Has it? Really? I'm pretty sure culture in the US has become significantly more overtly erotic over the past 30 years...

I read the article. I found it hard going so probably was not for me but the impression it left me with was:

"I let the internet fck with my mind, now I want to un-fck it."

USE the internet, don't to let it use YOU.

What a solid piece of writing. I’m Gen X, and have talked with my siblings about the online realities my teenage nieces and nephews face, and it’s hard not to come to the conclusion the author comes to in the last paragraph. Along the way, though, there was framing of a lot of points that I’ve struggled to find the right words for. So, bravo.

That certainly isn’t my experience, and the example she gives imo says more about her neurotic friends than society.

Weird stuff, you are just talking to a 5 year younger friend about hair brushing being pleasant and now you needr to apologize to the hair brusher?

> She demanded that I apologize to the women for sexualizing them.

This doesn't work that well in real life. Let me sketch a scenario:

Oh eh, hi, eh, sorry, I have to admit than when you were brushing my hair, I was sexualizing you.

You can't make it much better, perhaps write a formal letter and focus on the hairbrush:

Three weeks ago, I was in your excellent shop. My hair never has been nicer. During the hair brushing, I got the feeling I felt a bit more for the hairbrush than I fell about you, I hope you can forgive me.

That gives a nice feeling about what was first a fairly normal human interaction.

It sounds hot though, good tip. But I got a humiliation kink, oh noes! How to resolve then? It is a catch-22 now. Need to do silly apologize, apologies are sexual, need to apologize for sexual feelings due to silly apologies. Haha, how do I get there?

Nah. I'd like less "sexy" on the internet and most everywhere else. It's exhausting having people shove their sexuality in everyone's focus constantly. I'd like to be able to buy some muffins without being reminded about sex on the packaging, the description, and the product name. Let muffins be muffins. Just like extroverts are energy vampires for introverts, the non-sexually obsessed are tired of the sex obsessed wanting everything to be about celebrating the sexual obsessions of the sex obsessed. Broaden your horizons and get a hobby that doesn't involve telling everyone about what you want to do with your genitals.