Thais topped a global poll for using pornography during sex, condom maker Durex said yesterday. Some 67 per cent of Thai men surveyed said they use it, while 44.5 per cent of women surveyed said they also subscribe to it. The practice is most popular among respondents who were between 21 and 24 years old.



About half of the locals surveyed said they engaged in unprotected sex without first finding out about their partners’ sex history. This statistic equalled that of Americans surveyed, where 51 per cent of respondents said they had engaged in unprotected sex. The global average of respondents saying they engaged in unprotected sex was 47 per cent.

Norwegians top the practice of unprotected sex, said Durex Global Sex Survey covering 41 countries. Greeks were second and the Swedes third on this matter.



Women surveyed were found to be less likely to take risks. On average, 45 per cent of female respondents said they had unprotected sex. Some 28 per cent of Thais polled said they had “one-night stands”. The global average of “one-nighters” was of 44 per cent. On this matter, Norwegians again topped the list of respondents, followed by Finns, New Zealanders and Swedes.



Some 16 per cent of Thais in the poll said they had had an extra-martial affair, less than the global average of 22 per cent. Turkish people headed the respondents for this category.



Thai respondents said they had sex, on aveage, 97 times a year, or about twice a week. Greeks polled claimed to have sex 138 times a year. But Japanese respondents were found to have the lowest average – 45 times a year. And Singaporeans ranked second lowest with 73 sessions. Just over a half of Thai respondents said they favour sex in toilets, followed by doing it in cars. This contrasted with the global results in which the car was the most favoured place outside the bedroom. Respondents said that toilets, their parent’s bedroom and parks were the next favoured locations, respectively.



On average, Thais surveyed lost their virginity at the age of 16.2 years, just over the global average of 15.9 years. They tend to have sex for the first time on Valentine’s Day, followed by Loy Krathong and on their birthdays.



About 40 per cent said they did it to find out what sex was like, while 23 per cent said they did it because they were in love.



The poll, covering 317,000 respondents, is considered the largest of its kind.



Rojana Manowalailao

www.thenationmultimedia.comwww.durex.com

"Just over a half of Thai respondents said they favour sex in toilets, followed by doing it in cars."

No wonder it is impossible to find either a toilet stall or a parking space when you really need one!  

interesting study to contrast sex in TH versus the western

attitudes of "religion/sin/interpretive "science"

(moronpsych/social workers)

it would seem that they have found their own forbidden fun in spite of other more relaxed attitudes.



toilets? well showers are located in many residential restrooms.  

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interesting study to contrast sex in TH versus the western

attitudes of "religion/sin/interpretive "science"

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Care to explain the point that you are trying to make? It might prove interesting. How do you (or anyone else) think that Thai view sex?

study sounded like those "psychological" statistical surveys they use as anecdotal evidence to "prove"(logical leap) whatever their original theory(read: opinion/bias)



purporting to know how Thai view sex, naw.

it would lower me to interpretation, and make me like all those new female PHS's in interpretive "science" that misuse statistics in the above forementioned



further, comparing religion to the modern day superstition of psychology. too many flavors of each. both more effective on the less educated and needy



guess it mostly boils to an article in Psychology Today comparing the effectiveness of psychiatrists vs. witch doctors. they were about equal. did not renew my subscription. also later found psych 101/2 were silly, easy, crude, stupid and/or obvious

 

Edited by: dab69 at: 11/11/05 1:52 am