This pandemic has been causing a lot of youngsters to be more hookup-driven during the crisis caused by COVID-19, as the quarantine is already approaching to its 3rd month to some countries that are still struggling to flatten the curve. In fact, according to Vox’s article, People who are living in 42 states are begged by Government to not just remain indoors but also to cut off any physical contact with others.
Based on the article, the aim of this restrictive measure is to reduce the spread of the virus, not letting it jump from person to person. And sacrificing physical contact for the global good means that interactions with people you don’t share a home with now exist primarily online over texts, Zoom calls, direct messages, and social media.
Through social distancing, we’re cut off from most physical contact with our friends and family. We’re also meant to keep away from people we share intimate relationship with, it might be sexual or non-sexual, unless we already live with those people.
While there are directives from health officials — New York City has a widely circulated memo about refraining its horny residents from hooking up by sending nudes or video chat instead — I wanted to ask experts about why some people’s sex drives are even more stimulated than normal during a time where we are highly inhibited to tap into sexual desires with others.
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Being hornier than usual right now is perfectly normal, so is not wanting to have sex at all.
As the quarantine begins to extend and extend, I’ve been noticing more and more people online sharing how they miss having hook-ups with a thirst trap photos attached, proves how this pandemic has driven a lot to become hornier.
According to the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, which studies human sexuality and relationships, the number of people engaging in sexual behavior online has increased, as well as the number of people who have completely disengaged.
“When you look at the data, you actually see movement at both ends,” social psychologist Justin Lehmiller said, a research fellow at Kinsey and author of Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire. “You have a higher percentage of people now who are saying [that] they’re masturbating and having more sex. But you also have a higher percentage of people saying they’re not engaging in any sexual behavior at all. And the people at the low end and not having any behavior — that increase is much bigger than the increase at the other end of the spectrum.”
According to Bustle’s interview with, Polly Rodriguez, founder and CEO of the sexual wellness company Unbound, he said that he is feeling good about one COVID sex trend: people are masturbating a lot.
“During this period of shelter-in-place, we see a massive surge in demand for sex toys — Unbound has seen 150% growth week-over-week — which is amazing,” Rodriguez tells Bustle. “My hope is that coming out of COVID-19, we'll continue those practices of self-care AKA masturbation, that hopefully the stigma around vibrators and sex toys more broadly will continue to erode.”
Rodriguez is also hoping that the increase in “digital sexual engagement” like “FaceTime sex and digital strip clubs” will continue after the pandemic. “It's healthy and (to me) wonderful to see new ways of sexual expression as a result of a global crisis,” Rodriguez says. Ultimately, though? She doesn’t think the hookup world is going to be too different.
“I think it's going to take a while for us to get out of shelter-in-place, depending on your state governor's level of basic, common sense — but once we're out of shelter-in-place, I think we'll probably be very cautious for a brief period of time, and then things will resume back to normal, in terms of sexual encounters, for the most part,” Rodriguez says. “I just think it's human nature to want to move, and have sex. We always will want to have sex.”
It has been said by experts that it is indeed natural for us to want and crave for sex. It is normal to have random hook-ups and one-night stands after the pandemic. But, make sure that you are going to practice safe-sex such as wearing condoms upon doing so. And also, you have to consider your safety and be more aware of the consequences that might happen in using digital platforms for sex chats before you proceed into doing it.
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/8/21210131/coronavirus-nudes-quarantine-sex-instagram
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