Sex, Huh, Yeah. What Is It Good For? Actually, 237 Things.

The Stiletto Blog ^ | August 1, 2007 | The Stiletto

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The Stiletto doesn’t understand how anyone ever got away with the dodge, "Not tonight, dear, I have a headache," considering that nookie is better than naproxen at curing a throbbing head. It’s a scientific fact.

Two psychologists at the University of Texas at Austin catalogued 237 reasons people have sex, based on a survey of 2,000 people and "to get rid of a headache" is No. 173 on the list, reports New York Times columnist John Tierney.

Researchers, Cindy M. Meston and David M. Buss, who published the list in the August issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior, organized the reasons into four general categories:

† Physical: "The person had beautiful eyes" or "a desirable body," or "was good kisser" or "too physically attractive to resist." Or "I wanted to achieve an orgasm."

† Goal Attainment: "I wanted to even the score with a cheating partner" or "break up a rival’s relationship" or "make money" or "be popular." Or "because of a bet."

† Emotional: "I wanted to communicate at a deeper level" or "lift my partner’s spirits" or "say ‘Thank you.’ " Or just because "the person was intelligent."

† Insecurity: "I felt like it was my duty" or "I wanted to boost my self-esteem" or "It was the only way my partner would spend time with me."

At the end of his article, Tierney asks readers to cite their own reasons for having sex at TierneyLab – as well as "reasons for just saying "No way!"

The Stiletto can’t even guess at how many reasons there may be to hike up your shorts and run for the hills, but a new dating trend has emerged in New Zealand: "vegansexuals" who refuse to get carnal with carnivores, because "their bodies are made up of dead animals." According to The Press:

One vegan respondent from Christchurch said: "I believe we are what we consume, so I really struggle with bodily fluids, especially sexually."

Another Christchurch vegan said she found non-vegans attractive, but would not want to be physically close to them.

"I would not want to be intimate with someone whose body is literally made up from the bodies of others who have died for their sustenance," she said.

For her part, The Stiletto could never have sex with a liberal, or with an Armenian Genocide/Holocaust denier, or with a man who declines to accompany her when she goes shoe shopping (that’s just the top three deal-breakers; she won’t bore you with her entire list).