People have gone crazy for adult movies with this theme during quarantine! Is this normal?

If you're more horny than usual these days and feel a little weird because the world around you seems to be falling apart and all you can think about is the pleasures of the flesh, let us comfort you that you're not alone. According to an online search during the time of isolation and quarantine, many people crave sex. People are constantly tweeting that they're horny, they're sending ambiguous messages to their exes, adult movies are in higher demand than ever... All this anxiety around sex begs the question of where the point is. Are people just endlessly bored, or does a sudden surge of hormones that have something to do with the danger we face play a role? He answers the question of where so much sexual tension comes from in these difficult times dr. Justin Lehmiller, social psychologist from The Kinsey Institute.

"In the first place is the fact that many people are at home all day, have more time than usual and are deprived of normal social activities. This awkward combination of excess free time and lack of opportunities to socialize is surely why people are bored and suddenly thinking about sex more than ever before; they're not exhausted and stressed from a day at work, but fresh and ready for action, but they can't get anywhere,” says Lehmiller.

Sex as a defense mechanism?

Another factor, according to dr. Lehmiller, the fact that many people are starting to feel the fear of illness and death, and even if they don't think that the coronavirus will kill them, death is suddenly a constant in their daily thoughts. The reason is that the media attention is focused on the coronavirus, which is accompanied by death and mortality. Psychologists discovered long ago that it can the fear of death awakens sexual desire and encourages sexually inclined behavior, which is interpreted as a kind of mechanism to defend our mind against such dark thoughts. For example, some research has shown that people who think more about mortality and death are more interested in you casual sex. We know that sex is the activity that makes us "alive", so it should come as no surprise that a pandemic that forces people to stay at home has sparked interest in activities that give us a strong sense of being alive!

A sense of impending doom

The topic of the coronavirus often takes on an apocalyptic tone, as if this pandemic is somehow the end of the world, at least the end of the world and life as we know it and as we are used to it. This turns the coronavirus into a species fetish and it is enough, says Lehmiller, to "walk" a little through websites for adults and you can already see that the search films for adults with the theme of the coronavirus opens hundreds of movies and subpages. For those of you wondering: it's adult movies where it's at many gloves, protective masks and even protective clothing reminiscent of those worn by medical personnel in close contact with the infected.

"As a social psychologist, this doesn't surprise me at all, because we know that the things people look for on adult websites always reflect the current cultural situation, whether it's vacations and vacations, popular video games, or celebrities who are currently in the limelight. Human beings are incredibly creative when it comes to sexuality and have the ability to turn almost anything into a fetish.” adds Lehmiller.

From fear to climax is a small step

Fear and other strong emotions definitely have the potential to make us more lustful than we otherwise are. When we are in a state of heightened psychological arousal - when the heart rate and breathing increase and the pressure is high - it can increases sexual arousal and desire, scientists say. This mechanism also has a professional name, "arousal transmission", which is also why people often say that sex after a fight is the best sex. The strong emotions that people feel after big fights then carry over into sex and increase sexual arousal as well as feelings of pleasure.