Sex and the citizen

Dec 15th 2008
From Economist.com
Where people are most, and least, promiscuous

HOW much do sexual habits vary between countries? A great deal, according to a study of 14,000 people in 48 countries. The survey asked respondents to consider seven questions related to sex. Some questions were factual: how many sexual partners have you had in the past year and how many one-night stands have you had? Other questions were about attitudes to sex: is sex without love acceptable, or sex with casual partners? From the answers, the researchers compiled an index of promiscuity for respondents from each country. The result appears to show that Finns and other Europeans are the most promiscuous, whereas respondents from more conservative countries, such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, are less promiscuous. Around the world men and women vary in their attitudes to casual sex. Men are more likely to seek it out in their late twenties. Women wait until their thirties when the chances of a casual encounter resulting in pregnancy are less.

any female orgers that live in Finland, holla.

Interesting

The U.S. outranked France an Italy. Wow. I'd not have guessed that.

Lammastide said:

[Edited 12/23/08 19:21pm]

the org is the most promiscuous.




Well, mostly just Dan.

SCNDLS said:

I always think of the French and Italians as pretty free lovers.

Lammastide said:

Much more sexually open than Americans.

SCNDLS said:

Apparently not, though.

Lammastide said:

I think there is a difference between being sexually open and being promiscuous.

hokie said:

Good point. It'd be interesting to see how the researchers defined "promiscuous."

Lammastide said:

Yeah. To me it means sleeping with lots and lots of people, but they may not define it that way.

JerseyKRS said:

Lammastide said:

U think right

JerseyKRS said:

you know....especially the one that's in your signature.

MagnificentVoodoo said:

mine. alllll mine.

Whaaaat?!?

hokie said:

Yes, very much so.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

JessieJ said: