• Women Who Game Have More Sex, Study Finds

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    Published on 11-26-2011 07:14 PM    
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    Gaming may be good for a girl’s libido, her social life and her self-esteem.

    Findings from an online survey of 2,132 U.S. adults conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of social game developer GameHouse reveal that women who play games — on their computers, on social networking sites and mobile devices — have different habits and attitudes from their nongaming female counterparts.
    Women represented the majority (55 percent) of online gamers in the study.

    Gamers are more social in “the real world,” according to the study. Forty-two percent of female online gamers socialize with friends and family in person at least once per day compared with 31 percent of women who do not play online games. Further, 86 percent of female online gamers socialize on social networking sites compared to 71 percent of those who do not play online games.

    Gamers are no more couch potatoes than nongamers. Nearly half of each group (49 percent) said that they work out or play sports at least once a week.

    Gamers also have more sex. It was also found that more female online gamers (57 percent) have sex more often than women who do not play online games (52 percent). More than half of the women surveyed (64 percent) said they were in a serious relationship (i.e. married or living with a partner). Seven out of 10 women reported they were happy with their relationship.

    “It's nice to know that females who play online games are happy – both in their relationships and even in the bedroom," Matt Hulett, chief gamer at GameHouse, said in a statement.

    Older, wiser and more fun

    Respondents reported feeling happier and smarter as a result of playing online games. Fifty-five percent of women who play online games said that they are happier in their life because they play online games and 50 percent feel that online games make them feel smarter.

    You won’t find a majority of online gamers clubbing in Manhattan. These women are older and most live in the South. Sixty-four percent of female online gamers are over 35 years old and are 42 years old on average. Thirty-five percent of them live in the South, compared to 21 percent in the Northeast, 22 percent in the Midwest and an equal percentage in the West.
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    1. Dean141's Avatar
      Dean141 - 11-26-2011, 11:05 PM
      Makes sense
    1. mjmacky's Avatar
      mjmacky - 11-27-2011, 05:34 AM
      It's not by a gaping margin. It's more alarming that only 1/3 of women are having sex at least once a week. Come on men, get out there, put in your hours, sex these women.
    1. temisturk's Avatar
      temisturk - 11-27-2011, 06:10 AM
      I hated statistics at school and I can't remember how to calculate statistical significance but my gut feeling is that those results are so close as to be inconclusive. But everyone should have more sex (except kids and corpses).
    1. megabyteme's Avatar
      megabyteme - 11-27-2011, 09:12 AM
      Of course, these gamer women still won't have sex with geeky, loser gaming males.
    1. mr. nails's Avatar
      mr. nails - 11-28-2011, 12:58 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by megabyteme View Post
      Of course, these gamer women still won't have sex with geeky, loser gaming males.
      ...they seem to be having sex with me. maybe you're playing the wrong games?
    1. megabyteme's Avatar
      megabyteme - 11-28-2011, 03:01 AM
      Actually, I was referring to the subsection of gamers that would fall into "geeky, losers". I didn't mean to imply all gamers. I'm not a gamer at all.
    1. mjmacky's Avatar
      mjmacky - 11-28-2011, 06:16 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by mr. nails View Post
      ...they seem to be having sex with me. maybe you're playing the wrong games?
      I think he means he don't discriminate

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      dinges - 12-02-2011, 08:33 AM
      I think this is more of a correlation than a causal relation.Mosty probably, gaming women are younger on average than non-gaming women. Even if the study counted women up to a certain age (say 50), still I think that women in age group 18-25 are more likely to be a gamer than women in age group 40-50.And women in age group 18-25 are also having sex more often than women between 40-50.So it is only logical to find this relation. It doesn't mean that gaming itself causes more sex.
    1. proforma's Avatar
      proforma - 12-02-2011, 05:15 PM
      You're absolutely right. Another point to consider: More boys than girlsare gaming, and boys are gaming more time. The chance of getting fixed on by your boyfriend is rather high.

      That means: Should you have one - and what else could you do with a boyfriend?
    1. mjmacky's Avatar
      mjmacky - 12-02-2011, 11:44 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by dinges View Post
      I think this is more of a correlation than a causal relation.Mosty probably, gaming women are younger on average than non-gaming women. Even if the study counted women up to a certain age (say 50), still I think that women in age group 18-25 are more likely to be a gamer than women in age group 40-50.And women in age group 18-25 are also having sex more often than women between 40-50.So it is only logical to find this relation. It doesn't mean that gaming itself causes more sex.
      Uh oh, critical thinker coming through. Now, can you manage to make a point yet seem like you're spamming at the same time? It's how you reach the next level.
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