[FRIAM] [Fwd: Fwd - 237 reasons why people have sex]

[Douglas Roberts]

I find myself strangely ... aroused ... by this information.  I had no idea
there were 237 reasons.

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On 8/2/07, Merle Lefkoff <merle at arspublica.org> wrote:
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> Subject:        Fwd - 237 reasons why people have sex
> Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:18:24 EDT
> From:   JerSol at aol.com
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> /*Why People Have Sex: 237 Reasons
> *// Love, Lust, Revenge -- Researchers' List Goes On and On
> By Miranda Hitti <http://www.webmd.com/Miranda-Hitti>
> WebMD Medical News
> Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD <http://www.webmd.com/Louise-Chang>
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> Aug. 1, 2007 -- Why do people have sex? A new study counts the ways and
> comes up with 237 reasons.
> The reasons range from the sublime to the scandalous. Some motivations
> came from the heart. Others came from elsewhere in the anatomy.
> The leading reason for sex was, "I was attracted to the person,"
> according to the study, which appears in the August issue of the/
> Archives of Sexual Behavior/.
> The study comes from Cindy Meston, PhD, and David Buss, PhD, of the
> psychology department at the University of Texas at Austin.
> First, they asked 203 men and 241 women aged 17-52 in Austin, Texas, to
> anonymously list every reason they had ever had sex. Those men and women
> were taking psychology classes or were participating in other studies at
> the Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory of the University of Texas.
> All in all, participants listed 715 reasons for having sex. The
> researchers deleted repetitions, boiling the list down to 237 reasons.
> Next, Meston and Buss presented the list to 1,549 psychology students
> and asked them to rate how often, if ever, they had had sex for each of
> the 237 reasons.
> /* 9 Leading Reasons for Having Sex
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> The researchers identified nine broad themes that characterize the
> students' top reasons for having sex:
>      1.     Pure attraction to the other person in general
>      2.     Experiencing physical pleasure
>      3.     Expressing love
>      4.     Having sex because of feeling desired by the other
>      5.     Having sex to escalate the depth of the relationship
>      6.     Curiosity or seeking new experiences
>      7.     Marking a special occasion for celebration
>      8.     Mere opportunity
>      9.     Sex just happening due to seemingly uncontrollable
> circumstances
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> The study also highlights five general themes that were least frequently
> cited by the students.
> Those themes included wanting to harm another person (their partner,
> rival, or a stranger), getting resources (such as a job, money, drugs,
> or gifts), enhancing social status, using sex as a means to a seemingly
> unrelated end (such as relieving a headache), or having sex out of duty
> or pressure./* Top 10 Reasons Why Women Have Sex
> */
> The researchers broke down the leading reasons why men and women have
> sex. Eight of the top 10 reasons were shared by men and women.
> Here are women's top 10 reasons for having sex:
>      1.     I was attracted to the person.
>      2.     I wanted to experience the physical pleasure.
>      3.     It feels good.
>      4.     I wanted to show my affection to the person.
>      5.     I wanted to express my love for the person.
>      6.     I was sexually aroused and wanted the release.
>      7.     I was "horny."
>      8.     It's fun.
>      9.     I realized I was in love.
>      10.     I was "in the heat of the moment."
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> /* Top 10 Reasons Why Men Have Sex
> */
> In the study, men's top 10 reasons for having sex are quite similar to
> the women's list. Here are men's top 10 reasons for having sex,
> according to the study:
>      1.     I was attracted to the person.
>      2.     It feels good.
>      3.     I wanted to experience the physical pleasure.
>      4.     It's fun.
>      5.     I wanted to show my affection to the person.
>      6.     I was sexually aroused and wanted the release.
>      7.     I was "horny."
>      8.     I wanted to express my love for the person.
>      9.     I wanted to achieve an orgasm.
>      10.     I wanted to please my partner.
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>      •     Why do you have sex? Share your reasons on WebMD's Sexuality:
> Friends Talking message board
> <http://boards.webmd.com/webx?THDX@@.8959ee29%21thdchild=.8959ee29>.
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> SOURCES: Meston, C./ Archives of Sexual Behavior/, August 2007; vol 36,
> pp 477-507. News release, University of Texas at Austin.
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