In the history of Vox, this has to be one of the voxxiest takes of all time, and that’s saying something:
Why women have better sex under socialism, according to an anthropologist https://t.co/4MtVZeLe8S
— Vox (@voxdotcom) December 12, 2018
Keep in mind they’re not talking about socialism in say Sweden or another Nordic country. The anthropologist is basing her thesis on East-freaking-Germany:
If that sounds strange to you, consider this: A survey of East and West Germans after reunification in 1990 found that Eastern women (the socialist side of Germany during the Cold War) had twice as many orgasms as Western women.
What in the world accounts for such a wide gap?
According to Ghodsee, it’s about social safety nets. If, she argues, you build a society that supports women and doesn’t punish them for having children or devalue their labor, it turns out they’ll be happier and have better sex.
Oh, yes … that infamous East German social safety net really gets the ladies in the mood:
Oooh yeah comrade, you slip into that burlap nightie and I'll put on some Barry Whiteov and then it's time for some sexy sexy Marxian dialectichttps://t.co/gFxcTKC9cQ
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 12, 2018
"If, she argues, you build a society that supports women and doesn’t punish them for having children or devalue their labor, it turns out they’ll be happier and have better sex."
So women in East Germany felt secure and valued? What the hell is this? https://t.co/Vv44cB46ZR
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) December 12, 2018
There’s sort of stupid, and then there’s legitimately idiotic. https://t.co/OCDTB3VO3r
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) December 12, 2018
Or maybe they’re having better sex because there was nothing else to do?
When there's no food, no heat, and spotty electricity, what else are you going to do? https://t.co/cQlQHQXfkF
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) December 12, 2018
Or maybe the women were just into it:
Is it the totalitarian domination that turns them on? https://t.co/fsnkeUniqZ
— Nick Searcy, INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) December 12, 2018
The constant hunger and worry about the secret police busting in at any moment just added to the excitement, right?
A dopamine rush is a lot more significant when you're starving, poor, and intellectually deprived than when you have all of the pleasures of a free market! https://t.co/LgvWvJYhWY
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) December 12, 2018
Well, when every day could be your last…
Ah, the continued romanticization of an ideology that killed and oppressed millions of people… Rations, poverty, gulags, and great sex? People were living in freaking fear of their lives 24/7. That’s like saying VI Lenin was a great environmentalist … #ThatsSoBolshie https://t.co/Ot0HtCGySs
— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) December 12, 2018
Of course, there is another side to this that found the exact opposite, but whatever:
Counterpoint:
"an East German nurse named Adelheid said: 'We really don't have more orgasms in the GDR. Not me, anyway, because I have to work up to 12 hours a day and that doesn't leave much time for love.'"https://t.co/nlvuJ8Ai3I https://t.co/cQlQHQXfkF— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) December 12, 2018
Other than that Vox, a great read.
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