[yboris]

You may be right with respect to "what works for me" - because you can literally experiment on yourself and tell (if you're keeping honest track of effects using various good practices from science / experiment design).

But you wouldn't be in a good position to argue against anyone saying otherwise.

There are numerous problems with folk beliefs and personal intuitions. Much like we are 100% fooled every time when we look at optical illusions, we can be fooled about other things. I'm glad you've figured out what works for you, but it's not anecdotes but only good science that can tell us what is "on average" going to happen (without investigating the individual particularities).

[jkcorrea]

But that’s what folk beliefs essentially are: “on average this is going to happen”

Isn’t that inherently what happens when you play telephone across time and cultures? You end up with stories stripped down to the essence, the most important advice from those who came before us boiled down.

Are you advocating that when we find what works for us we don’t share that finding with others? I think that’s exactly what’s wrong with the “science is the only right answer” mindset..

[yboris]

I sincerely doubt any folk belief around sexuality - given the history of humanity. I grew up (in Russia) with my mom literally telling my 6-ish y/o self "don't touch your pipi or it will turn black and fall off". Given that people went insane 100 years ago when a skirt was short enough to expose an ankle, I doubt that kind of society would produce good folk beliefs around pornography or sexuality in general.