People who use OnlyFans are ‘better in bed’, new study claims
It’s the online adult sharing platform that’s taken the internet by storm in recent years.
Love it or hate it – OnlyFans is here to stay – and it turns out it actually has a lot of good uses.
According to a new study, those who use the platform generally have a greater knowledge of sexual health and practices, which means they’re much better in the sack.
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The study, published in Springer’s “sexuality and culture” journal, showed the app boosted many participants’ knowledge about sex.
OnlyFans, which is a creator-led app, enables users to post pretty much anything, and is known for homing sexually explicit content to enable sex workers to make cash.
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Speaking to to PsyPost, the study’s lead author Marie Lippmann said: “Formal sexuality education curriculum varies widely throughout the United States, and individuals may seek out additional information about sex and sexuality from informal media sources and online platforms.
“We were interested in understanding learning on OnlyFans, given that it is such a widely used and novel platform.”
Those who carried out the study wanted to try and uncover what effect the the app had on the participants’ sex lives.
Lippmann’s data revealed 41% of the 425 people who took part said they tried out some things they learnt from the app in real life, which involved people exploring their sexual orientation and introducing sex toys into their romps.
Out of all the people who partook 53% of the respondents were male, and 46% were female, and almost everyone involved said they identified as heterosexual.
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“People engaging with the OnlyFans platform are gaining new knowledge about themselves (self-exploration), and sexuality in general (conceptual domain-specific knowledge),” added Lippmann.
“They are also learning new skills (procedural knowledge) that they are applying to their sexual lives and relationships.”
Even though the study revealed OnlyFans users often get inspired by the platform to spice things up in the bedroom, researchers also noted that there was a limit in the number of questions they were able to ask in the one survey.
This means there are many “interesting” questions that can still be explored in future studies.
It’s said this may vary from how the experiences of users differ to that of sex workers, and how sex workers use the platform to make money.
They also noted it’s worth looking at what specific design features of OnlyFans enable the platform to be used as a tool for sexual learning.
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