The last two decades has seen a major shift
in how teenagers and young adults explore their sexuality.
It used to be you had to go to an adult movie theater
or the adult section of a video rental store or a sex
club to watch other people getting it on.
You actually had to interact with other
human beings in those places and you risked
getting “caught” by someone you knew.
Now you can watch other people have sex anytime you want,
for free, and in total privacy. This is a really significant
development in the history of human sexuality.
I think its effects are both positive (less shyness about sex)
and negative (more exposure to unrealistic, staged sex].
There are more sexual outlets other than one’s partner
and possibly more body anxiety as a result of comparing
oneself to hundreds and thousands of other naked people.