According to (an Intel) survey, nearly half of women (46 percent) and 30 percent of men would rather go without sex for 2 weeks than give up Internet access for the same amount of time. For women aged 18-34 it was 49 percent and for women aged 35-44 it was 52 percent. For men aged 18-34, it was 39 percent.
I’d be lying if I said the stats for women surprised me, but.. 39 percent of 18-34 year old men opt to surf over having carnal knowledge of a woman? Wow.
Yes, access to the internet is a fairly important aspect of my life. During the times I’ve had computer problems I felt a little lost, but I cannot even begin to fathom opting for net access over intercourse. I don’t know if that makes me a bit of a nymph or just very lucky when it comes to having wonderful intimacies. Probably a bit of both ;)
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Given the choice… I cannot imagine asking for a keyboard over a lover. But that is just me, with a fair amount of imagination, and nothing else at the moment. I would love to take that survey a few steps further… how many of those people live in a completely vanilla relationship? How many are willing to risk a step forward in their intimacy and explore a bit with an open mind? Or are they just afraid they may be outside the limits of ‘the norm’ when those ‘limits’ are not really defined. I hope everyone has a safe and loving holiday…
At any given moment, if I am with a woman I love, then I’d happily give up the internet for the evening in exchange for an evening in her arms, her in mine. Sex, a cuddle on the couch, or an evening dancing. Perhaps all of them would truly rock.
However, I can’t do my job without extensive internet access.
So, what about giving up the internet for personal use? No gaming, no personal email (but somehow work-related emails still arrive), no browsing Lady J’s site… I could give that up if it meant quality time with the aforementioned woman — that would be the woman I love, not necessarily Lady J, although 2 weeks with Lady J might turn her into the woman I love :-)
The thing is, the internet provides some of the cheapest quality entertainment available anywhere. Gaming, education, social networking, vacation planning, movies, stories… You get it all for a low low monthly fee.
Lady Julia,
The survey results surprised me also – both the men and the women results.
For the men, I too can’t believe that many young men would reach for the mouse instead of a woman. I beg actual results will differ from the answers given.
For the women, I found the results for older women the opposite from my experience. Of course, I have a very small sample of 1.
Maybe I’m just lucky but as Mrs. Will has gotten older her interest in sex has grown ;-0.
Oh, by the way, what did you think of the picture of the shirtless President-Elect? After Ms. Will and I discussed our feeling that the Secret Service fell down on the job (our same feelings with the shoes thrown at the current President), Mrs Will said the PE looked hot.
Will
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Regardless of what some people may feel, the internet itself as used for sexual pleasure is a luxury not a necessity. Sex itself is a necessary part of life. (Desire arises in the mind whether we like it or not.) The internet is only a medium by which sexual pleasure can be realized and is not sex itself. I know, I know, millions of people in offices around the world would heartily disagree with me on this. ;
Arafin
I don’t know who took the suvey and under what circumstances, but I don’t trust the results. If a man is already not getting sex for two weeks for whatever reason, then, there you go.
It’s not like all men have sex as a “Please, no more, I can’t take any more!”
As far as the guys who would prefer the internet to sex, all I can say is, “you’re probably not doing it right.”
I thought about this some more. I wonder how many people routinely go a lot longer than 2 weeks at a time with no sex. This would include people currently not in a relationship or people who have just been married for 2 or more years.
Right now, if someone said, “I’ll give you $10 to give up sex for 2 weeks,” I’d say, “Okay.” Cause I wouldn’t be giving up anything I’m currently getting.
This sort of situation could skew survey results like this dramatically.
Internet? What’s that?