Comments on 237 Reasons to Have Sex—Some Good, Some Not So Good

I was just hopelessly aroused by watching interviews with Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales. I get moist just thinking about those studs.

I wanted to play with a penis.

And looking at the results next to each other, how fucked up is it that slightly more people were raped than were actually trying to have babies.

Though given how close the numbers are, I wonder: does that mean that if you were to take the number of kids conceived on a particular day, subtract from that number the number of forcible rapes carried out on that day, would you get the number of accidental conceptions? Conversely, if you subtracted the number of accidental conceptions from the total birth rate, would the result be somewhere in the vicinity of the number of forcible rapes?

Wow. I'd make a terrible statistician.

160. I wanted to change the topic of conversation.


Wow.

169. I wanted to give someone else a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., herpes, AIDS).

I'm never having sex again.

I wanted a job at the Stranger and showing my calves wasn't enough.

The list you posted is just the possible responses the survey offered, not how frequently people answered with that response. The real number one response was “I was attracted to the person.” Others in the top included completely reasonable responses like, "I wanted to express my love for the person,” “I was sexually aroused and wanted the release” and “It’s fun.” Next time read more than half the story you link to.

"I wanted to be closer to Satan"

Dan, from my understanding, the list you gave was just the top 10 reasons listed on the survey - presumably random. If you look at the actual study, a PDF file linked to the NYT article, you can see the actual top reasons given by men and by women. It is quite different from the list you gave, and makes a lot more sense, e.g. #1 for both genders is "I was attracted to the person"

Doh. I'm an idiot.

I couldn't get free of the restraints.

P.S. The real list is also a lot less depressing - #24 for men is "It just happened" and for women it is "The person carressed me" (Awww!) Best revise your post - in the end, people seem to mostly have sex because they like each other and it feels good.

(The actual study has a lot of interesting info, e.g. 50 Most infrequent reasons - "I wanted to defy my parents" - its nice to see that many bad reasons are at the bottom of the list.

Also, tope gender differences: #3 "I wanted to relieve blue-balls" - apparantly a lot more men than women said this!)

“I wanted to get a raise” (155).

Um... wow.

gender differences about sex?
There are none.
The genders are absolutely the same and 100% equal with respect to sex, reasons for sex, attitudes towards sex. Don't say anything to the contrary, that would be verboten.

It was a Tuesday.

Tuesday's always sex-day.

I wanted to have a fist up my ass.

@Mr. Poe #2: Only 1? ;)

I should point out that this study is of college students at the University of Texas, which means it's unlikely to be representative of the nation as a whole, unless you're a UTA grad.

"I was overcome by lust upon seeing him in the furry costume."

or, we have the Republican politician's response, "It made me hot to soil my diaper and pay her to change it."

I just grossed myself out.

Napoleon @15

Nah, Wednesday is sex day. You never heard of getting "over the hump"?

"Rent was almost due."

"unless you're a UTA grad."

UTA is the University of Texas at Arlington, UT Austin is... UT Austin, or just UT if no Tennessee Vols are standing nearby.

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