Episode · The Rubin Report · 2026-05-02

Books mentioned on The Unexpected Reason People Aren't Having Sex & How to Fix It | Dr. Debra Soh

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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Dr.

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Plugged Sextinction
“I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is a sex neuroscientist and author of Sex Tinctions, The Decline of Sex and the Future of Intimacy, long-lost Rubin Report guest Debra Soh.”
Plugged Sextinction
“There was one study that I cited in Sex Extinction showing that one in 10 men lose interest in having sex with their partner after looking at social media influencers and one in 10 women lose interest in having sex after being on social media because they feel that worse about their bodies essentially.”
Plugged Sextinction
“So, when you What I find interesting in the culture was you see so many people on both sides saying, 'I'm done with dating. I don't care. You know, you're better off just like be being on your own.' And I don't really believe that they are they actually mean that. I think they're just so frustrated. So, I wrote”
Plugged Sextinction
“As I mentioned in the book, that young men are are falling behind their female peers in terms of education and occupation.”
Plugged Sextinction
“And also like I talk in the book about how technology cannot override biology. So, we may think that we're outsmarting our biology by using these various innovations, but at the end it's going to come back to haunt us. And I think that is why people are really in many cases not happier in the long run.”
Plugged Sextinction
“So I yeah I think in terms of people just making their own choices, I have you know all the scientific citations in Sex Tinctions if people want to look up the information themselves. The book really I'm not trying to tell anybody how to live their life.”
Plugged Sextinction
“I used to be on social media every day and then when I was writing Sex Addiction I actually took almost a full year off of it and it reset my brain.”
Plugged Sextinction
“Well, I'm always you know, I'm always here. I love doing media appearances. It's always great to chat with you and if people like another book I would say please support Sex Extinction cuz that will help me justify it to my publisher. The link is down below.”