I need a favor

[sweetprince]

AHAH, you clicked it. Okay, well I need a favor so that I can officially finish my Sophomore year of college. In my sociolinguistics class we're ending the year with studies, and we're trying to figure out if there's a difference in speech in how women talk about sex and masturbation. Most of these questions, unfortunately, are not ideal for regression, but we're still curious.

IF YOU ANSWER IT (PLEASE, PLEASE DO, I'VE ALREADY POLLED MY CLASSMATES BUT THEY'RE A VERY SPECIFIC SAMPLE), I WILL WRITE A DIRTY-HOT-WRONG MASTURBATION SEQUENCE INTO MY PREP SCHOOL AU, AND GET TWIN TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YET, BUT SHE'LL DO IT.

[Poll #1185744]

I'll write a really embarrassing fan letter to Jensen on how much his lips hook me in and how much I love wincest and how much I imagine him and Jared doing it every day of the week, if you don't answer this poll, I SWEAR it!

Also, if you know anybody else who's curious about this sort of thing, PLEASE link to this. I promise that once I've done the models, I'll publish the results on here.

ETA: OHMYGOD, you guys are so awesome. This is such a huge number of responses, I can't even begin to thank you.

Comments

[leonidaslion.livejournal.com]

Not an expert here, but my own personal wank on the issue of female vs. male masturbation (having slang terms and being able to talk about it comfortably) revolves around the fact that (in modern society) males are supposed to be sexually dominant and take control of their own pleasure. Hence the talk of masturbation and the pride in it. Women, on the other hand, are typically seen as and are supposed to be submissive receivers, and as such as 'not supposed' to pleasure themselves. Which is completely screwed up, IMO, but that's society for you.

[dark-reaction.livejournal.com]

I would say the experts would agree with you. I certainly agree with you. My class is all about how language actually reflects gender norms, and how it is, in fact, a feminist issue. It was really terribly depressing in the long run, but definitely different to wonder how we can change it.

[leonidaslion.livejournal.com]

Have you ever read The Beauty Myth? It sort of ties in with all of this: about how women are valued primarily by their beauty in an attempt to control our money, which is definitely a feminist issue. I read it my jr yr of college and it completely changed the way I viewed the world.

[dark-reaction.livejournal.com]

No I haven't, but I should def. look into it.