Column Facts are facts.
If there’s a theme to this week’s Sex by Numbers, it’s that none of you seem to be able to make up your minds. In general, you’re having more sex than in years past, but you’re not sure yet if you approve. Also, you should probably be using condoms more often.
Factor by which the number of therapists specializing in treating sex addicts has grown in the last decade: 15
Percentage of Americans who believe it is “morally wrong” for unmarried men and women to sleep together: 30%
Percentage of Americans who described themselves as “sexually adventurous” in an ABC News poll: 42%
Number of Britons who believe having sex while standing up cannot result in pregnancy: 1 in 10
Odds that any given heterosexual couple will use a condom during vaginal penetration: 1 in 4
Maximum benefit granted by Veteran Benefits Administration due to anatomical or permanent loss of “external sex organs”: $50,000
Percentage of Americans who believe it is “morally wrong” for married people to have affairs: 92%
Married women who said they married their best-ever sexual partners: 47%
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