Would you rather give up sex or social media? The results from a new Canadian study may surprise you! Jess and Brandon explore new research findings and answer a listener question about bellybutton fetishes -- the what, why and how. Find Bloomi in a Target near you, or check out their website for your Bloomi needs. And if you have podcast questions, please submit them here. You can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music & Stitcher! Rough Transcript: This is a computer-generated rough transcript, so please excuse any typos. This podcast is an informational conversation and is not a substitute for medical, health, or other professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the services of an appropriate professional should you have individual questions or concerns. 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, for the most part. I do a lot of learning on there. Like I [00:02:00] will say, I'm, I sit in admiration of a lot of accounts and do a lot of learning, but it's mostly just kind of random scrolling, uh, doom scrolling, as they call it. [00:02:08] Jess O'Reilly: So I would absolutely positively give up social media before sex, but. You know, I mean, still 8. 8% is a small minority, but a considerable minority.