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Peter Thiel Thinks There's Not Enough Sex In Silicon Valley (businessinsider.com)
Peter Thiel recently complained parts of Silicon Valley are "hyper-politically correct" about sexual activity, and shared a friend's theory that conservative parts of America tolerate Silicon Valley "because people there just don't have that much sex. They're not having that much fun." Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike quotes Business Insider's investigation into Thiel's claim.
Silicon Valley has the highest ratio of single men to single women... (However, it's worth noting that the San Francisco metropolitan area also has the highest ratio of people who identify as LGBT in the U.S.) In fact, Dr. Sandra Lindholm, a sex therapist and clinical psychologist in the Bay Area, recently told Forbes that she's now seeing an uptick in young, male clients who complain about a variety of sexual challenges and issues. "They're coming to sex therapy because they don't feel they have time or energy for sex," Lindhold said.
Some of the common issues include low sexual desire, difficulty meeting women, and performance issues. Plus, she points out people in tech generally have a reputation for being introverted. Another particular issue that frequently comes up is what she calls "tech overload": people spend so much time on their gadgets that they "forget about being in the moment." Although there's no official data on Silicon Valley's sex frequency, a 2012 survey by condom maker Trojan revealed that Bay Area residents had the least amount of sex and the shortest time in bed, in a sample of 10 major US cities including New York, Chicago, Miami, and so on.
Some of the common issues include low sexual desire, difficulty meeting women, and performance issues. Plus, she points out people in tech generally have a reputation for being introverted. Another particular issue that frequently comes up is what she calls "tech overload": people spend so much time on their gadgets that they "forget about being in the moment." Although there's no official data on Silicon Valley's sex frequency, a 2012 survey by condom maker Trojan revealed that Bay Area residents had the least amount of sex and the shortest time in bed, in a sample of 10 major US cities including New York, Chicago, Miami, and so on.
Mothers have been telling daughters that forever (apparently). Around the 1980s the press decided they could get a lot more people paying attention and get more lovely ad revenue if they hyped things up as an "epidemic of crime".
Idiots writing shit to sell magazines will write shit. Don't tell me you also thought those horoscopes in those magazines were real?
I think it's a deeper problem and not a new one - most of America just seems to be scared of sex yet despite being the land of sleaze. As an example - the Superbowl nipple incident shouldn't have provoked more than a few laughs instead of ending up the woman who had her top ripped off getting fined and the man who ripped it off not being charged at all (stupid double standard AND something that shouldn't have got law enforcement attention in the first place).
Maybe go on a holiday somewhere to a place where bare boobs on a beach are common and women breastfeeding in public is just normal. Maybe if the silicon valley kids did that they wouldn't be so damned uptight when they get home.