Monday, March 29, 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Outstanding Chase
"When a gazelle spots a stalking cheetah, he will start jumping very high, straight up in the air. It’s a rather remarkable sight, actually. At first blush, this seems kind of stupid. Here is this gazelle being stalked by a cheetah, and when he notices, rather than running away, he makes himself incredibly obvious to the cheetah.
However, what happens next demonstrates the purpose of the stotting: the cheetah gives up the hunt and walks away. The stotting is the gazelle’s way of telling the cheetah that he sees her, has a head start, and that a chase would be futile.
I am honest!
Stotting is often referred to as an “honest” signal because, since the gazelle has to be in good physical shape to perform the signal, it is a true display of fitness. This is a fascinating example of co-evolution because the gazelle has evolved to perform the signal and the cheetah has evolved the ability to interpret it. Both species benefit from this communication because they’ve been spared the bother of a fruitless chase.
The gazelle is happy to evolve a way to avoid having to outrun the cheetah every time, and the cheetah is happy to evolve a way to reduce its record of unsuccessful hunts."
Saturday, March 20, 2021
HSDD, Low Libido And Porn
- http://mychainsaregone.org/freedom-for-porn-addicted-women-part-1/?doing_wp_cron=1616220005.6966350078582763671875#sthash.frQnwTEW.dpbs - very interesting: " A woman might have been misled to feel religious shame for even having a strong sex drive—a trait mistakenly preached as only characterizing men. Sadly, this religious error may push her toward involvement with porn as a dysfunctional way to confirm her guilt-ridden self-concept: “It’s my curse . . . I’m so messed up, it can’t be fixed!” Because of such self-deprecating thoughts, porn usage may serve as an indirect form of self-punishment, which a girl imagines she deserves for what she feel is her “oversexed” disposition. This shame factor might also be connected to a fear of intimacy. Imaginary individuals are less threatening real persons. A sex object comes without the personal expectations of a living subject. Fantasy-lust and cyber-sex require none of the demanding work of a real relationship."
- https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/process-addiction/porn-addiction/ - very nice. "People who have suffered sexual abuse or assault can use porn to explore sexual feelings they do not feel safe to talk about or pursue with others. People who have become isolated due to symptoms of anxiety or depression may use porn to counter that loneliness and isolation... When people use porn to try to cope with unresolved trauma or other psychological pain, they are at an increased risk of establishing a pattern of regular porn use. People who have suffered trauma often learn to dissociate from emotions and memories related to the trauma. Porn use can become a way to prolong or intensify these states... porn can trigger a flood of dopamine in excess of what a person might feel from sex. Physically, what causes addiction to porn is the repeated pursuit of this state of arousal in combination with avoidance of the negative states that follow... Using porn significantly increases the risk of infidelity and loss of long-term relationships... Feelings of guilt, shame or moral conflict over porn use can also trigger anxious thoughts and negative mood states... A person with a porn addiction might use porn at work, get caught, lose their job but continue using it afterward, even at a new job.
- https://www.healthline.com/health/treating-hsdd/symptoms-diagnosis-treatment - includes causes of HSDD.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246896/ : Porn as in aid for masturbation
- https://www.issm.info/news/sex-health-headlines/problematic-pornography-use-uncommon-in-women/
- https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/lets-talk-low-libido
- https://greatist.com/happiness/internet-porn-killing-your-sex-drive
