HOW Often Do We Have Lustful Thoughts?

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HOW Often Do We Have Lustful Thoughts?
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Wed, 06-01-2005 - 11:34pm

From the web :

Yes, someone was paid to do this. Researchers from California State University, Los Angeles have scientifically determined that men think about sex an average of 37 times a week, while women have lustful thoughts an average of nine times a week. That means both men and women let their minds wander afar at least once a day.

The study, conducted by Cal State psychology professor Pamela Regan and psychology graduate student Leah Atkins, surveyed 676 men and women with an average age of 25, asking each about the intensity and frequency with which they experienced sexual desire. "Virtually every participant in this study, male and female, reported having experienced sexual desire, and they did so on a daily basis," Regan explained to HealthDayNews.

Lest you think only men have such thoughts, think again. While 98.8 percent of men did admit to it, 95.9 percent of women did too. Men do have these thoughts four times more frequently than women, a fact that is confirmed by earlier research.

"These differences may reflect socialization processes that differentially influence men's and women's sexual attitudes and behavior," Regan theorized. "Alternatively, they may reflect underlying biological differences between men and women." She suspects that the male hormone testosterone is at work stimulating desire more frequently in men than in women.

Regan told HealthDayNews, that "the experience of desire may be the single most common sexual event in the lives of men and women." The study findings were presented to the American Psychological Society annual meeting in Los Angeles.

So, are you above average or below average????

krn :o)

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Registered: 02-26-2001
Thu, 06-02-2005 - 2:03pm
Maybe 'the look' would have worked better for her if she had waited until after she had her nose fixed, LOL. Anyway, thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out the next time I see that it's on TV. Also, the idea that a woman who wanted sex would actually take action to make it happen is a concept that I'll have to think about.

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