June 2nd, 2004 -- by Bacchus
A Fifth Of Loneliness
Your tax dollars at work: according to this news report [link broken and removed], the United States government has researched the matter and has scientifically determined that sex makes us happy. Profound grasp of the obvious, there!
What I found interesting, although not surprising, is that the study (of 16,000 people) found that more than a fifth (22%) had not had sex at all in the previous year. You know that intuitive sense you get, that a lot of the people you run into every day badly need to get laid? You were right all along!
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I would be more distressed if they somehow came to the opposite conclusion.
I guess they don’t count masturbation as sex, huh?
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bacchus fails to mention one part of the article which I do find pretty surprising, which is that the more sexual partners per year people have, the unhappier they are…
That seemed pretty obvious to me. *shrug*
I’d bet that most of that 16% are in politics. And no, I don’t think there’s an uneven divide between parties. They all need a good screwing.
Take one for the team! Screw a politician for your country’s future happiness!
I always was a lousy sloganeer.
All of my co-workers must be in that 22 percent.
Actually, it’s not a govt report – the NBER is a private nonprofit. More interestingly, 2-3 times a month (24-36/yr) is average sex for Americans. That conflicts with the Durex study that claimed the median sex was 124 times a year.
Wow, only 2-3 times a month is average? I thought anything less than 21-24 times a month mean I was doing something wrong. Whew, what a relief.
I’m 48 years old, married for 21 years, and have had sex once in the last 3 years. I have no idea what normal (healthy) sex is, but I suspect that it is 1-3 times a week. Thank God for masturbation. Next time you think about getting married, be sure to ask yourself, Do you want to spend the rest of your life following the other person’s lifestyle! You can’t change anyone except yourself.
Anonymous Coward, Durex is a British company, London Rubber Industries. Just sayin’ …