Why We Have Sex
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
A new study from the University of Texas looks at 237 reason why humans have sex. We talk to the lead author of the study, Dr. David Buss, a psychology professor, and Emma Taylor, one half of the writing duo Em & Lo, whose sex column appears in New York Magazine.
Comments [8]
I second the menstrual cramp comment and...
#239 Because the voyeuristic cat is finally sleeping!
I am a female in that 30% group, and I just roll my eyes at those 70%. Let em go buy shoes! :D
The link to the research paper on the site is broken; try http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/Group/BussLAB/pdffiles/why%20humans%20have%20sex%202007.pdf
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--The BL Show responds:
Thanks. It is updated now.
70/30 rule.
Of all women only 30% actually enjoy sex and thus pursue having more of it with their patterns. However these women are made to feel inferior about themselves and their natural desires by the remaining 70% who would much rather shop for that one particular shirt pant or shoe than to have sex with the man of their dreams.
And the women who dispute this are part of that 70%.
As a man why do I have sex, for the unadulterated unbound passion that occurs between two people when they engage in the act.
it's good for your vaginal health
To relieve menstrual cramps
Reason #238= to espouse the doctrines of free market capitalism and the works of economist Milton Friedman
Sex is ordinarily thrown in with eating as a basic human instinct. But unlike eating, it can also be satisfied without external support -- in other words, by masturbation. Evolutionarily, why might we feel the need not only the have an orgasm but also to couple with another person?
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