Questions like, why people have sex, is it really important to have sex, etc have ruled the human mind way back. Researchers have been trying hard to get answers to these questions and that is why, at least today we know that the rise in levels of certain hormones in our bodies stimulates us for sex. A research led by researchers at the University of Texas has wronged the common notion that most of the men have sex just for the physical pleasure and women incorporate sex as one of the ways to express their love. The research that was published in the August edition of ‘Archives of Sexual Behavior’ listed the top 237 reasons why people have sex. Also, it was quite intriguing to note that the top 25 reasons given by men to have sex matched those given by women. Now, who says, men are from Mars and women are from Venus, I guess they belong to the same earth.
Coming to the reasons, it is quite shocking to know that the topmost reason for having sex was because of the attraction for the person and for experiencing physical pleasure. Maybe, the credential to this specific reason can be attributed to the fact that the group surveyed was of men and women from colleges. However, reasons like expression of love and affection also made to the top ten. But it has got quite clear that for the men and women of this generation, lust rules more than love. Moreover, the research also clears the fact that women think quite similar to men, where sex comes into play.
The survey was conducted among 444 men and women belonging to an age group of 17 to 52. The reason-‘It’s fun’ took the fourth place in the men’s list and eight in the women’s. The researchers also asked 1,549 college students to rank their experiences. Another fact that came into the light was that where men will jump on the opportunity of having sex without considering anything else, women will only do so to please their partners. So, I guess the eagerness of the college students to have sex that is visible through the reasons, we have quite a good argument that why AIDS has become an epidemic and sex education should be considered as a significant part of school education.
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