'What is sex?'
Poll of GHC students reveals a variety of answers to this question
By Amanda Stegall
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Staff Writer
What makes sex a difficult topic to discuss for people in today's society? How can sex be defined? One hundred GHC students were polled, and their responses to these questions vary along a wide range of ideas and personal definitions.
More than one person commented that sex is difficult to discuss because some people "just don't get none. "
Definitions are different for every individual in wide ranges along with specific reasons for sex.
Among the female population who participated in the survey, sexual intercourse is defined based on love. Most girls described intercourse as "an act of love," or the "act of making love between two people who love one another."
Another popular answer defined this "making of love" as "when passion between two lovers becomes physical and the two people become one union."
Love, for women, consists of the physical and emotional connection between two people.
According to the survey, rape is not considered as a form of sex because it is without consent.
In contrast to the women, many of the men who responded described sex as "awesome!" and, simply, "Intercourse" or "penetration."
Although many women also defined sex as intercourse and penetration, most men did not include love as a factor in what sex truly, at its core concept, consists of.
However, in the Six Mile Post survey, more men in comparison with the women, did not write the words "penis" or "vagina" in their definitions. This lack of detail suggests either a sense of embarrassment, shyness or carelessness.
Although several guys did define sex as an act of intimacy and affection, several stated that it is "the best thing ever. " Technical responses from the male students were detailed enough to offer a definition of the "insertion of tab A into slot B, C, or D" or "when a man inserts his ___ into a woman's ___."
As the survey indicated, definitions are different for every individual in wide ranges along with specific reasons for sex.
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