LONDON – Citing a 2023 report from the office of the U.S. Surgeon General, SinfulX AI noted that “nearly half of American adults report experiencing loneliness,” adding that the annual occurrence of Valentine’s Day “reveals a different side of the problem,” particular for people who are single.
“It’s not just about being alone,” SinfulX wrote in a statement issued this week, “it’s about being told your desire doesn’t count unless someone else is involved.”
“About 31% of U.S. adults are single, representing roughly 126.9 million people, according to Pew Research,” SinfulX noted. “Yet 56% of single adults aren’t looking for relationships—they’re actively choosing solo life. The real Valentine’s pressure isn’t romantic failure, as we’re often told. It’s the cultural demand that desire should be visible, validated, and partnered to be legitimate.”
Asserting that social media has “transformed intimacy into content,” SinfulX said Valentine’s Day “amplifies this dynamic, turning romance into something to be photographed, posted, and proven.”
“Recent British research shows solo pleasure rates have risen over the past decade, from 37% to 40% among women and 73% to 78% among men reporting solo sexual activity,” the company observed. “People aren’t having less sex. But they are having more private sex. Yet cultural narratives still treat solo sexuality as supplementary to the ‘real thing’ rather than a valid personal choice.”
Quoting research from the Archives of Sexual Behaviour, the statement said that according to “traditional sexual scripts, ‘good’ sexuality is characterized by being heteronormative, partnered and legitimized by romantic love. Because masturbation occurs beyond those properties, it is often perceived as an uncomfortable issue that is less desirable and accepted than partnered sexuality.”
According to SinfulX, Valentine’s Day “doesn’t create loneliness by reminding people they’re single;” rather the holiday “creates loneliness by suggesting that private, solo desire, including sexual fantasy, imagination, and solo pleasure, is somehow less real than what gets shared on Instagram.”
As the company sees it, “AI-generated sexual content represents the latest evolution in a much older human behavior: private sexual imagination.” It’s a notion that experts in the field have echoed, as well.
“These tools can offer validation, fantasy, and a shame-free way to explore desire, especially for those feeling lonely, curious, or underserved by mainstream content,” clinical psychologist Amy Campbell writes for Psychology Today.
The “key distinction” emerging in the AI-generated sexual content space, SinfulX said, is “platforms that prevent non-consensual content creation through design—no image uploads, no custom prompts, characters based on licensed imagery or compensated performers rather than unsuspecting individuals.”
“These technical choices make deepfakes and non-consensual imagery impossible by design, rather than relying on moderation after the fact, representing a different approach to NSFW AI-generated content,” SInfulX added.
Underlining what the company termed the “visibility problem,” SinfulX noted that single adults are “nearly twice as likely to report loneliness compared to their married counterparts (39% vs. 22%), according to loneliness statistics from 2024.” However, SinfulX observed, “research from Professor Elyakim Kislev challenges the assumption that marriage solves loneliness.”
“His analysis of 300,000 people across 31 countries found that long-term single people often have more extensive social networks than their married peers,” SinfulX said. “The problem isn’t singleness. It’s the Valentine’s Day message that desire only matters when it’s part of a couple.
“Sex therapist Esther Perel has noted that modern loneliness often occurs ‘with people next to whom you should not be feeling lonely, but in fact, you do,’” SinfulX added. “The real work of sex-positivity isn’t solving loneliness. It’s reducing shame around the reality of how desire actually manifests for millions of people: alone, but not necessarily lonely. As technology increasingly mediates how desire is expressed, these distinctions around shame, fantasy, and legitimacy become harder — and more important — to maintain.”
SinfulX said the company’s NSFW image and video generator “exists within a broader ecosystem where AI companions, chatbots, and virtual relationships are rapidly becoming normalized.”
Citing a 2025 study by the Wheatley Institute, SinfulX noted that “nearly one in five U.S. adults have used or know someone who’s used AI for romantic relationships.”
“The distinction between companionship tools (which can create dependency) and fantasy tools (which remain clearly categorized as imagination) will become increasingly important as these tools develop,” SinfulX said.
Quoting sex and relationship therapist Angela Ivy Leong, SinfulX said “real intimacy, the kind that nourishes your cells and speaks to your soul, cannot be programmed.”
“But fantasy never claimed to be intimacy,” SinfulX said in the statement. “It’s always been something else: private, imaginative, and fundamentally individual.”
“This Valentine’s Day, perhaps the most radical act isn’t finding a partner,” SinfulX concluded. “It’s recognizing that desire doesn’t disappear when it’s not witnessed, and that private fantasy deserves the same legitimacy that we automatically grant to coupledom.”
For more information on SinfulX and to try out the platform’s AI-driven image generation tools, go to SinfulX.ai.
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