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Why Is No One Having Sex?

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 570 implied HN points • 12 Feb 26
🎭️ Culture Sex
  1. A lot of couples are having sex very rarely — roughly one in four say they have sex once a month or less.
  2. Many people blame tiredness, mental overload, work and childcare for killing desire, and they don’t want to ‘perform’ sexually after long days.
  3. Partners often still like each other and want closeness, but are content with non‑sexual intimacy and save sex for date nights or special occasions.

The Woman Question 5: LSD, Mind Control, The CIA

Egg Report • 963 implied HN points • 13 May 23
🎭️ Culture Sex
  1. Sexual experiences can sometimes leave us feeling hollow and questioning societal expectations.
  2. Intimacy can lead to revelations that challenge our symbolic understandings.
  3. Fear of needing to become someone like Charles Manson for love may stem from cultural influences and not reality.

Sex, money, and pain: A personal story

Sex and the State • 27 implied HN points • 12 Dec 25
🎭️ Culture Sex
  1. Sex can hurt even when everything else is right, and women often experience that pain more than men.
  2. That imbalance can make women resent men because it’s hard to want sex when you also fear pain.
  3. The personal story connects sex and pain to bigger issues like gender, sexual stigma, and money.
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My defense

Holly Elmore • 19 implied HN points • 22 Aug 23
🔬 Science Sex
  1. The author shares a popular post discussing Baker's Law and the evolution of sex.
  2. The author provides a recorded rehearsal of their defense lecture.
  3. The author includes links to the slides and dissertation for further reference.