It’s not femdom related, but I found this article on estimating the percentages of LGB people an interesting one. In most important ways the actual number is irrelevant. It’s clearly millions of people, so I’m not sure why different groups get so riled up over the exact count. It’s the historical and scientific perspective that I find interesting. One thing that comes through clearly from the article is the difficulty in giving a binary answer to what’s not a binary situation. There’s also clearly shifts in the numbers that reflect both changes in public identification and changes in actual behavior.
The precision of the wording in these kind of surveys always makes me smile. In this case I particularly liked the phrase – “someone with whom you have had any genital contact intended to achieve orgasm”. That’s a smooth line to use in a bar – “Fancy coming back to my place? I’ve got a box of Franzia in the fridge and a smooth jazz CD in the stereo. Maybe we could have some genital contact with the intention of achieving orgasm?”
I wonder if there was a line in the survey that would fit these two ladies? I’m not sure about genital contact or the intention to achieve orgasm, but there’s definitely something pretty kinky going on.
I believe the artist is Chéri Hérouard aka herric.
An interesting article. Throw percentages and statistics around (especially when it’s sex related) and you’re sure to attract plenty of eyeballs. People have a fascination with numbers, though they really don’t understand them. As a prof of mine once said “Figures lie and liars figure.” How true.
sissy terri
I think statistics (particularly on sexual matters) are up there with top 10 lists for attracting eyeballs online :).
-paltego