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Original post by Vixen47
Just as much as men do.


Awesome gif!
Original post by Ruthless Dutchman
If you've ever been on a blogging website boy I tell ya.

It's real for sure and they don't hide it there.

[[EDIT: Lemme clarify that this doesn't mean they'll take anyone though, who thinks like that?]]
[[EDIT 2: Also it's mostly over fictional characters, models or celebrities but that's beside the point]]
Agreed most girls get attached to certain people rather than lads who would **** half the planet haha
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Original post by Chow mein
You just pulled that out of your ass, women obviously have a different attitude (evolutionary speaking) to sex because the associated cost (baby) is so much higher for them.


And society as a whole reflects that cost by encouraging women not to sleep around or they will end up with a baby that needs to be supported by handouts, which may be untenable in hard times.

Since industrialisation and contraception this is on the decline, thus we got feminism.

However half-baked the theory may be, patriarchy is, or was, real. It was rational though rather than oppressive for its own sake. That rhetoric is a result of feminism's cynical attempt to get on the 1960s civil rights bandwagon despite not being a minority and not being all that disenfranchised.

Original post by mojojojo101
How many times do people have to be told; YOUR SEX DRIVE IS NOT DETERMINED BY YOUR GENDER!!!


It is a factor, clearly.
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Probably a lot. Just not with as many people as guys likely would. Standards have to be met.
Reply 44
It is a reasonable question as there is some confusion on this point. I remember in freshers week our experienced (2nd year) tour guide taking the guys conspiratorially to the side and sharing, 'don't worry I've discovered girls are just as up for it as us!' Music to our ears of course.:biggrin:
Original post by Guy Secretan
Seriously get a grip I was not trying to be endearing or cute. Women generally think about sex differently and maybe crave it less than men. I was just asking to what extent.


IKR just ignore that guy though, he's erm a little 'mixed up' to say the least...
Reply 46
Healthy women want sex more than guys. This has become more apparent the older I've gotten and my sex drive has normalised to a level where I rarely think with my dick.

Yet girls my age are getting hornier.

Women are evolved to pop out a kid every five years or so, and I suspect the reason girls my age are so horny is that they've reached the age where childbearing normally begins.

Don't let anyone tell you that women want it less than Men. They just don't want it with the kind of unattractive guy who normally makes this observation.
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Original post by moutonfou
It varies honestly. There are women who want sex just as much as a 'typical' man might, but for a lot of women the urge is - if not less - then at least different.

For many women sex is linked to intimacy, and it's the intimacy which women crave rather than sex specifically - of course sex is a form of intimacy, but cuddling, emotionally connecting with each other, kissing, physical contact etc can be just as rewarding as sex for many women (something a lot of men I've spoken with can't get their heads around!), and indeed if intimacy is not there, many women will not be interested in sex alone. So to answer your question many women would see an attractive guy and have a desire to be intimate with him. But that could be something like getting to know him, connecting with him, being physically close to him, as well as sex.


I wish women would stop saying things like this, it's such a stereotype - this is a societal idea, that women link sex to intimacy more than men, it's not a truth and it's not universal. I have always found the opposite to be true thus far!

In answer to the OP, I think many women want sex just as much, perhaps even some want it more, but there are societal ideas like the one above that tell us we shouldn't want it because it's not what women do. Plus the whole 'slut' thing. This means that women often won't admit to wanting it that much, or are socialised into thinking they shouldn't. Women are, however, less likely to want it with just anyone, because the risks are far higher for them eg. pregnancy, infections are easier to contract, many are less physically powerful than men, fears about being judged for it etc. The potential costs of sex are far higher for women than for men.
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Original post by Antifazian
I wish women would stop saying things like this, it's such a stereotype - this is a societal idea, that women link sex to intimacy more than men, it's not a truth and it's not universal. I have always found the opposite to be true thus far!

In answer to the OP, I think many women want sex just as much, perhaps even some want it more, but there are societal ideas like the one above that tell us we shouldn't want it because it's not what women do. Plus the whole 'slut' thing. This means that women often won't admit to wanting it that much, or are socialised into thinking they shouldn't. Women are, however, less likely to want it with just anyone, because the risks are far higher for them eg. pregnancy, infections are easier to contract, many are less physically powerful than men, fears about being judged for it etc. The potential costs of sex are far higher for women than for men.


Of course it's not universal that women want sex with intimacy, but similarly it's not a stereotype if you know it to be true for yourself/others, which I do. Just as you have your experience, I have mine. And I didn't say women want sex less, I said they want it differently (often in conjunction with other things like an emotional connection).

Different estimates I have seen put women who considered themselves to have low or no libido at as high as 50%. So I think it's fair to say not all women are secretly massively craving sex but just pretending not to to please society. Some women genuinely do not crave it - that's not to say we don't still enjoy it when it happens, or when other things lead to it, but there would rarely be a random desire for it out of the blue as there might be for some people. My experience at least.
Original post by Master Jack
As if we didn't already know that.

What kind of question is this anyway? Seriously... What are you even asking? What is it that you to know by asking such an obvious question.

I hate it when guys like you act like women are a completely different species who think in a completely different way to men. It's not endearing and it's not cute. Embarrassing sums it up imo.

Carry on though. The show must go on.


Women do think differently from men about lots of things in relationships.
Original post by scrotgrot
And society as a whole reflects that cost by encouraging women not to sleep around or they will end up with a baby that needs to be supported by handouts, which may be untenable in hard times.

Since industrialisation and contraception this is on the decline, thus we got feminism.

However half-baked the theory may be, patriarchy is, or was, real. It was rational though rather than oppressive for its own sake. That rhetoric is a result of feminism's cynical attempt to get on the 1960s civil rights bandwagon despite not being a minority and not being all that disenfranchised.



I don't contest that, I would contest that there is no biological difference that has arisen because of that cost.
It really depends. Personally, I want sex as much as the average boy and would happily enter a relationship mainly for the regular sex (as long as they don't have the personality of a brick).
But, on the other hand, my best friend barely ever thinks about sex, and thinks of it as a chore when her boyfriend wants it.
Suppose it just depends on the sex drive of the person.
Another factor to consider is that some girls don't actually experience that much pleasure during sex (foreplay is a different story) so they don't really see it as something they look forward to
:cool:

I am a nympho. I don't like the "maniac" part though :mad:

And ahem, *taps glass with knife* :biggrin:
disclaimer!


A nympho isn't necessarily a woman who is promiscuous. She can just think about sex all the time. Like I am always horny.

In fact, I'm horny right now. I have been involuntarily doing kegel exercises to ease myself since I was a child. Oh well. :colone:
The desire for sex probably varies from woman to woman, as it would fir anyone. Generally, women aren't quite so open about it, but I'd say on par with men if you were to take an average. Just because men discuss it more than women in general, that doesn't mean both the sexes (and ones in between) don't have sexual desires of the same intensity.



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The desire for sex probably varies from woman to woman, as it would fir anyone. Generally, women aren't quite so open about it, but I'd say on par with men if you were to take an average. Just because men discuss it more than women in general, that doesn't mean both the sexes (and ones in between) don't have sexual desires of the same intensity.



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Which...are the sexes in between? :confused:
Original post by pocahontas lol
:cool:

I am a nympho. I don't like the "maniac" part though :mad:

And ahem, *taps glass with knife* :biggrin:
disclaimer!


A nympho isn't necessarily a woman who is promiscuous. She can just think about sex all the time. Like I am always horny.

In fact, I'm horny right now. I have been involuntarily doing kegel exercises to ease myself since I was a child. Oh well. :colone:


That's lovely to hear :smile:
Original post by Smonnie
That's lovely to hear :smile:


Don't get me started. :cool: When I get going there is no turning back.
Original post by pocahontas lol
Don't get me started. :cool: When I get going there is no turning back.


*gets Pocahontas started*
Original post by Smonnie
*gets Pocahontas started*


You're gonna have to do more than that.
Original post by pocahontas lol
You're gonna have to do more than that.


How about you get started and I'll finish you off?

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