Harlequin Romance Novels have conducted a survey of 3000 men and women in the US and Canada for their annual Romance Report.
The survey contained a section on the motivations behind romantic gestures and found that, often, saying ‘I love you’ was inspired by the hope it would lead to sex.
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A few statistics:
* 55% of men had told their date they loved them in the hope of sex. 41% of women had done the same.
* 52% of men had bought an expensive gift because they thought it would lead to sex, compared to only 23% of women
* Men were more likely than women to attend an event they weren’t interested in, hoping for some rumpy-pumpy afterwards.
* Women were more likely than men to prepare a special meal in the hope of sex.
The survey also had these interesting stats regarding women and sex:
* 71% of women had bought lingerie or sex toy in anticipation of sex.
* 47% of women had sent a sexually explicit email, text message or instant message
* 33% of women had had cybersex, defined as a sexually explicit conversation or photo/video exchange
There’s a lot of horny people out there!