The Real Reason Women Have Sex

Fox News | 22 September 2009 | Dr. Yvonne Fulbright

[strider44]

Comments should be interesting. Remember female freepers, this book was written by women not men. So don't flame me! I thought some of the reasons listed were pretty funny. Also, being a married father of two young children, they hit close to home.

[hocndoc]

You mean we have a choice??? (grin)

[hocndoc]

The University of Texas study has also been criticized for focusing solely on university students at the UT Austin campus who were mostly young and white. We have to remember that these are the results of one group of women — they’re not representative of all women. Still, the book’s press release claims that the work is the “richest and deepest psychological understanding of female sexuality.”

So, a bunch of very young, probably unmarried, COLLEGE students were the only ones asked?

[freedumb2003]

>>2. She wants to relieve a stress headache or migraine. <<

“I have a headache.”

“And I am here to help”

:)

[yazoo]

“The Real Reason Women Have Sex Monday”

And here I thought Saturday was the traditional night.

[Scotswife]

well - I kept going down that list looking for something like...”because I love my husband and he’s smokin’ hot!”
But never found it!

And then after reading the article you realize this group of women don’t even have husbands.

And then you realize this is a college atmosphere -which, sadly, has devolved into a Godless, hedonistic, leftist pit of waste.

very sad.

[madison10]

Those aren’t the reasons. Gah! Who answered those questions anyway?

[Junior_G]

11) Thought he was somebody else.

[ottbmare]

I hate studies based on the reactions and thoughts of college kids. They have no connection whatever to the reactions and thoughts of women in the general population.

If you could see how most of these studies gather subjects—by putting a sign-up sheet on the psychology department bulletin board, promising extra credit for psychology undergraduates (who are not the brightest of the bright anyway)—you would realize the essential design flaws of these “studies.” Why anyone would pay attention to such exercises is beyond me.

[RabidBartender]

“The Real Reason Men Have Sex”

Because She said we could. Yay!

[Omedalus]

Remember female freepers, this book was written by women not men.

Oh! Well, that explains the sampling errors, lack of experimental controls, failure to state an initial hypothesis, neglect to separate or normalize for interdependent variables, poor statistical analysis of the results, and an inability to state how their conclusion logically derives from the data. Duh, girls can't do science!

(...running away!)

[DogBarkTree]

In other words, hookers and porn stars will continue to have job security.

[Pistolshot]

The real reason women have sex?

To get a house. After that, the candy store is never open.

[utahagen]

Sincere question: what the devil do having a “better complexion” and having sex have to do with each other?

[SampleMan]

A male having a symmetrical body was also liked, indicating that he could give her strong children. Still, those men not living up to such visions can take comfort in her preference of men with lower levels of testosterone, since this suggests that he’s less likely to pursue others.

This is where the need to make evolution fit every action makes a lot of research into crap (not that this research wasn't already crap). Any finding, no matter what it is, is given an evolutionary reason without the least bit of evidence. If women prefer large men, its for the protection and strong children. If they pick small men, its for easier child birth. If they pick violent men its because they are dominant males. If they pick passive men, its because they are more dedicated providers. etc., etc., etc.

The beauty of it is that the proof is always that we exist. Thus everything we do can be proved to be evolutionarily driven, because evolution drives everything and we exist.

I know this is a sidebar issue, and I'm not even arguing against evolution, just this tendency to justify this type of crap as evolutionary behavior, so that someone can fluff a little "science" into their grant project.

[Blogatron]

I can tell you why they don't.

(Boy, can I tell you.)

[SampleMan]

Additionally, I’m shocked that “beer” is nowhere in the top ten.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"And then you realize this is a college atmosphere -which, sadly, has devolved into a Godless, hedonistic, leftist pit of waste."

Gee whiz, they've been like that since Ancient Greece.

[KarlInOhio]

If you could see how most of these studies gather subjects—by putting a sign-up sheet on the psychology department bulletin board, promising extra credit for psychology undergraduates (who are not the brightest of the bright anyway)—you would realize the essential design flaws of these “studies.” Why anyone would pay attention to such exercises is beyond me.

What are the differences between using lab rats and psych freshmen in studies?

1. You can get a random sample with the rats.
2. The rats are generally brighter.
3. There is no group People for the Ethical Treatment of Freshmen.
4. You might feel pity for the rats' plight in experiments dealing with electrical shocks.

[killermosquito]

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