Why Is No One Having Sex? - Alex DatePsych - #593

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Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Alex DatePsych. He's a neuroscience and behavioral science researcher whose work focuses on attractiveness and dating. We are in a new age of sexlessness. It could be that right now, the human race is having less sex per person than ever before. Given the rise of dating apps, the sexual revolution and hormonal birth control, how is this happening? Expect to learn what the science says about whether girls find it creepy to be approached, whether dating is harder for young men now than in the past, why women's sexual desire declines at twice the rate of men's in marriages, why there is a pick-up artist to incel pipeline, if it's true that women's standards have arisen over the last few decades, whether inceldom is all about looks and much more. Don't forget, if you are listening, you should have also pressed the subscribe button. It is the best way to support the show. 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