... respondents of both sexes said they'd had sex "to get rid of a headache."
Study finds the 237 reasons to have sex
UT researchers say it's not so obvious after all
By TODD ACKERMAN Aug. 1, 2007, 6:57PM
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5017025.htmlSome said they thought it would be good exercise. Others cited the relief they thought it would provide from boredom. A few admitted they wanted to be more popular, get a promotion or impress friends.
And some confessed they did it for revenge.
Six decades after Alfred Kinsey's findings on sexuality shocked America, two University of Texas at Austin psychologists have found some surprising answers to a question most people don't bother to ask: why people have sex.
"I was driven to do this study because of all the different reasons I hear women give for having sex, but I never expected this richness of answers," said Cindy Meston, an associate professor of psychology and study co-author. "Motivation for sex is not as straightforward as people think." .....