Study: One in 100 adults asexual

CNN based on New Scientist article ^ | Oct. 14, 2004 | CNN

[Billthedrill]

Women? Women? Well...OK, I guess I could try women...

[ladysnape]

Billthedrill seemed to bring another visual to mind...:)

[Trillian]

Lol.. why would his wife let him put Twinkies out of business though?

[Lawgvr1955]

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. If one can dish it out, they best be able to take it.

The two Johns crossed the line and she joined in today about the VP's wife being "ashamed" of their daughter. She wished to join in the fray and is deserving of derision. While my comment may seem crude and juvenile to you, I am simply pointing out distateful speech by offering distateful speech of my own.

It is a rough and tumble world out there. Welcome to it.

[FairOpinion]

The point is that we have a "target rich environment" with REAL things we can and should criticize Mr & Mrs. Kerry adn Mr& Mrs. Edwards.

For instance Kerry showed total lack of class, and Mrs. Edwards compounded it, when she said that the Cheneys are ashamed of their daughter. One would think that she has a bit more sensitivity than that, but she doesn't.

THIS is REAL criticism and it's TRUE.

[lemura]

Have you tried Los Angeles?

The best places to find single women are in rent-controlled cities like Santa Monica. Even though home prices are very high, rents are subject to rent control. I can't tell you how many times we went trolling in SM from higher-rent districts like the South Bay beach cities.

The opposite is true as well - the chicks in the SB aren't as hot since they have professional jobs that enable them to pay their own way. If you're looking for sport f*****g, hang where the chicks haven't figured out what they want to be when they grow up (if ever), so they while the days away working out, shopping or just being neurotic.

[FairOpinion]

Bill,

See my post 56 & lemura's post 66 for helpful hints, where to find unattached females.

[Ichneumon]

I've got no problem with consenting adults not having sex with one another. But I draw the line at minors.

As they say, children should be obscene and not heard.

[ladysnape]

is eight too late, then?

[Acrobat]

About one percent of adults have absolutely no interest in sex Yes, and once married that number goes up to 15%

And if married to Hillary, it goes up to 50%

[ladysnape]

About your tag line (which is totally appropriate..)
'ol tennis shoes is so - so dim...If she compalined about the OBL images/references that Nethercutt used, why did she use them AGAIN in her next ad? The liberal mind is mind-boggling isn't it?

[sully777]

A 1994 survey, published by The University of Chicago Press, found that 13 percent of 3,500 respondents had no sex in the past year. Forty percent of those people said they were extremely happy or very happy with their lives.

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If you'll excuse the expression, here's the nut of this article. Let's break it down.

455 out of 3500 said they didn't have sex AT ALL WITH ANOTHER PERSON in one year. 3,045 people had sex with one person one day in the year polled (forgive the pun).

182 people out of 3500 said they didn't have sex AT ALL WITH ANOTHER PERSON in one year and were extremely happy or very happy with their lives.

That leaves 273 out of 3500 people really pissed and really horny for an entire year (Think of Steve Martin's condition in The Man With Two Brains)

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And this is supposed to show a trend? This type of analysis points to demonstrable imbedded asexual behavior? This author has got to stop hitting the crack pipe before writing. Or maybe the author has been crashing and burning at the CNN meat market and finds this stat a means of justification.

[FairOpinion]

There were other questions as well. But I agree those questions and answers can be misleading.

"Bogaert's analysis looked at responses to another study in Britain, published in 1994. That study was based on interviews of 18,000 people about their sexual practices.

It offered respondent a list of options. One read: "I have never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all." One percent said they agreed with the statement.

That response level is close to the percentage of gay people in the population, which is around three percent, the New Scientist report says."

[weegee]

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[weegee]

John Edwards is an ambulance chaser. He's just waiting for her to die of a heart attack so that he can sue McDonald's.

[weegee]

I say we form the Asexual Inactivists Freeper Chat Club...

Well stun my beeber and call me Moose Cheese...

[weegee]

Bill Clinton has a lot of interest in sex, just not with his wife. Even 5,000 year old mummies turn him on.

[Calico Cat]

Weird, but live and let live. I'd say that a much higher percentage of people are asexual for periods of their lives. Like right after having a baby, for instance!

[weegee]

How many of the people interviewed were nuns or priests or even laymen who have taken a vow of celibacy?

[wideminded]

The famous mathematician Erdos mentioned in an interview I read that he had never been sexually attracted to anyone. Perhaps this partly accounts for the fact that he was unbelievably prolific and able to spend a higher percentage of his time concentrating on mathematics than almost anyone.