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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-all-might-be-in-trouble dept.

The Independent reports:

Psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University Phillip Zimbardo (who led the team of researchers who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment) has made the warnings, which form a major part of his latest book, Man (Dis)Connected.

Zimbardo says (in this TED talk) there is a "crisis" amongst young men, a high number of whom are experiencing a "new form of addiction" to excessive use of pornography and video games. Citing the research he and his team conducted for the book, he says: "It begins to change brain function. It begins to change the reward centre of the brain, and produces a kind of excitement and addiction."

An article from Psychology Today, however, argues that there are no demonstrable scientific links between porn consumption and the disputed phenomenon called 'Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction.'

Could this problem be manifesting itself as the rise of the Hikikomori?

 
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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:28PM (#181160)

    Dude, we're totally not homo. Women and semen just don't mix, you know?

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:47PM (#181177)

    Ironically, most women do not like semen. They despise the taste. They do not like it in their hair, nor on their bosom.

    • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:02PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:02PM (#181189)

      Most women enjoy cunnilingus from another woman, too. The whole reason for the masculinity crisis is men are finally realizing they are the unwanted gender.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by black6host on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:34PM

      by black6host (3827) on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:34PM (#181218) Journal

      I guess you've not listened enough to Lucinda Williams. Try the song "Honey Bee" :)

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:36PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:36PM (#181219)

        Who the fuck is Lucinda Williams?

        I'm not going to google this, as well.

        • (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Monday May 11 2015, @03:15AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 11 2015, @03:15AM (#181324) Journal

          Who the fuck is Lucinda Williams?

          Here [wikipedia.org]

          Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953)[1] is an American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer and songwriter.

          ...

          I'm not going to google this, as well.

          I did. Here's the result.

          "Honey Bee"

          Oh, my little honey bee
          I'm so glad you stung me
          You've become my weakness
          Now I've got your sweetness
          All up in my hair
          Honey bee, I swear
          We make quite a pair
          Oh, my little honey bee

          Oh, my little honey bee
          I'm so glad you stung me
          Buzz around your hive now
          You're in overdrive now
          Give me such a thrill
          Honey bee be still
          Oh, my little honey bee

          Oh, my little honey bee
          I'm so glad you stung me
          Now I've got your honey
          All over my tummy
          Honey bee, it's heaven
          Twenty-four seven
          Oh.my little honey bee

          Oh, my little honey bee
          I'm so glad you stung me
          You've become my weakness
          Now I've got your sweetness
          All up in my hair
          Honey bee, I swear
          We make quite a pair

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          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @03:23AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @03:23AM (#181328)
        Her 2014 album, "Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone", creates a weird image in my mind: I see ethanol-fuelled wanking a bone using a tequila (or some other spirit) bottle; the bone is small enough to fit the bottle neck.
    • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Sunday May 10 2015, @11:51PM

      by darkfeline (1030) on Sunday May 10 2015, @11:51PM (#181247) Homepage

      But do they like it with green eggs and ham?

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    • (Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Monday May 11 2015, @02:18AM

      by Magic Oddball (3847) on Monday May 11 2015, @02:18AM (#181304) Journal

      (I was going to adulterate the old USA cotton jingle in the subject line, but couldn't think of a good replacement for "the fabric of our lives" that would fit. Boo.)

      Anyway... Most other women I know don't explicitly like the taste of semen, though there are dietary changes a guy can make to improve it [columbia.edu]. Most also don't explicitly dislike it if the man has been keeping himself properly clean down there — I learned in my first relationship that if a circumcised guy doesn't actively take his hands and wash it with soap, the outside will smell a bit like a urinal and his jizz will end up a little urine-flavored.**

      Though I admit that my automatic thought on the matter is: take him far enough into your mouth, and you won't taste much of anything.

      As far as getting it on our chests or hair, that's not too surprising: it's gloppy stuff that is messy (hard to fully remove) when fresh and unpleasantly stiff when dried. The few guys I've been close enough to ask said they didn't like the sensation, either, but I don't know how common that is.

      **To be fair in turn, about 15 years ago, a regular at a Usenet newsgroup informed us that he didn't like cunnilingus because his wife/1st partner never washed her genitals (IIRC he said she stunk of dead fish down there) and had him convinced that's the norm for girls/women in general. That he put his face anywhere *near* that is so above & beyond the call of (theoretical) duty is kind of mind-boggling.