What counts as sex?

Question

Does sex only count if it goes in the vagina canal hole/period hole, or does it count if the penis has been anywhere inside your vagina?

Answer

Researchers at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City surveyed 594 participants (267 men and 327 women) online about what they considered to be sex. They presented participants with 21 different types of sexual acts—including penetrative vaginal sex, anal sex, oral sex, 69, simultaneous masturbation, deep kissing, cybersex, and others—and asked them to rate the acts as "definitely sex," "probably sex," "probably not sex," and "definitely not sex
Here's what they found: Between 88.9 and 98.7 percent of people said penetrative vaginal intercourse was "definitely sex" (the answer varied depending on whether or not they or their partner had an orgasm) and over 70 percent said that anal intercourse (with or without orgasm) was definitely sex. Only 24.6 percent of people defined oral sex as "definitely sex," though that number jumped to 31 percent if there was an orgasm involved. And only 33.2 percent of people classified 69 as "definitely sex." It's interesting to note that people were more likely to rank an act as "sex" if it resulted in an orgasm. (Especially since it's definitely possible to have amazing sex without an orgasm!)

Answer

It's really up to you. "Sexual intercourse" is p in v. Obviously there are different sexual preferences and you can call it what you like.

What counts as sex?

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