# Will 50% of random women REALLY sleep with you if you ask? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389 "2002-06-04T22:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389/21 "2002-06-05T10:33:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mmmiiikkkeee \* > \*\*Even if 50% of the women agreed to a _date_ with a good-looking but total stranger, what percentage of those do ya think would actually _show up_ for the date or go anywhere? \*\* And by the same token, how do we know that the men would actually go through with the act of sex and weren’t just saying yes because they wanted to act macho, or they liked the attention and/or wanted to go out with the girl and thought saying no would jeopardize that, or were just saying yes for fun, or thought it was a joke and were playing along, or whatever. Sadly, the only perfect way to test the true intentions of people probably wouldn’t get by the ethics advisory board. But if it ever happens, I volunteer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389/22 "2002-06-05T13:43:58Z")
I’ve had sex with 100% of the women I have asked, and then some. I just don’t ask very often. ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389/23 "2002-06-05T14:36:16Z")
the OP asked "Will 50% of random women REALLY sleep with you if you ask? " of course. Its the non-random women who are the problem ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389/24 "2002-06-05T17:13:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*I’ve had sex with 100% of the women I have asked, and then some. I just don’t ask very often. \*\* Sometimes the request is indirect, though. Like, oh, let’s just give a hypothetical example of, say, a guy asks a girl to go to Key West with him. There’s just sort of sex implied in that. And sometimes it works. ---
**Author:** ![XPav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b77776/32.png) [@XPav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XPav)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389/25 "2002-06-05T17:20:09Z")
So it looks like someone that needs a thesis needs to take this subject up and conduct a proper experiment taking into account different cities/socioeconomic levels/ages, etc. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389/26 "2002-06-05T22:22:05Z")
Women usually aren’t the type to ask for sex anyway. They might want it but they don’t ask for it very much do they? ---
**Author:** ![Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milton_De_La_Warre)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-of-random-women-really-sleep-with-you-if-you-ask/112389/27 "2002-06-07T12:51:23Z")
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