# Women: How often do you get "horny"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242 "2003-08-10T19:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/21 "2003-08-10T23:32:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Your BF at 19 can’t even think straight for this very reason (your BF in math class – a2[gawd I’m horny]+b2[gotta call BornOfStardust and beg her to come over]=c2[wonder if I can get her to bring along her girlfriend] ). Her boyfriend is 21, **Whack-a-Mole** , and has always been less hormonal than most guys. She’ll tell you that he’s still a demon in the sack, however. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![irishajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@irishajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishajo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/22 "2003-08-11T00:48:03Z")
1. About every 20 minutes. But I’m single, that may be why. ---
**Author:** ![irishajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@irishajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishajo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/23 "2003-08-11T00:50:34Z")
Oops, forgot one. Masturbate (usually) on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/24 "2003-08-11T00:52:03Z")
Some days I’ll just be bouncing along like normal and then my husband will kiss me on the back of the neck and I’ll be like freeeeeeow (as the immortal Zaphod would say). I guess I’m like most people, I’m always ready for it. “Sex? Here, now? Why, sure!” 😃 And some days, and I don’t know why, I will practically glow with the supressed sexual energy, like a firefly _blink blink blink_. Those are the days… But if I’m feeling grouchy or irritable, or if I have been working in the basement or something, I will absolutely want NO ONE touching me. Not even myself! I have to be clean and sweet smelling to even get in the mood, and I can’t be hungry or too tired. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/25 "2003-08-11T00:53:38Z")
Ugh, I’m 26 and masturbate never-you-mind 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shaolinrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Shaolinrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaolinrabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/26 "2003-08-11T01:26:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whack-a-Mole \* > At 19 you’re a walking hormone. It’s not that teenagres don’t count towards this but I think they _seriously_ skew the stats Are you complaining because horny 19 year olds are posting? I, for one, find it very refreshing. Horny 19 year old girls post away! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/27 "2003-08-11T01:41:50Z")
Horny: quite often. While I’m not “always on” anymore, I am willing and enthusiastic about sex 95% of the time. The other 5% of the time I’m either sick or just Not In The Mood™. It used to be that I was _always_ in the mood unless I was near-dead. I think that having a serious boyfriend, though, has made that wane somewhat–if I’m ticked at him, then I’m probably not going to want to have sex. Sometimes I just want to play around, though… \. Masturbation: Daily. There are a few exceptions: bad period days, tired, know I’m getting some in the morning, but otherwise, I do so almost as though it was part of my schedule. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/28 "2003-08-11T02:08:56Z")
Female, married, 25. Libido of a rock. Once a week will do me, and even then it’s not horniness to the point of immobility (that happens about every other month). DH, OTOH, would be happy with twice a day, every day. I wonder if I’ve already hit my peak and it’s all downhill from here. Not that I was getting laid when I was 18 but I sure did want to more than I do now. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/29 "2003-08-11T02:19:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Elysian \* > \*\*Some days I’ll just be bouncing along like normal and then my husband will kiss me on the back of the neck and I’ll be like freeeeeeow (as the immortal Zaphod would say). > > I guess I’m like most people, I’m always ready for it. “Sex? Here, now? Why, sure!” 😃 > > And some days, and I don’t know why, I will practically glow with the supressed sexual energy, like a firefly _blink blink blink_. Those are the days… > > But if I’m feeling grouchy or irritable, or if I have been working in the basement or something, I will absolutely want NO ONE touching me. Not even myself! I have to be clean and sweet smelling to even get in the mood, and I can’t be hungry or too tired. \*\* I’m not picking on you Elysian, just an observation from a guy. All that is exactly why men don’t understand women. Grouchy, irritable, working in the basement, dirty, hungry, tired, NONE of those things would make most men not be horny! Well, maybe tired but… I guess it must just be a hormonal thing. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/30 "2003-08-11T02:27:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*I’m not picking on you Elysian, just an observation from a guy. All that is exactly why men don’t understand women. Grouchy, irritable, working in the basement, dirty, hungry, tired, NONE of those things would make most men not be horny! Well, maybe tired but… I guess it must just be a hormonal thing. \*\* I don’t think it is necessarily a hormonal thing… I certainly wouldn’t want sex if I was hot, tired, dirty and hungry - so turn on the ac and let me get some food and a shower and I might be more willing… Hubby was out mowing the lawn and in this heat/humidity he was hot, tired, dirty and thirsty. He wanted no more than a shower, a cold drink and a chance to relax. If I had asked him for sex at that point he would have laughed at me and told me to talk to him after his shower. I think it is a matter of comfort more than hormones. ---
**Author:** ![ABBAJen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@ABBAJen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ABBAJen)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/31 "2003-08-11T02:51:51Z")
Age: 19 Horny: Like, almost constantly. Especially when I’m around my guy. 😉 Masturbate: Every couple days I’ve pretty much always been this horny. LOL. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chestnutmare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@chestnutmare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chestnutmare)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/32 "2003-08-11T03:00:01Z")
I am 27 and it has been more than a year since I’ve gotten any. I am horny most days although sometimes I manage to repress my hormones so that I can get on with life. Levels of horniness vary from “hmm I could use some skin on skin time” to “Can I please get fucked senseless? NOW!” Masturbation tends to leave me feeling more frustrated than relaxed so I rarely bother although when the hormones are running at mach2 I might do something about it. ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/33 "2003-08-11T03:10:05Z")
Age – 25. ‘sex’d be nice’ horny – pretty much all the time ‘wild monkey sex’ horny – about a week each month, sort of around my period. Back when I was maybe 16 or so, I’d masturbate a lot (several times a day), but I don’t think I was any hornier. I just had less stuff to do and no one to boink. These days it’s every now and then, when I can’t have real sex for some reason (which doesn’t happen too often). ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/34 "2003-08-11T03:14:37Z")
I’m 19, will be 20 in November. I get horny several times a day. Yessiree. 🙂 I masturbate about once a day. Sometimes I will abstain for a few days to increase the intensity for the next time, especially before seeing a, er, good friend of mine. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![illuminette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@illuminette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminette)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/35 "2003-08-11T03:41:22Z")
Age: 28 Libido has skyrocketed since meeting someone who knows what the hell they are doing. Ahhhhhh…so nice to have a man, not a boy. Find myself having naughty thoughts about said man. Masturbate rather often. ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/36 "2003-08-11T04:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > At 19 you’re a walking hormone. It’s not that teenagres don’t count towards this but I think they seriously skew the stats Eh, point taken. =P And it’s occuring to me that somehow when we 19-year-old women post about our horniness levels on here it comes out looking like the text of a spam email… =P Here’s something to think about though. There are a LOT of girls out there who are my age and older (and some twice my age and older) who have never experienced an orgasm and have never tried to get themselves off. I think that’s sad! ☹ I mean, how many adolescent males do you think there are out there who have never tried to choke the ol’ poultry? And I don’t think it’s always a lack of horniness so much as a general repression and lack of knowledge about it. With guys, it’s easy…it’s all hanging out right there in front of you. With girls, you have to explore a little more, and some find that extremely scary and don’t understand that it’s a beautiful, healthy, natural thing. And yes… > [@](#): > > Her boyfriend is 21, Whack-a-Mole, and has always been less hormonal than most guys. She’ll tell you that he’s still a demon in the sack, however. 😃 🆒 😉 🆒 😃 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![illuminette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@illuminette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminette)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/37 "2003-08-11T04:33:31Z")
yes, my sultry sister… you are so very right. I am a firm beleiver in sex education not only from a health standpoint, but as an acquired life skill. If I had known how to masturbate effectively as a teenager, I think I would have been a lot happier…at least more laid back. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/38 "2003-08-11T04:35:42Z")
I’ve had a high sex drive since my first “real” boyfriend (when I was 18) taught me what sex was “REALLY” supposed to feel like. With a decently talented partner, I’ll want sex at least 3 times a week. Usually more. I’m 44. And it, (the sex drive), is showing no signs of diminishing. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/39 "2003-08-11T04:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whack-a-Mole \* > \*\ ***Sylkyn:** > > Just a thought but I’ve noticed that when I haven’t gotten any for awhile my interest in sex decreases. I know I want it and will certainly take the opportunity whenever it arises but it does seem that my horniness frequency/severity decreases. When I di get back to it I then remember how much I missed it (taking care of yourself is all well and good but a partner makes things so much better…usually). I do not know you and I am not trying to say you should or should not do something but _if_ it is a lack of sexual activity _maybe_ dipping your toe back in the pool might rekindle the flame. Then again it might not…just a thought. \*\* Same thing happens to me. If I’m not in a relationship, I gradually lose interest until I don’t think about it at all. I go dead from the neck down I guess. Which is a blessing really. I mean it’s bad enough to be alone, but to be alone and have to deal with sexual frustration too??? ARgh. ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/40 "2003-08-11T04:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by illuminette \* > \*\*yes, my sultry sister… you are so very right. > > I am a firm beleiver in sex education not only from a health standpoint, but as an acquired life skill. > If I had known how to masturbate effectively as a teenager, I think I would have been a lot happier…at least more laid back. \*\* Amen! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242.md?page=3)