TYB
>was this always going on in the past, only now more visible because of the internet? or a new phenomena altogether?
anon opines, there was always some level of this happening, and it increases and decreases like the tide as society allows and then cracks down on it. look at the explosions perversions in the 1920's. anon suspects psych-meds and illegal drugs are driving the current wave. persistent sexual arousal is a listed "side-effect" of some medications.