Concluding that Person D believes that a sex life that does not include vaginal intercourse is lacking something important is:
A: the only reasonable interpretation.
B: not the only reasonable interpretation, but clearly the best.
C: one of several reasonable interpretations, of which none is clearly the best.
D: a reasonable interpretation, but there is another which is clearly better.
E: a completely unreasonable interpretation.
A…I guess.
Why’s this in the pit?
This is from an SAT test, isn’t it?
And sometimes, I forget my PIN number at the ATM machine. :smack:
There’s no way I’d have scored as high as I did if this were on the SAT! Also, it’s probably a no-no to bring up oral sex on national standardized tests.
Oh, and the answer… 'Elefino. B probably. My experience is that there’s NEVER just one reasonable interpretation.
I thought that we weren’t suppose to do your homework? 
I am going to go with C.
OG SMASH!!!
I burning your SAT test!
I’d say D, and for extra credit:
Person D believes that, for herself/himself, a sex life that does not include vaginal intercourse is lacking something important.
What do I win?
Well, person D’s statement does not exclude anal sex. I think C seems to be a good option.
I know someone whose husband is responsible for the rollout of the new SAT, so maybe I’ll ask if this is on there. 
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Originally posted by The Ryan
Concluding that Person D believes that a sex life that does not include vaginal intercourse is lacking something important is:
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I don’t think Person D’s statement is making a general claim but rather a claim about her desires. She also doesn’t indicate what level of importance [vaginal]
intercourse holds. Therefore, I go with D.
NOTA
I’m thoroughly confused, but I want to go on record as saying I’m pro-vaginal intercourse, pro-blowjob, and pro-cunnilingus. Not necessarily in that order.
[sub]It might have helped if the people had been 1,2,3,4 (or Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet, etc.) and the choices A,B,C,D.[/sub]
Personally I believe that sex is incredible no matter what but then again I’m a gay man in a womans body so what do I know.
A. Though it isn’t clear if she believes that for her, or for everyone. (Thanks for spotting that, someone.)
Can anyone see any other interpretation?
And now we’ve got some opinions, out of interest, why did you bring this up?
The Ryan, I believe the correct answer is B.
I think it’s reasonable to assume this is what Person D meant, but only from Person D’s very shallow-minded perspective. I don’t think lesbian sex excludes the “two bodies moving as one and all that,” simply because there’s no vaginal penetration without either priapism or accessories. Two bodies can still move together, expressing the motions of the tides, the depths of passion, the heat of flesh in a very meaningful manner.
I am a straight male who “saved himself” almost all the way through college. Sexual intercourse, while gratifying, was not the pinnacle of sensuality for me – it was the ensconcing in her body, the pressure of her tummy on mine, the softness of her thigh around my hip, the sway of her breasts against my chest – that yielded the connection of consummation.
Oh, wait, why don’t you just ask Person D?
I asked because I came to the conclusion presented in the OP during [url=“http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=210298”]another thread[/url. OpalCat (Person D) said that it was stupid and completely unsupported by her statement. I put it in the Pit because it was responding to another Pit thread, and because it is discussing a particular poster (although not by name). Mr. B, it is interesting that you bring up lesbians, as I too thought that it implied that gays are missing out on something. However, that point was never discussed, as OpalCat was too busy being outraged to discuss her feelings on that matter.
Gays of either sex are missing out on something. Why worry? They don’t want what they are missing. It’s time enough to worry when someone states that they ought to want it. Even I, notorious homophobe that I am, never made that claim. Nor, more to the point, does OpalCat.
Can someone get this thread a plaster cast and a crutch?
What are they missing out on?
Marriage.