Sunday, November 04, 2007

Top Ten Reasons Why Humans Have Sex

After asking nearly 2,000 people why they’d had sex, two psychologists Cindy Meston and David M. Buss (at University of Texas at Austin) have recently assembled and categorized a total of 237 reasons. Their list is a very thorough, interesting taxonomy of sexual motivations.

Below are the Top 10 :
1. I was “in the heat of the moment.”
2. It just happened.
3. I was bored.
4. It just seemed like “the thing to do.”
5. Someone dared me.
6. I desired emotional closeness (i.e., intimacy).
7. I wanted to feel closer to God.
8. I wanted to gain acceptance from friends.
9. It’s exciting, adventurous.
10. I wanted to make up after a fight.



I am glad to point out that "I wanted to have a child" is the reason No. 27.

3 comments:

Atlas said...

You're gone for 3 months and the first blog you have to post is about sex? Top ten reason why humans have sex. So what reason number is because sex is part of a biological need?

j said...

I would hazard that as #4. ^_^

Isa Blue said...

Wow! "I wanted to feel closer to God." It's really weird!!