Internet's Affect on your Libido

Here's a question posed to me recently:

The internet makes an almost unlimited amount of sexual content (porn) readily availible. What impact has this had on your sex drive and interest in sex? Are you more or less interested in sex and having sex and why?

My answer: Less. Though in my youth I was a bit of a porn fiend and I have the stains in my socks to prove it, my sensibilities have been overloaded and shocked to the point where very little turns me on and often times the thought of sex is boring or at worst repulsive.

I have to say, it is at the very least a little desensitizing. But I couldn't say if it's to the extent that some might have you believe.

Gives me ideas to try out.

I'll second this.

"Ladies, an announcement: I am up for it, all the time. That is not a boast or an opinion, it is bone hard medical fact. I put it round you know. And you will watch me putting it round and sigh for it. Don't. It is a deal of trouble for you and you are better off watching and drawing your conclusions from a distance than you would be if I got my tarse up your petticoats. Gentlemen. Do not despair, I am up for that as well. And the same warning applies. Still your cheesy erections till I have had my say. But later when you shag - and later you will shag, I shall expect it of you and I will know if you have let me down - I wish you to shag with my homuncular image rattling in your gonads. Feel how it was for me, how it is for me and ponder. 'Was that shudder the same shudder he sensed? Did he know something more profound? Or is there some wall of wretchedness that we all batter with our heads at that shining, livelong moment. That is it. That is my prologue, nothing in rhyme, no protestations of modesty, you were not expecting that I hope."

Earl of Rochester,
The Libertine.

two hours a day on SG isn't getting me laid any more often

Oh yeah, and you meant Effect not Affect.

StarBelliedBoy said:
Oh yeah, and you meant Effect not Affect.[/QUOTE

Main Entry: affect
1 obsolete : FEELING, AFFECTION
2 : the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes; also : a set of observable manifestations of a subjectively experienced emotion
usage see EFFECT

so let me rephrase...

Internet's set of observable manifestations of a subjectively experienced emotion on your Libido

Less. By far.

I no longer want to have sex with tubgirl.

effect: power to bring about a result

Internet's power to bring about a result on your Libido

Now, isn't that what you actually mean?

If I could stop playing with myself for a minute I would answer the question. I've learned to type with one hand quite well.

I can't believe you argued about this. Affect is the verb form. Effect is the noun form. There may be exceptions, but it's pretty clear effect was the correct usage in this situation. Go ask the English Usage Group. They will gladly tell you how wrong you are.

best response by far

So the net has made you want to have sex less.... *waves fist* damn you net!

Gods how I loved that film. Is it out on DVD yet? I need to fucking buy it. Like now.

You need to spend about 5 more. Trust me.

It really depends on my day to day usage of it. If I'm continually looking at stuff, my libido is increased. If I'm only looking at stuff every few days, meh. In general, it would be hard to say. I'm still still a horndog, but I doubt I'd be playing Golf instead if I hadn't found the internet.

It's had entirely the opposite effect on me. I totally want to bang tubgirl now. Throw goatse boy into the mix, and my erection could be at an all-time high.

Yep, it is out. Another fabulous role model for impressionable minds.

I think that the sexual openness of U.S. culture, in general, tends to reduce peoples' libido. If one sees sex all the time, it will certainly satisfy one's curiosity or at worst make it seem boring. This study certainly points to that conclusion. The question is, is this a good or a bad thing? Certainly reduced teen pregnancy is good, but does being so numb to the idea of sex that you don't care about it prevent one from living life to the fullest?

First of all I have to say The Libertine was really good and that I'm reading some of the Second Earl of Rochester's stuff in Brit. Lit. and I'm psyched.

About the topic though, I do go through periods where sex is almost repulsive (mostly following a few days of porn binging.) That goes away though once I stop watching porn and stick to amateur stuff occasionally when the mood strikes.
I do feel as if nothing shocks me anymore, but I see this as a good thing. American society is still pretty prudish about sex, yes it's "everywhere" in advertisements and what not but it's still seen as a big deal. Plus the kind of "sex" you see in movies and TV, is very very dumbed down, something the majority agrees as attractive or sexual, (like a hot girl washing a car) contains no information (besides maybe The Sunday Night Sex Show) or realistic appeal, it's all glamorized (just like in porn, which you can learn nothing from and may actually make you a worse lover.) I don't think sex should be a taboo and with the internet it is becoming less so as people are becoming exposed to all kinds of sexual acts. There is also an endless amount of reading material online about sex, you could read about new things to try, the body, how to be safe (in conventional and unconventional kinds of sex) or even a good lover (at least some good tips.) At least now if someone has some sort of weird fetish they can go online and see that they are not alone, get info, and even meet other people who are into it instead of suppressing urges.
Overall the internet makes me like sex more, I read about different things to try, other peoples experiences, history and everything else sexual. It makes me happy to learn about sex since it's something I love and I feel like I can learn, or even watch anything I'm even remotely curious about before I run out and try it, and I think that's great.

I wouldn't say the ready availability of pornography on the internet has reduced my interest in sex at all. However, I would definitely say that the ready availability of pornography on the internet has desensitized me to pornography -- visual images that once got me all hot and bothered rarely do anymore. However, that's completely seperate from actual real-life situations and people.. sexual situations and viewing skin in real life still turns me on just as much.