# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/101 "2013-01-28T21:59:09Z")
What do you mean by ‘get’ horny? I can ‘get’ hungry, I can ‘get’ tired, I can ‘get’ mad, sad or lonely. I can ‘get’ a job, I can ‘get’ a sandwich, I can ‘get’ to where ever it is I am going. I do not ‘get’ horny. I am horny. Being horny is like breathing, if I’m not either then I am probably dead. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/102 "2013-01-28T23:30:06Z")
Its ten years later and I’m still horny. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/103 "2013-01-29T00:37:35Z")
> [@Finger\_Princess](#): > > Masturbation is pretty much once a day, sometimes with pauses of a few days to increase pleasure. The aforementioned friends are varyingly disturbed and intrigued by my penchant for public (secretive) self-gratification… Movie theaters, school, wherever. It may be nine and a half years later, but I’ve got to admire this post/username combo. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/104 "2013-01-29T02:48:35Z")
What constitutes a high sex drive? I skimmed the ten-years-ago parts of the thread, has there been some kind of consensus? I’m thinking of the split-screen psychiatrist bit in _Annie Hall_. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/105 "2013-01-29T03:26:15Z")
It’s like with alcholoism - the person that wants sex more than you is a nympho, the person that wants it less is frigid. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/106 "2013-01-29T04:29:23Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > It’s like with alcholoism - the person that wants sex more than you is a nympho, the person that wants it less is frigid. My wife is a nympho. I can keep up, though. (pun not intended, but, there it is) ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/107 "2013-01-29T04:58:53Z")
I get horny when I am manic (which is way too often for my comfort) I masturbate to try and avoid ending up in unsafe situations. Sometimes works anyway ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/108 "2013-01-29T07:09:29Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > What constitutes a high sex drive? I skimmed the ten-years-ago parts of the thread, has there been some kind of consensus? I’m thinking of the split-screen psychiatrist bit in _Annie Hall_. Maybe you could check out the distribution in this [Kinsey sex frequency study](http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/resources/FAQ.html#frequency). It sorts by age, gender, and relationship status. I don’t know that it necessarily indicates pure horniness, as nobody can have sex every single time they’re feeling horny ('cept Hugh Hefner, maybe). ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/109 "2013-01-29T08:29:25Z")
Tired 45 year old mom here. My system just gets turned off after a while. If I haven’'t had good sex in two weeks or so, the whole idea of sex moves to the back burner, and, eventually, switches off. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/110 "2013-01-29T14:57:01Z")
Based on how often she initiates sex with me, my wife\* clocks in at 3x/week. Add to that the 1x/week or sometimes 1x every 2 weeks that she’ll text me a smiley face following her mid-morning, post-workout shower, which is our personal code for “I just masturbated, now it’s your turn”. That may or may not be an accurate indication of how frequently she gets horny, but there you go. She’s 45. \*Contributed on her behalf, since she’s not a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/111 "2013-01-29T16:53:01Z")
double zombie or no > [@StuckinCA](#): > > Men are like a truck and women are like the space shuttle. Both get you from point A to point B, but a truck is easy to maintain… so is viagra like having 4WD and off road tires or chains? is the refractory period like having to put on new solid rocket boosters? > [@StuckinCA](#): > > They can have sex with women they hate, an X, or even ones they really don’t respect. this is why men have more pillow cases than sets of sheets. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/112 "2013-01-29T20:09:29Z")
I notice all the horny 19 year olds who originally posted on this thread have mysteriously disappeared as the years went by and no longer post on this board… Anyway, I might as well contribute. 41 (42 in a few weeks,) no partner, and way too full of urges, at least once a day. I don’t even have to touch myself to get off sometimes, all I need is to fantasize. I would have thought my libido would decrease after my hysterectomy, and later when I started on antidepressants. Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/113 "2013-01-30T01:49:01Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > I notice all the horny 19 year olds who originally posted on this thread have mysteriously disappeared as the years went by and no longer post on this board… Met with misadventure no doubt. All the more reason to lock up your wimmin. And cover their cleavage. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/114 "2013-01-30T21:08:15Z")
Two words: **Evil Captor** ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/115 "2013-01-31T00:12:21Z")
I’m a 29 year old married female. There’s like a week out of every month where I’m horny every day, and even then it’s touch-and-go. Outside of those times, I don’t really think about sex or feel a compelling need for it. In fact, I generally see excessive masturbation as a sign that I’m depressed. I can, however, be persuaded. ---
**Author:** ![DemiP93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DemiP93](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemiP93)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/116 "2013-02-05T02:14:06Z")
I am a girl 19 years old. I feel as tho I am always horny. If I’m with a guy I’m 9/10 times horny. When dating I want it as often or sometimes more often than the guy. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/117 "2013-02-05T02:32:56Z")
34 years old and never. I haven’t had the ‘urge’ (solo or otherwise) for at least 3 years. And even then it was very very rare. Though, I do realize this isn’t the norm. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/118 "2013-02-05T04:09:24Z")
> [@DemiP93](#): > > I am a girl 19 years old. I feel as tho I am always horny. If I’m with a guy I’m 9/10 times horny. When dating I want it as often or sometimes more often than the guy. Got cleavage? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242/120 "2023-07-09T16:02:30Z")
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