Modesty aside, when you talk about health, you simply cannot skip over sex. It’s how we procreate, how we share our passions and most importantly, a fantastic workout! There is nothing bad, evil nor gross about sex… think of it this way, if your parents lived a life of celibacy, you wouldn’t be reading this!
CDC Stats on Sexual Health
Although these statistics are from 2002 relating to the United States population, I doubt sexual patterns change very much unless there is a huge cultural upheaval.
- by age 24, 97% of males and females have had sexual contact with the opposite sex (oral, intercourse, touching etc.)
- by the age of 44, 97% of the population has had sexual intercourse, 90% have had oral sex and 40% anal with a female
- during a lifetime, 6% of males have sexual experiences with another male, this percentage is 11% for females
- surveyed people between the age of 18 to 44 described themselves 90% of the time as heterosexual, 2.3% homosexual, 1.8% bisexual, 3.9% something else with 1.8% not answering the question
Although they didn’t ask the number of sexual partners they have had in their lifetime, I heard joke once that said whatever the total given by a guy is, it needs to be divided by three while for females, you need to multiply the answer given by three.
What does this mean?
Well, if you find love later in life, most likely neither of you are virgins and that most likely, you’re both heterosexuals. The problem with sex based surveys is that you cannot test people on the answers given, if their family or partner is present, they may not be entirely truthful or due to changes in religious convictions, their perceptions may change. Basically, just about everybody has sex, including those who vow not to as we found out a few years ago.
One statistic that doesn’t surprise me though is there is more of a willingness for females to experiment with the same sex then males during their lifetime, genetically, this makes perfect sense. Females want to produce the absolute best children with a male that will provide for both the child and mother, if a male is at a perceived pinnacle, they are more willing to share to achieve this goal. On the other hand, there is no biological motive for males to share their mate with another male as they may end up having to take care of an offspring that isn’t genetically to their advantage. Males are built to share their genetic potential while females are built to nurture the resultant offspring. Put another way, the cost of procreation for a male is about 5 seconds (6 if we take our time) but for a female this drags on over the period of 9 months! This is why males remain relatively virile throughout their lifespan while for women, this decreases dramatically after the genetic age of 30.
Everybody has had more sex then me!
This is a humorous animation that comes from the perception (real or imagined) that everybody else has had more sex then you!
Pentagon R&D: Sex as a weapon!
I saw this video and I thought to myself, what a fantastic idea! Imagine how short wars would be if aphrodisiacs where used instead of explosives! After a few hours, everybody would be completely exhausted, couldn’t care less about what they where fighting for and return to their daily lives. Civil disobedience or riots, spray the crowd with a love potion and any thoughts of violence are replaced with love for your fellow human being… brilliant!
The Bottom Line
Sex is great and fun… if done safely.
References
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/ad/361-370/ad362.htm
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