable phenomenon will occur because of the rise of virtual worlds and the internet: people look to images of sex more often than ever before, but they practise it less than ever before.
He said data show that the frequency with which people practise real sex -- intercourse between two human beings -- is decreasing rapidly in countries with high internet activity. He pointed out that there is a correlation between increasing broadband and decreasing sexual acts. Gave some references to South Korea and Japan, where sexual frequency has dropped by a staggering 20% over the past 10 years (even after taking into account the fact that the population in these countries is aging). The frequency of masturbation has replaced that of real sex.
Coolsaet then said that masturbation differs fundamentally from sex between two people. In real sex, all kinds of hormones and chemicals are involved, which trigger reactions in the brain that are quite different from the reactions during masturbation. Brain activity differs, the intensity of orgasms differs, and the aftermath of the act stimulates very different parts of the brain (with masturbation: parts that deal with stress; with sex: parts that deal with social bonding and trust).
If people keep masturbating and keep having sex less and less, at the current rate in Korea and Japan (a trend observed elsewhere), then by the end of the century few people will have real intercourse. The chemical receptors in the brain will then be activated less and less frequently, and they might actually begin to lose their functions.
By the end of the 21st century, sex might already have become something of a "neutral" thing, no longer really associated by man as something "sexual". The sexual organs will still be there, but procreation will be managed artificially and mankind will spend most of its time in virtual worlds. Over the very long, evolutionary term, man might become an a-sexual species and lose its sex organs.
Coolsaet said we must allow culture to do its work. But he urged everyone to have more sex and to masturbate less.
Bizarre dude!!! But maybe he's onto something...?
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