He said, "Some numbers cannot be easily trusted."
He told the reporters, "In the two numbers announced by Durex, I heard that this year's number has been processed. If the numbers can be processed, they can be high or low, so what is the meaning? As a trade institution, pulling up the numbers may attract more attention, which is a hype for trade purposes. It can also be said that it is playing with science."
Many surveys were conducted online, and Zhu Jiaming also expressed that online surveys cannot be used as sociological research data. It must be clarified that it is an online survey and cannot be generalized as a nationwide survey.
"This kind of statistical scope is large, especially among those who know how to use computers and go online, many are students. The answers obtained from the Internet are mostly replies from these people, some of whom answer randomly, treating it as an online game or entertainment. Such surveys have no representativeness at all and cannot represent the entire society."
Behind the numbers, during the traditionally closed period, the topic of 'sex' has always been taboo. However, brave sexologists have discarded various prejudices, conducted multi-level sexological surveys and made them public, allowing the public to comment. Their courage in speaking out has made a significant contribution to the transformation of outdated concepts. However, incorrect information in sex research will also seriously mislead society.
A well-known sexology expert recently proposed a concept, believing that "the younger the man, the more likely he is to take aphrodisiacs." According to his statistics, among men who have taken aphrodisiacs, 11.4% are between 20-35 years old, 9.3% are between 36-49 years old, and 5.1% are between 50-64 years old.
Zhu Jiaming questioned this. He told the reporter that behind those numbers, you must understand their origin. When conducting the survey, the questionnaire was expressed as follows: "Nowadays, many foods, nutritional supplements, tonics, and medicines can enhance sexual function (strengthen yang) or nourish yin (strengthen yin). In the past 12 months, have you consumed any of these? (Even if only once)." Zhu Jiaming said that food and nutritional supplements are absolutely different from aphrodisiacs, how can they be mentioned in the same breath? Folklore suggests that leeks have a certain effect on enhancing sexual function, but eating leeks two or three times a year is fundamentally different from taking Viagra two or three times. "Therefore, ordinary people should be vigilant and think critically when dealing with these numbers."
Zhu Jiaming said that statistical analysis must appropriately reflect reality. Unscientific data may temporarily be believed by people, but after some time, its credibility will collapse. Scientific workers need to constantly negate their conclusions so that the data can withstand scrutiny and examination.
A responsible person from the Guangdong Provincial Sexology Association introduced that scientific sexological research data will bring valuable references to various industries in society. For social workers, especially sex education workers, it will help them understand the status of reproductive health in society, identify key issues, and determine what should be done and the direction. For government departments such as the police, understanding that excessive sexual openness can easily lead to sexual crimes will help them take effective measures for guidance. For business institutions, providing economic information and understanding the degree of sexual openness will allow them to develop and market products according to demand.
Why do sex researchers pursue the shock value of numbers so much? Zhu Jiaming said, "Nowadays, sex statistics seem lively, but in fact, research in that field has not received due attention. Researchers often lack funds, so they resort to cost-saving methods like online surveys for statistics."
Zhu Jiaming said that our researchers rarely have substantial financial support, resulting in insufficient statistical coverage, leading to defects in the accuracy and representativeness of the numbers.