The Infinite Thinkings Sex Survey Results

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Routine Personal Info:

  Male Female Total
Surveys Taken 18917 13180 32097
Average Current Age 29.00 years 22.00 years 26.00 years
Median Current Age 25 years 20 years 22 years
Married Currently 33.93% 16.87% 26.92%
Married Previously 12.72% 9.70% 11.48%
Natural Hair Color
19571 1 (0.0%) 4525 (14.2%) 6523 (20.4%) 19571 (61.3%) 1332 (4.2%)
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%a0 Black Blonde Brown Red
Top Five Eye Colors
10079 10079 (36.3%) 9309 (33.6%) 4125 (14.9%) 3654 (13.2%) 573 (2.1%)
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brown Blue Green hazel black
Sexual Preference of Men
15640 2056 (10.9%) 15640 (82.7%) 810 (4.3%) 409 (2.2%)
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Bisexual Heterosexual Homosexual None Your Damn Business!
Sexual Preference of Women
9324 1 (0.0%) 2964 (22.7%) 9324 (71.5%) 338 (2.6%) 408 (3.1%)
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%a0 Bisexual Heterosexual Homosexual None Your Damn Business!
Top 10 Religions
10677 10677 (38.4%) 5168 (18.6%) 4643 (16.7%) 1568 (5.6%) 1552 (5.6%) 1486 (5.3%) 800 (2.9%) 796 (2.9%) 698 (2.5%) 441 (1.6%)
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Non-Religious/No Answer Catholic (incl. Roman Catholic) Christian (non-denominational) Baptist (incl. Southern Baptist) Agnostic Atheist Protestant Methodist Lutheran Judaism (Jewish)
Top 10 Professions
7714 7714 (70.5%) 606 (5.5%) 500 (4.6%) 432 (3.9%) 402 (3.7%) 339 (3.1%) 281 (2.6%) 227 (2.1%) 225 (2.1%) 216 (2.0%)
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Student sales teacher Engineer None manager school military retired unemployed
  Average Median  
Penis Length 6.58 6.5  
Penis Length
Women Prefer		 6.00 7  
  Male Female Total
Penis Size Matters 1.28% 49.40% 21.04%
Breast Size Matters 35.11% 1.28% 21.22%
Penis Is Circumcised
13158 5759 (30.4%) 13158 (69.6%)
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False True
Top 10 Bra Sizes
1332 1332 (19.8%) 1194 (17.7%) 976 (14.5%) 717 (10.7%) 551 (8.2%) 477 (7.1%) 384 (5.7%) 374 (5.6%) 369 (5.5%) 355 (5.3%)
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34b 36c 34C 36B 36D 38C 32b 38D 34a 34d
Women's orgasm types
6749 1 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%) 6749 (54.2%) 4123 (33.1%) 577 (4.6%) 1010 (8.1%)
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%a0   Both Clitoral Neither Vaginal

Information about everyone's first time:

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  Male Female Total
First Time Age 17.00 years 15.00 years 16.00 years
Median First Time Age 17 years 16 years 16 years
Did you Enjoy
your first time?		 72.12% 48.98% 62.62%
Average Time Waited
before having sex again		 74.00 days 88.00 days 81.00 days
Median Time Waited
before having sex again		 3 days 7 days 5 days
Top 10 Circumstances of People's first time
5420 5420 (21.2%) 4836 (19.0%) 4084 (16.0%) 2669 (10.5%) 2298 (9.0%) 1981 (7.8%) 1515 (5.9%) 1217 (4.8%) 873 (3.4%) 620 (2.4%)
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Curiosity/Experimentation Really cared about/loved the person Dated for a long time Extreme physical attraction Had sex with the first person who let me Thought it was the thing to do One night stand Intoxicated (drug and/or alcohol) Things got out of hand Married to the person
Top 5 circumstance for men
3049 3049 (26.1%) 2705 (23.2%) 2147 (18.4%) 2118 (18.2%) 1641 (14.1%)
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Curiosity/Experimentation Dated for a long time Really cared about/loved the person Had sex with the first person who let me Extreme physical attraction
Top 5 circumstance for women
2689 2689 (31.8%) 2371 (28.1%) 1379 (16.3%) 1028 (12.2%) 978 (11.6%)
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Really cared about/loved the person Curiosity/Experimentation Dated for a long time Extreme physical attraction Thought it was the thing to do

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Age of the person they first
had sex with (Male Response)
6099 4983 (30.6%) 6099 (37.4%) 5209 (32.0%)
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Older Same age Younger
Age of the person they first
had sex with (Female Response)
7677 1 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%) 7677 (64.6%) 3275 (27.6%) 930 (7.8%)
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%a0   Older Same age Younger
 
If you could do it over
would you? (Male)
7835 3280 (20.7%) 7835 (49.3%) 3369 (21.2%) 1397 (8.8%)
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Change who it was with Not change a thing Not wait so long Wait Longer
If you could do it over
would you? (Female)
4975 1 (0.0%) 3469 (29.7%) 4975 (42.6%) 959 (8.2%) 2288 (19.6%)
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%a0 Change who it was with Not change a thing Not wait so long Wait Longer

General Sexual History:

  Male Female Total
Do you enjoy sex? 85.45% 86.82% 86.01%
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  Male Female Total
Average ForeplayTime 36.00 mins 157,337.00 mins 66,232.00 mins
Median ForeplayTime 20.00 mins 20.00 mins 20.00 mins

  Male Female Total
Percentage who masturbate 96.09% 84.10% 91.16%
Percentage of those
who admit to masturbating		 79.68% 66.69% 74.76%
Percentage of masturbaters
who've been caught masturbating		 45.16% 38.44% 42.62%
Percentage who've been caught
had the person catching them join in		 29.13% 53.02% 37.29%
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  Male Female Total
People who have been brought to orgasm by stimulation
of some body part (other than the genitals)		 15.47% 27.37% 20.36%
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  Male Female Total
People who have been raped 4.24% 19.46% 10.49%

  Male Female Total
Average Number
of Relationships		 58.00 1,823.00 794.00
Median Num Relationships 3 3 3
Average Number of Relationships
(where they had sex)		 44.00 6.00 28.00
Median Num Relationships
(where they had sex)		 2 2 2
Average Number
of Partners		 133.00 1,004.00 496.00
Median Num Partners 5 5 5
Average Length of time
dating before sex		 63.00 days 172.00 days 112.00 days
Median Length of time
dating before sex		 14 days 21 days 14 days

Oral Sex:
  Male Female Total
Performed Oral Sex 85.60% 89.36% 87.14%
(Who Perform)
Enjoys Performing		 95.69% 82.56% 90.16%
Received Oral Sex 86.64% 88.83% 87.54%
(Who Receives)
Enjoys Receiving		 99.05% 91.64% 95.96%

  Male Female Total
People who use birth control 65.07% 69.95% 67.07%

Birth Control People Use
12144 2 (0.0%) 3 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%) 49 (0.2%) 12144 (55.2%) 126 (0.6%) 111 (0.5%) 70 (0.3%) 475 (2.2%) 391 (1.8%) 210 (1.0%) 96 (0.4%) 1480 (6.7%) 6839 (31.1%)
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%a0     Cervical Cap Condoms Diaphragm Foam/Spermicide Gel Hormonal Injection Hormonal Injection/Patch IUD Natural Family Planning Norplant Sterilization The Pill

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How do you like the lights during sex?
14600 3 (0.0%) 14600 (50.5%) 1265 (4.4%) 1216 (4.2%) 6508 (22.5%) 5321 (18.4%)
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%a0 about half and half Always Off Always On Usually Off Usually On

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Top 10 Favorite Positions
8758 8758 (31.6%) 6873 (24.8%) 5621 (20.3%) 1971 (7.1%) 1938 (7.0%) 1340 (4.8%) 893 (3.2%) 124 (0.4%) 90 (0.3%) 80 (0.3%)
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Doggy Style Cowgirl missionary Virgin 69 Reverse Cowgirl Spooning woman on top on top all

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Sexual Videos/Photos
12342 12342 (29.2%) 7878 (18.6%) 11011 (26.0%) 6399 (15.1%) 2773 (6.6%) 1868 (4.4%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Toys
9471 9471 (25.1%) 7149 (19.0%) 8160 (21.6%) 6415 (17.0%) 3634 (9.6%) 2865 (7.6%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Anal Sex
8859 8859 (28.3%) 6492 (20.7%) 6973 (22.2%) 3505 (11.2%) 4034 (12.9%) 1495 (4.8%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Phone Sex
9138 9138 (31.2%) 6793 (23.2%) 6027 (20.6%) 3875 (13.2%) 2160 (7.4%) 1306 (4.5%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Cyber Sex
8815 8815 (33.3%) 6721 (25.4%) 5117 (19.3%) 3090 (11.7%) 1915 (7.2%) 853 (3.2%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Swinging
5324 1884 (14.0%) 1418 (10.5%) 1488 (11.0%) 1101 (8.2%) 5324 (39.5%) 2265 (16.8%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Group Sex
6432 3628 (17.7%) 2711 (13.3%) 2927 (14.3%) 2053 (10.0%) 6432 (31.5%) 2694 (13.2%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Bondage
4184 4184 (20.5%) 3757 (18.4%) 3296 (16.1%) 3175 (15.5%) 3237 (15.8%) 2797 (13.7%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Sex with someone outside your preference
3261 3047 (20.4%) 3261 (21.8%) 1852 (12.4%) 2294 (15.3%) 2145 (14.3%) 2369 (15.8%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
An Affair
4729 4729 (30.3%) 3658 (23.4%) 2727 (17.5%) 1900 (12.2%) 1837 (11.8%) 764 (4.9%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Incest
1213 1153 (22.8%) 927 (18.3%) 743 (14.7%) 568 (11.2%) 1213 (24.0%) 459 (9.1%)
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Done_M Done_F Like_M Like_F Try_M Try_F
Parents Attitude Toward Sex
8186 3 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%) 7213 (22.6%) 6217 (19.5%) 1 (0.0%) 7778 (24.3%) 8186 (25.6%) 2556 (8.0%)
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%a0 Not until you\'re married Not until you're married Only when you really love them Ope Open Sex Doesn't Exist Very Open
Parents know their kids are having sex
17548 17548 (63.5%) 563 (2.0%) 3042 (11.0%) 6478 (23.4%)
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Both Dad Mom Neither
Parents approve of their kids having sex
13488 13488 (64.1%) 866 (4.1%) 2659 (12.6%) 4037 (19.2%)
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Both DadOnly MomOnly Neither

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Current Sexual Activity

  Male Female Total
Average Length of
Current Relationship		 6.94 years 3.59 years 5.59 years
Median Length of
Current Relationship		 3.00 years 1.48 years 2.00 years
Average Wait for Sex
in this Relationship		 58.20 months 3.97 months 36.47 months
Median Wait for Sex
in this Relationship		 30 days 21 days 30 days
Average Number of Orgasms
in one sex session		 4,365,935.59 96,302,005.88 41,174,393.10
Median Number of Orgasms
in one sex session		 1 2 1

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Male Masturbation Frequency
5821 3121 (16.5%) 5821 (30.8%) 370 (2.0%) 1607 (8.5%) 3313 (17.5%) 573 (3.0%) 478 (2.5%) 604 (3.2%) 95 (0.5%) 2928 (15.5%)
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A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Hardly ever I don't masturbate I'm a chronic masturbater Less than every 6 months More than once a day
Female Masturbation Frequency
2293 3 (0.0%) 2293 (17.6%) 2282 (17.5%) 564 (4.3%) 1937 (14.9%) 1760 (13.5%) 1046 (8.0%) 1489 (11.4%) 329 (2.5%) 151 (1.2%) 1186 (9.1%)
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%a0 A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Hardly ever I don't masturbate I'm a chronic masturbater Less than every 6 months More than once a day
 
Male Orgasm Frequency from non-Intercourse Sexual Contact
4101 2937 (15.5%) 1246 (6.6%) 2715 (14.4%) 4101 (21.7%) 1607 (8.5%) 2774 (14.7%) 2604 (13.8%) 784 (4.1%) 142 (0.8%)
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A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Haven't yet Less than every 6 months More than once a day What's an orgasm?
Female Orgasm Frequency from non-Intercourse Sexual Contact
2600 3 (0.0%) 2322 (17.8%) 1141 (8.7%) 1453 (11.1%) 2600 (19.9%) 1440 (11.0%) 2250 (17.3%) 1031 (7.9%) 667 (5.1%) 134 (1.0%)
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%a0 A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Haven't yet Less than every 6 months More than once a day What's an orgasm?
 
Male Orgasm Frequency from Intercourse
3673 3673 (19.4%) 2400 (12.7%) 1516 (8.0%) 3249 (17.2%) 2862 (15.1%) 2264 (12.0%) 1411 (7.5%) 1372 (7.3%) 162 (0.9%)
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A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Haven't yet Less than every 6 months More than once a day What's an orgasm?
Female Orgasm Frequency from Intercourse
3062 3 (0.0%) 1906 (14.6%) 1473 (11.3%) 1051 (8.1%) 1883 (14.4%) 1537 (11.8%) 3062 (23.5%) 913 (7.0%) 1050 (8.1%) 161 (1.2%)
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%a0 A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Haven't yet Less than every 6 months More than once a day What's an orgasm?
 
How Often do men have sex
(with or without orgasm)
3210 3210 (17.0%) 2176 (11.5%) 1704 (9.0%) 3000 (15.9%) 2521 (13.4%) 3046 (16.1%) 1926 (10.2%) 1126 (6.0%) 170 (0.9%)
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A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Haven't yet Less than every 6 months More than once a day What's an orgasm?
How Often do women have sex
(with or without orgasm)
2384 3 (0.0%) 2384 (18.3%) 2165 (16.7%) 1174 (9.0%) 1939 (14.9%) 2035 (15.7%) 1299 (10.0%) 820 (6.3%) 1059 (8.1%) 123 (0.9%)
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%a0 A few times a week to once a week Between once a day and every other day Between once a month and every 6 months Between once a week and once a month Every other day to a few times a week Haven't yet Less than every 6 months More than once a day What's an orgasm?

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Survey Referral
3736 3736 (75.6%) 560 (11.3%) 319 (6.5%) 211 (4.3%) 119 (2.4%)
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