Column You better be having sex with the right people.
Gentle Readers, there are a lot of sex-related facts and factettes out there in this sexy, sex-having world of ours. But let’s get real: most of you are too busy Doing It (sex-wise) to analyze and collate them all into artisanal graph wrapping paper in time for the holidays. Why not let EcoSalon’s elite team of sexual statisticians break them down for you? Here are all the things you need to know this week:
In 1960, the odds that a British adult was cohabiting with an unmarried partner: < 1 in 100
Odds that a British adult is currently cohabiting with an unmarried partner: 1 in 6
Percentage of heterosexual-identified American men who have had recent same-sex encounters, give or take the errant unreported hummer: 3%
Percentage of lesbian and bi-identified American women who have never had a same-sex encounter: 15%
Maximum sentence for anyone convicted of entering into a same-sex marriage or civil union in Nigeria: 14 years
Number of sex offenders arrested in California this year for “child-enticing” Halloween decorations: 5
Number of pornographic shoots that have taken place in the Occupy Oakland encampment: at least 1 so far
Reduction in penile injury rates after circumcision in a South African clinical study: 39%
Number of albums titled “Sex” that have seen global release since 1993: 8
That’s everything you need to know this week! Happy sexing – and to our gay Nigerian readers, good luck, guys.
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