Sex Q&A, Alvinophilia & Sex vs. Social Media

Would you rather give up sex or social media? The results from a new Canadian study may surprise you!

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Sex Q&A;, Alvinophilia & Sex vs. Social Media

Episode 330

[00:00:00] You're listening to the sex with Dr. Jess podcast, sex and relationship advice. You can use tonight today.

[00:00:15] Brandon Ware: We are going to be talking about social media. And sex. And you've got a question about belly button fetishes.

[00:00:24] Jess O'Reilly: Yeah, really beautiful one. Okay, have you been on social media today?

[00:00:28] Brandon Ware: Of course I have. Yes.

[00:00:29] Jess O'Reilly: How soon after you wake up are you on social?

[00:00:33] Brandon Ware: Within the hour.

[00:00:34] Jess O'Reilly: Okay, that's not that soon. Yes. As soon as I get my phone, I'm like, I'm super important. Gotta scroll instagram.

[00:00:41] Brandon Ware: I'm not interested in opening up right away because I know I also don't feel good when I'm on social sites. Uh, if I'm on. Instagram, like, why am I there?

[00:00:51] Brandon Ware: If I'm there to, you know, to have a laugh or something like that, it's great. But what, what am I, what's the real issue? Like, why am I here?

[00:00:58] Jess O'Reilly: I think you're there to, uh, look at dogs.

[00:01:00] Brandon Ware: Yes.

[00:01:00] Jess O'Reilly: Because your entire feed is dogs.

[00:01:02] Brandon Ware: If you look at my search feed, it's all dogs. And it's also people. Slipping and falling when they're surfing and like snowboarding and stuff like that.

[00:01:09] Jess O'Reilly: Shall we psychoanalyze that now?

[00:01:10] Brandon Ware: Yeah, really.

[00:01:11] Jess O'Reilly: Okay, so I bring, I bring up social media because this new Canadian study was published and in the study they looked at 750 participants between the ages of 16 and 30. So a little younger than us. Just a little. And they found that 8. 8% would rather give up sex than give up social media.

[00:01:29] Brandon Ware: Really?

[00:01:30] Jess O'Reilly: It's such, that's an easy one for me, sex or social media.

[00:01:32] Brandon Ware: You'd give it up.

[00:01:33] Jess O'Reilly: What?

[00:01:34] Brandon Ware: The sex.

[00:01:34] Jess O'Reilly: No, I wouldn't. You. Would you, would you give up sex or social media? No. Like, it's not even a thought for me.

[00:01:38] Brandon Ware: Not even a question. I'd, I'd give up social media in a heartbeat. I want to give up social media right now.

[00:01:43] Jess O'Reilly: I want to give up sex. No, just kidding. I got my fix. I'm good.

[00:01:47] Brandon Ware: Yeah.

[00:01:48] Jess O'Reilly: Yeah. No, I, I mean, I'm on social media all the time. I definitely use it for work, but I use it for, I don't even want to say pleasure. It's just a distraction. for me,