On an online site dedicated to having sex, nothing deserves a second look like a survey that asks folks to choose between internet access and sex. Intel and Harris Interactive polled more than 2000 folks about their habits and priorities, and released the results December 15, 2008.
The data, as quoted by CNN, showed that, when having to choose between giving up sex or internet access for two weeks, that 46% of women chose the internet, versus 30% of men.
Random. Apples and oranges. Poor survey design, I say. I mean if you were choosing to be stranded on a desert island for two weeks with a computer and free wifi versus a hottie, maybe that would be a realistic question. And maybe people would have a different answer. Or maybe they wouldn't, but it would certainly be more meaningful if they preferred to chat online versus interact with a real human while on a desert island.
But who has to choose between sex and the internet--especially when you can combine the best of both worlds? What do polls like this--and polls that ask whether we have more sex than say, French people, or penguins, or how many people really do such and such--really show? That we have no idea, as a people, of what normal regular, healthy sexuality looks like--first. And second, that there is always some judgment involved, implying that we are simply not measuring up.
With those thoughts, I'm off. I'm afraid I have more--pressing--things to do.
the internet is for porn!
Christopher White on Dec 17, 2008 10:00am