Men Don't Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds, Study Claims

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Margaret Wheeler Johnson
First Posted: 11/29/11 12:57 PM ET Updated: 11/29/11 12:57 PM ET

It's more like 19 times a day, according to research out of Ohio State University, which comes to about every 1.26 hours.

The study, which involved 163 female and 120 male college students, all ages 18-25, found that, in confirmation of the old stereotypes, men do think about sex more than women, who have sex on the brain about 10 times a day, but nowhere near as frequently as the oft-quoted, origin-unknown "every seven seconds" has lead people to believe. And men don't think about sex much more than they think about food (18 times a day) and sleep (11 times a day), the research showed.

"It's not uniquely sex that they're spending more time thinking about, but other issues related to their biological needs, as well," said the study's lead author, Ohio State University psychology professor Terri Fisher, in a press release.

Participants were first given questionnaires to gauge whether they felt positively or negatively about sex in general and how much effort they put into appearing socially acceptable, The Daily Mail reports. They were then divided into three groups; one group was asked to record how often they thought about sex, another about food and the third about sleep.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/men-dont-think-about-sex-_n_1118844.html

BTW, can anybody resize this picture of Margaret?

[kayakjohnny]

1. ... and then there is your sig line.....

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[jobycom]

2. I think about once a day...

the thought lasts about 20 hours, though.

[krispos42]

3. Only 20 hours?

Slacker.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[Bake]

7. Whoomp there it is!

Perfect!

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Bake

[WillParkinson]

4. I don't think about sex every 7 seconds...

I think about sex 86,400 times a day. Those who can only think about it every seven seconds are such wimps.

On edit: Don't know about resizing but how about this picture instead?

[Chan790]

6. I think about sex a lot more than that.

I might only actively think about and plan attempts to have sex without the annoyance of dating 19 times a day though.

(To be fair though, I write about sex a lot. It's my favorite subject. I'd like to get something published on Nerve some day.)