There are micro-baby-booms nine months after long power outages. Sex apparently does compete directly with watching TV. Sex is also more pleasurable than TV, so why does sex (presumably) go back down when you turn the electricity back on again? (Not sure we should go into this, but I do still agree with Vassar/Cowen/Hanson—albeit I might phrase it, “There is an unjustifiable shortage of sex”, not “There is an inexplicable shortage of sex”. Of course I can think of possible explanations too. But none of them imply that people are having too much sex, and it’s unlikely that people are having exactly the right amount of sex, so...)
Snopes says otherwise. Even if Snopes is mistaken, that kind of fluctuation could result from a power outage interfering with the responsible use of birth control. Can’t find your pills in the dark? Don’t want to go out when all the streetlights are off to run to the drugstore for condoms? Meh, don’t let that stop you.
I think that individuals are probably very likely to have the wrong amount of sex, but it is my suspicion that on average we’re doing okay.
There are micro-baby-booms nine months after long power outages. Sex apparently does compete directly with watching TV. Sex is also more pleasurable than TV, so why does sex (presumably) go back down when you turn the electricity back on again? (Not sure we should go into this, but I do still agree with Vassar/Cowen/Hanson—albeit I might phrase it, “There is an unjustifiable shortage of sex”, not “There is an inexplicable shortage of sex”. Of course I can think of possible explanations too. But none of them imply that people are having too much sex, and it’s unlikely that people are having exactly the right amount of sex, so...)
Snopes says otherwise. Even if Snopes is mistaken, that kind of fluctuation could result from a power outage interfering with the responsible use of birth control. Can’t find your pills in the dark? Don’t want to go out when all the streetlights are off to run to the drugstore for condoms? Meh, don’t let that stop you.
I think that individuals are probably very likely to have the wrong amount of sex, but it is my suspicion that on average we’re doing okay.
Thanks for the correction. (Though I still disagree about the average part, but for this just see Vassar, Cowen et. al.)