# What would you be willing to permanently give sex for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558 "2012-12-10T01:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/1 "2012-12-10T01:32:51Z")
Is there anything for which one would be willing to permanently give up all sex, masturbation and orgasm? ETA: ok, that OP title is supposed to say “permanently give UP sex”; not permanently give sex. &aha. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/2 "2012-12-10T01:41:12Z")
Knowing that I will be gainfully employed from now up until the day I die. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/3 "2012-12-10T01:50:39Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Knowing that I will be gainfully employed from now up until the day I die. Good answer. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/4 "2012-12-10T01:52:30Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Knowing that I will be gainfully employed from now up until the day I die. Such a deal with the Devil would result in you dying tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/5 "2012-12-10T01:54:20Z")
Sex is overrated. I like it fine, but intimacy and friendship trump sex any day for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/6 "2012-12-10T01:56:30Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Such a deal with the Devil would result in you dying tomorrow. And? ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/7 "2012-12-10T01:56:40Z")
really fantastic sexy dancing with multiple very good partners 3 nights a week. This is probably a true deal with the devil as likely nothing would make me want sex more. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/8 "2012-12-10T02:00:57Z")
Nothing. Sex is one of life’s few sublime pleasures. This is like asking for what I would give up laughter or friendship. These are things that make me happy, and a life without them would just be sad. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/9 "2012-12-10T02:06:34Z")
Nothing. About 11 years ago when I had my back injury, I couldn’t for about two months. Extremely frustrating. I can’t imagine that as a permanent condition. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/10 "2012-12-10T02:07:25Z")
Are we to presume that we’re still capable of having children (possibly with medical aid)? Because that’s something I haven’t done yet, but would very much like to eventually. And could we still take part in sex acts (such as oral or manual stimulation of a partner) that don’t lead to us having orgasms? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/11 "2012-12-10T02:11:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Are we to presume that we’re still capable of having children (possibly with medical aid)? Because that’s something I haven’t done yet, but would very much like to eventually. > > And could we still take part in sex acts (such as oral or manual stimulation of a partner) that don’t lead to us having orgasms? Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/12 "2012-12-10T02:31:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Are we to presume that we’re still capable of having children (possibly with medical aid)? Because that’s something I haven’t done yet, but would very much like to eventually. > > And could we still take part in sex acts (such as oral or manual stimulation of a partner) that don’t lead to us having orgasms? > [@Ambivalid](#): > > Yes and yes. Under these conditions, I would take the deal for lifelong health, success in my acting career, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/13 "2012-12-10T02:36:26Z")
I would trade in sex for something better than sex. I don’t know what that could be. I eagerly await the invention of the Orgasmatron. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/14 "2012-12-10T02:39:56Z")
I would trade sex for being able to use heroin without any addiction or health consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/15 "2012-12-10T02:43:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I would trade sex for being able to use heroin without any addiction or health consequences. Ahh but what if you were a heroin addict who wanted to get clean; would you trade sex for sobriety? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/16 "2012-12-10T02:54:31Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Ahh but what if you were a heroin addict who wanted to get clean; would you trade sex for sobriety? I have never used or been addicted to heroin, but I have been addicted to Xanax (which some say is harder to kick than heroin), and I was able to detox from that as an outpatient, and I didn’t have to give up sex. So, no. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/17 "2012-12-10T03:03:42Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I have never used or been addicted to heroin, but I have been addicted to Xanax (which some say is harder to kick than heroin), and I was able to detox from that as an outpatient, and I didn’t have to give up sex. > > So, no. Try to answer it as a hypothetical; as if giving up sex (forever) is a prerequisite for you getting clean. Would your answer change? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/18 "2012-12-10T03:22:38Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Try to answer it as a hypothetical; as if giving up sex (forever) is a prerequisite for you getting clean. Would your answer change? No, getting clean is not worth giving up sex. I would require something better than mere sobriety. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/19 "2012-12-10T03:23:58Z")
> [@](#): > > What would you be willing to permanently give sex for? Do I really need two kidneys? 😃 To answer the actual OP question, I can’t think of anything. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/20 "2012-12-10T03:29:36Z")
Not a thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558.md?page=2)