# The mother of all questions: How important is sex to WOMEN? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-all-questions-how-important-is-sex-to-women/596359 "2011-09-15T02:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-all-questions-how-important-is-sex-to-women/596359/41 "2011-09-18T21:42:42Z")
> [@2ManyTacos](#): > > I just realized that I forgot one of the most well-known generalities: > > 1. Women generally struggle to separate love from sex, if they can do it at all. To answer a one generality with another. Prostitutes seem to manage that separation easily. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-all-questions-how-important-is-sex-to-women/596359/42 "2011-09-18T21:58:56Z")
Are you really saying women aren’t capable of having sex without deep emotions being involved? :dubious: Do you, uh, ever talk to women? It’s not exactly unusual for a woman to have a sex friend, a rebound boy (hot and meant to take your mind off the breakup) or a one-night stand. Believe it or not, every woman who does this is not secretly agonizing about being madly in love. Sometimes, we just want sex. > [@Isamu](#): > > You wrote off my suggestion for a Craigslist experiment as you thought it’s not relevant to this discussion because women have to be aware of so many other factors. But I think it would have been one of the purest scientific tests that we could ever arrange. Could you design a better test for who wants to have sex, without obvious bias? Sure. Let’s look at which gender engages in heterosexual (gay and lesbian sex has different dynamics) most often. Oh, hey, look! Every time a boy and girl have sex, there is a boy and a girl involved! ---
**Author:** ![Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romeo_and_Whatsherface)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-all-questions-how-important-is-sex-to-women/596359/43 "2011-09-18T22:29:03Z")
[QUOTE=filmore;14257453 Women’s sex drive is more dependent on external factors. If she had a bad day, is tired, is angry, etc, her drive may not be there at all.[/QUOTE] Oh, HELL to the no! At least, not for me at this point in my life. I was more like this when I was young and full of Hollywood schmaltz and not so highly sexed. Then my now-ex quit having sex with me; I went years without and turned into the sex-crazed vixen you do not see before you now.🙂 I don’t have sex with random hook-ups, but that’s because I’m in a very casual FWB; before that started, but just after my divorce, I certainly considered it. Today, if I’ve had a bad day, I want sex; if I’m tired, I still want sec; if I’m angry–well, you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-all-questions-how-important-is-sex-to-women/596359/44 "2011-09-19T15:47:08Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Sometimes, we just want sex. Now? How about now? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mother-of-all-questions-how-important-is-sex-to-women/596359.md?page=2)