COVID-19 Made us Kinkier?
The great COVID scare has shuttered businesses, ruined wedding plans, increased fear and anxiety, left people destitute and broke. It has changed the way we interact, disrupted our way of life, and stripped many of their hope for the future.
But according to Vibio, a startup based in London, there’s a bright side to all of this suffering. In a partnership with Aperio Insights, the company conducted a study about the way in which COVID has improved our sex lives. Their findings? It has made us kinkier.
Yes, of all the possible silver linings, apparently this is what some people consider worthy of focus and attention. As if the world weren’t full of enough disgust already, consider a few of the study’s findings:
51% of all respondents have had more interest in sexual fantasies and experimentation since Covid-19. For those who did, new sex toys, new sex positions, and exploring kinks were the most popular means of exploration.
Women were more interested in threesomes and new sexual partners who are a different gender than their primary partner.
Men were more likely to be interested in additional partners who are a different gender than them.
Based on interpretation, breaking through the moral barriers of monogamy and exploring more frequent homosexual experiences is a good thing.
A good thing.
As if sexual boredom were one of society’s biggest challenges. Forget hungry children, affordable health care, and world peace. The increasing sexualization of our society is far more important, more lofty a goal to pursue.
To be fair, the study also brought forth data about common themes of mental wellbeing. For example:
68% felt that their mental health has worsened since Covid-19 and 45% feel more negative about their body image
31% of those who were single have experienced a breakup since Covid-19
With social interaction between friends and family being limited, people have increased other forms of self-care, such as watching TV and streaming services, napping, and meditating.
Yet, the key takeaway remained, COVID has helped make us kinkier. I’m sure that this study brings value to those in the sex industry….makers of adult toys and videos….pimps and prostitutes…..but as for the rest of us – with our elderly relatives dying alone in care homes, our children struggling with school and depression, our life savings dwindling to nothing – it’s simply more garbage to add to the deep pile of shallow worldly refuse.
Is this really what we’ve become? Bring us a real solution!
Source
Download full report here: https://www.covid19sexsurvey.com. All research findings are attributed to Vibio and Aperio Insights.
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