I think the far-right “manosphere” influencers are a good indication at what it does to mental health. Fascism, and extremist groups in general, seem to thrive on men not getting laid. IDK what the cause of this is though; I suppose more digital, less IRL social entertainment. They drink and do less drugs, which could be a reason too (especially drinking).
Edit: This is a self-reported statistic too. It may just be men are more comfortable reporting that their virgins instead of lying.
My bet is that it’s the Western idea of having sex being somehow tied to self-worth. In cultures where having sexual partners from a young age isn’t expected (or even accepted when you get into Muslim cultures) not having sex doesn’t fuck people up like that.
Are you really looking at Muslim cultures and saying “yep, totally healthy sex education”? We’re talking about incels rising up, and you bring up an entire religion based around the same concepts?
Are you really looking at Muslim cultures and saying “yep, totally healthy sex education”?
No, quite the opposite. Muslim-majority countries tend to have little to no sex education, and usually people only have sex after getting married (so early to mid-20s), yet people in these countries aren’t mentally fucked up like people in the West get when they can’t regularly have sex. Therefore, there’s something unique about the West that’s producing this fever-like reaction to not having sex. With that established, I’m making a guess as to what that is.
I think the far-right “manosphere” influencers are a good indication at what it does to mental health. Fascism, and extremist groups in general, seem to thrive on men not getting laid. IDK what the cause of this is though; I suppose more digital, less IRL social entertainment. They drink and do less drugs, which could be a reason too (especially drinking).
Edit: This is a self-reported statistic too. It may just be men are more comfortable reporting that their virgins instead of lying.
My bet is that it’s the Western idea of having sex being somehow tied to self-worth. In cultures where having sexual partners from a young age isn’t expected (or even accepted when you get into Muslim cultures) not having sex doesn’t fuck people up like that.
Are you really looking at Muslim cultures and saying “yep, totally healthy sex education”? We’re talking about incels rising up, and you bring up an entire religion based around the same concepts?
No, quite the opposite. Muslim-majority countries tend to have little to no sex education, and usually people only have sex after getting married (so early to mid-20s), yet people in these countries aren’t mentally fucked up like people in the West get when they can’t regularly have sex. Therefore, there’s something unique about the West that’s producing this fever-like reaction to not having sex. With that established, I’m making a guess as to what that is.