a survey for my wife's class

[raiderx27]

I am posting this for my wife. She is conducting a survey for her Sociology of Human Sexuality class. the only identifier's needed for the survey are gender and what you think sex is. You may add your thoughts and comments.

the four choices we came up with are
1) oral
2) anal
3) vaginal penetration
4) masturbation

again pleas feel free to add your comments or thoughts if we find your comment good enough you will be contacted for permission to include just the comment in her report

thanks in advance for your responses

 

[creampieluvr79]

Where is Option 5: All of the Above?

 

[suckonsimon]

I have voted choice 3 because in my experience the most intensely satisfying simultaneous orgasmic bliss for a man and a woman can be experienced during vaginal penetration of the woman with the man's penis. Another and more profound reason for my vote is the possibility of the conception of a new human being during or a few moments after this shared orgasmic bliss while the two people are still entwined, the woman still penetrated. For me, as a husband and father, that experience is right up there in the realms of 'reason for being'. While I place high value, personally, on oral sex and masturbation, for those two reasons I feel vaginal penetration is in a class of its own.

Si

 

[KoPilot]

6: Whatever the hell you want it to be

 

[Carnevil9]

I voted for all but masturbation. I would also include handjobs (male or female) as sex.

Basically, any activity that does (or could reasonably be expected to) cause an orgasm in a partner counts as sex.

Just MHO, of course.......Carney

Oops - you need gender. I have an "outtie" in my crotch, not an innie.

 

[DarkPleasures]

a survey for my wife's class
I am posting this for my wife. She is conducting a survey for her Sociology of Human Sexuality class.

Maybe she should register a name here, and contribute if she wishes, if she wants answers to "her" poll?

 

[sunandshadow]

1) oral

Counts as sex for the receiver but not for the giver. If both people take turns receiving then yes, it's sex.

2) anal

Is sex.

3) vaginal penetration

Is sex.

4) masturbation

Not sex because sex has to be a cooperative activity.

 

[Kate_88]

I voted for all except masturbation solely for the reason that the three could result in the spread of STIs if not properly protected. Oddly enough, when I consider when I lost my virginity, I count the first time I had vaginal intercourse versus oral sex.

 

[SwitchMami]

I voted A,B,C but not D, because, as someone else stated previously, sex quantifies a multual exchange of pleasure ... And while (fondly?) referred to as "solo-sex", rubbing it off doesn't count.

Oh ... female here. Huzzah, gender equality!

 

[photobuff56]

I am posting this for my wife. She is conducting a survey for her Sociology of Human Sexuality class. the only identifier's needed for the survey are gender and what you think sex is. You may add your thoughts and comments.

the four choices we came up with are
1) oral
2) anal
3) vaginal penetration
4) masturbation

again pleas feel free to add your comments or thoughts if we find your comment good enough you will be contacted for permission to include just the comment in her report

thanks in advance for your responses

DR Phill says anything you do with your genitals is sex Period.

 

[pplwatching]

Beyond the semantics of physical definitions, sex is anything that estabilishes, maintains, or enhances the love connection between my wife and me. Sex is simple guestures like holding hands, kissing her good morning, scratching her back, hugging her, and sitting quietely together enjoying each other's company.

Followed by a good roll between the sheets.

 

[raiderx27]

thank you everyone

i want to thank everyone who has contributed to this survey and to those that may yet contribute. i have seen many resonable and insightful responses so far. some might get a pm to ask permission to have their words included in her paper. the reason i say that is while this is "our thread" those are your words naturally aninimity will be used unless given permission to use your screen name is given. again thank you all for your responce's

 

[pfflyerhot]

Female
A, B, C - yes
D - no

 

[Sexy_Me0508]

All of it...I believe sex to be an exploration of senses...a discovery of the body and what gives it pleasure and how you use it to give pleasure...

On a more serious note...
Sex is not only penetration by today's standards...the definition of sex itself is any sexual activity including sexual intercourse... so ultimately for me all of the options count as sex...

 

[infinity706]

I'm going to have to say all of the above. Sure, masturbation has close to zero risk, but it's still just as important as any other form of sex. Infact, it might even be more important. Afterall, masturbation is how you really learn what you personally enjoy, since you don't have to worry about how anyone else feels.

For the record, I'm a guy.

 

[TeaforMe]

I'm going to have to say all of the above. Sure, masturbation has close to zero risk, but it's still just as important as any other form of sex. Infact, it might even be more important. Afterall, masturbation is how you really learn what you personally enjoy, since you don't have to worry about how anyone else feels.

For the record, I'm a guy.

I agree with this 100%. Once I learned how to pleasure myself through masturbation, I was better able to communicate my needs and become a better lover. Masturbation might be a solo act, but the end result, sexual pleasure/release, is the same. It often involves fantasies or pornography for some, which are all sexual images, so to count out masturbation as a sexual act, makes little sense to me.

 

[stan_man13]

Are we talking here sex defined by Bill Clinton or Masters and Johnson?
Seems this pole is better describing what sexual acts or areas of the body rather than defining sex
How does anal and masterbation fit in the same question

 

[Hans101]

If you can't lose your virginity by doing it, then it isn't sex.

Foreplay? Yeah, but not sex.

 

[C2W]

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the biggest sexual organ that a human being has is their brain---,
so eevrything you mentioned as well as anything that can be thought of pertaining to sex is sex because in your mind its ALL REAL and its ALL SEX.
It doesn't matter if you write about it or act it out. Inside the mind its all real baby.

 

[MichaelWest]

I voted for all four choices. To me sex is about erotic pleasure, that which is arousing and pleasing to that part of the mind that is sexual. I knew a person who practiced what they called a "think off", orgasm induced solely by thinking, so I suppose that influences my notions. I respect more circumscribed definitions, but if you derive sexual pleasure, you had sex in my opinion.

If not obvious, I am male. And you are free to use me in the survey.

 

[Stella_Omega]

If it feels like sex-- it is sex.

Masturbation, hand jobs, oral, frotting, phone sex-- all of it is sex.

We can divide it into "sex that could make a baby" which is of course limited to P in-or-nearly-in V, and "sex that could transfer germs" (also known as 'fluid exchange') and "sex that stays safe" and "sex we do in our head," and "sex we do by ourself."

But most people are hoping to define something as "sex that isn't cheating on our vows" when they start making these distinctions, IMO.

 

[Sam37]

All. For those of you who omit masturbation, have you considered shared masturbation?

I am male.

 

[pfflyerhot]

Double post, dammit. Apologies, all.

 

[pfflyerhot]

All. For those of you who omit masturbation, have you considered shared masturbation?

I am male.

I almost qualified my response negating masturbation as sex with "unless it's mutual masturbation we're talkin' about—and it's in person"

 

[MatthewVett]

I wonder what her professor will think of this poll...