America is sliding into "sextinction" — a full-blown sexual shutdown where one in three men and one in five women haven't touched another human in over a year. Testosterone is crashing, loneliness is epidemic, and birth rates are in freefall. social media sells impossible fantasies, dating apps drown us in paralyzing choice, porn rewires brains for pixels over people, and invisible toxins in plastic and food are quietly sterilizing generations. Dr. Debra Soh's new book rips the veil off this crisis: technology and environmental poisons are waging war on our biology — and we're losing badly.
- The numbers that should terrify you
One in three American men under 30 went the entire past year without sex. One in five women did the same. This isn't a dry spell — it's a drought. The General Social survey doesn't lie: a massive chunk of the population is functionally celibate while loneliness hits record highs and testosterone levels plummet. We're not evolving; we're devolving into a touch-starved society.
- Social media's toxic fantasy factory
Instagram and TikTok parade flawless influencers with millions of followers, convincing average men that they might land one someday. women get flooded with messages that only 6-foot-plus, ultra-wealthy men deserve attention. Result? Everyone's standards are warped into delusion. Real people don't measure up, so no one bothers trying. Swipe left on reality. - Dating apps: choice overload on steroids
Evolution never prepared us for swiping through hundreds of potential partners in minutes. Our brains short-circuit under the paradox of choice — too many options, zero commitment. "Survival of the fittest" is now hypercharged: only the top-tier get picked, leaving the rest sidelined, frustrated, and alone. - Porn isn't harmless anymore
Endless free porn is rewiring young brains to crave screens over skin. It's conditioning extreme tastes — choking, violence — that real partners can't or won't match. Dr. Soh used to think it was benign fun. Now she sees the damage: generations losing interest in actual sex because pixels deliver instant, no-strings gratification. - AI lovers coming for your relationships
Soh tested over a dozen AI companion apps and watched them get scarily realistic in weeks. Customize looks, voice, personality — even make them redo responses until perfect. Why deal with messy humans when your phone girlfriend never nags, ages, or says no? The future: millions choosing wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital perfection over flawed reality. - Environmental toxins are turning men feminine and sterile
Birth control pills, antidepressants, and plastics leach into water, feminizing wildlife — and us. Soy mimics estrogen, slashes sperm counts, flips male eels female, and drives monkeys aggressive and isolated. Babies fed soy formula from BPA-lined bottles? We're dosing the next generation before they can walk. - Transgenerational fertility sabotage
Studies show fish exposed to synthetic estrogens pass infertility to offspring two or three generations later — untouched by the original poison. If it's happening to animals sharing our polluted environment, it's happening to humans. We're not just screwing ourselves; we're screwing our great-grandkids' ability to reproduce. - The human cost no screen can fix
We crave real connection — eye contact, voices, touch — wired into us by millions of years of evolution. Hiding behind apps, porn, and AI only delays the reckoning. Soh warns the sex recession will worsen as tech advances, dragging fertility and intimacy down with it. Ignore biology at your peril: the backlash will be savage.
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