Excuses Excuses

I was bored.
I was married, and you're supposed to.
It became habit.
It was the only way my partner would spend time with me.
I wanted to stop my partner's nagging.
I wanted to have more sex than my friends.
Someone dared me.
I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
I wanted to defy my parents.
I was slumming.
I needed another notch in my belt.
It was an initiation rite.
The person was famous.
The person was a good dancer.
The person had beautiful eyes.
The person had a great sense of humor.
The person bought me an expansive dinner.
I wanted a job.
Someone offered me money.
I'm addicted to sex.
My hormones were out of control.
I was tired of being a virgin.
I wanted to feel closer to God.
I was trying to reaffirm my sexual orientation.
It's considered taboo.
I wanter to get rid of aggression.
I was physically forced.
I was verbally coerced.
I was seduced.
I wanted to humiliate the person.
I wanted to give someone a sexually transmitted disease.
I was feeling lonely.
I wanted the person to love me.
I thought it would help me trap a new partner.
I was ovulating.
I wanted to get rid of a headache.
I thought it would help me fall asleep.
I wanted to keep warm.
I wanted to burn calories.
I wanted to relieve menstrual cramps.
It's my genetic imperative.
I was curious about my sexual abilities.
The person smelled nice.
I realized I was in love.
I wanted to change the topic of conversation.

From a list of 237 reasons people have sex, according to a poll conducted by University of Texas psychologists Cindy Meston and David Buss.

Why do you do it?

Bon Jane

image courtesy of the NYTimes

Our lovely and talented Bon Jane's photo was in the Times' review of Marina Abramovic's; The Artist Is Present show currently at MOMA.
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