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THE ORAL SEX VOID:
What MarriedMen Do
Leanna Wolfe, Ph.D.
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
November 4, 2011
Houston, Texas
Abstract
More than half of married/partnered men believe that other couples
are having more oral sex than they are and 81.1% have addressed or
would consider addressing this absence through an affair. Contrary to
previous beliefs, the oral sex void is rarely filled by visiting sex
workers or prostitutes. Based on an Internet survey of 5,711
respondents who most commonly report having sex once a week with
their spouse/partner, 33.7% of males contend that they would find a
secret lover, while just 7.5% would pay for the oral sex they are not
receiving at home. Participants in the survey included subscribers to
Ashleymadison.com, an Internet dating site for married people, and a
similarly situated control group with the highest concentration of
women between 35 and 49 (56.5%) and the highest concentration of
men between 40 and 59 (58%). Males on the Ashleymadison.com site
were twice as likely (as the control group males) to consider pursuing
a secret affair (35.6% vs. 17%) if a spouse/partner refused to
participate in oral sex. Moreover, Ashleymadison.com males were
more likely to pursue oral sex through an affair (48.4%) or to fantasize
about having one (35.6%) than the control group where 38.7% report
having had affairs and less than a quarter (21.9%) would consider
having one.
Research Overview
 Internet Survey - “Sex and Relationship Happiness Survey”
 IRB: Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
 Survey Monkey Software and Data Analysis Tools
 August 23, 2010 - May 8, 2011
 Avid Media: March 31 – May 8, 2011
 Ashley Madison, Cougar Life, Swappernet, Established Men
 6970 – Total Respondents
 81.9% Completed Survey (n. 5,711)
 82% Ashley Madison (n. 4,692)
 18% Other Sources (n. 1,029)
 Dr. Leanna Wolfe, Facebook, Twitter, Ask Isadora, SSSS List, Polyamory
e-Lists, Fet Life & Pucker Up
 A Collaboration between Dr. Leanna Research and Avid Media
(Ashleymadison.com)
Overview of Respondents
 Gender
 Males – 63.7%
 Females – 36.3%
 Age
 81.5% between 30-59
 Modal Males: 40-59 (58%)
 Modal Females: 35-49 (56.5%)
 Heterosexuality
 94.7% Males
 82.8 % Females
 Married
 69.8% Males
 62.3% Females
 53.3% in current relationship between 6 and 25 years
Sexual Activity
Weekly Twice Weekly
Ashley Madison 15.1% 12.8%
Control Group 18.3% 17.9%
Activities Regarded as Necessary for a Successful Marriage/Relationship
Frequency with Home Partner
The highest concentration for both groups was between 4 - 20 sexual
partners, with 10-14 being the most common choice.
Modal Males (ages 40-59) Modal Females (ages 35-49)
Lifetime Sexual Partners
Attitudes Towards Oral Sex
Males enjoy participation in oral sex slightly more than females; 3%
more females consider it to not be a “favorite activity.”
Relationship Agreements
AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group
Ashley females are much more likely to have secret lovers than Ashley
males. Control Group males were slightly more monogamous than
Ashley males.; they report half as many instances of secret lovers and
incidental cheating. The control group was seven times more likely to
identify with being polyamorous.
Marital/Relationship Happiness
AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group
The control group are more content in their current relationship/marriage
with 58.2% reporting that they are happy vs. the Ashleymadison.com cohort
where just 40.8% report marital/relationship happiness.
Extra-Pair Lovers
AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group
Ashley males have slightly more extra-pair lovers than the control group
males. Ashley females differ dramatically from Ashley males and control
group females, with 63.7% reporting outside lovers vs. 40.4% of the control
group females and 37.4% of the Ashley males.
The Belief that Others Are Having
More Oral Sex…
AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group
The majority of Ashley males (59.9%) believe that other couples are having more oral
sex than they are. Females were more evenly distributed among the three choices--
they were most likely to select “about the same,” not experiencing the sort of oral sex
void that the males are.
Incidence of Extra-Pair Oral Sex
AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group
The Ashley females were the most likely to have gone outside of their home
relationship for oral sex (54.5%). Just over 60% of the control group males have
done so or would consider it, while 84% of the Ashley males consider themselves
ripe for extra-pair oral sex. Relative to the control group males, the Ashley males
have a higher interest in giving it a try (35.6% vs. 21.9%).
Reasons for Extra-Pair Oral Sex
AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group
Ashley males were most likely to report their home partner was not interested
(61.2%) while all others were most likely to contend that they enjoy exploring
with a new lover (Ashley females 55.7%; Control Group Males 58.5% and
Control Group Females 54.3%.)
When the Home Partner Refuses
Oral Sex…
AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group
While both groups were most likely to “let it go and focus on what their partner likes,”
there was much interest in addressing this void with a secret affair with 35.6% of the
Ashley males and 35% of the Ashley females. Finding an open/polyamorous lover was a
relatively popular choice for the control group (26.5% of males and 22.2% of females).
The traditional practice of going to a sex worker or prostitute was a dramatically low
choice for both Ashley males (just 7.7%) and control group males (5.6%).
Conclusions
 Males experience oral sex differently than females
 For males it can be visual and psycho-emotional
 Females often regard oral sex as foreplay
 Men who report being happy in their marriages seek and
fantasize about seeking extra-pair sex
 The women who were the least happy in their marriages (the
Ashley females) were the most likely to engage in extra-pair
sexual affairs
 Economic factors may keep Ashley women in their marriages
and cause Ashley men to seek an extra-pair lover rather than
pay a sex-workers.
 The confluence of desire, opportunity (re: websites like
Ashleymadison.com) and risk assessment can lead to an
affair, but certainly not always.
Limitations
Internet surveys such as the “Sex and Relationship
Happiness Survey” are wrought with limitations.
Respondents may not read the questions carefully
and ultimately pick inaccurate or untruthful selections.
Being a single-time engagement that typically lasts
about 10-minutes, their current emotional state may
color their answers in an overly negative (or positive)
way. Some respondents believed they were still on
the AshleyMadison.com site in that they were invited
to click a link to the survey as they exited the site.
This may have clouded their survey taking experience
in that they may have believed their answers might in
some way assist them in making a connection.

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The Oral Sex Void: What Married Men Do

  • 1. THE ORAL SEX VOID: What MarriedMen Do Leanna Wolfe, Ph.D. Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality November 4, 2011 Houston, Texas
  • 2. Abstract More than half of married/partnered men believe that other couples are having more oral sex than they are and 81.1% have addressed or would consider addressing this absence through an affair. Contrary to previous beliefs, the oral sex void is rarely filled by visiting sex workers or prostitutes. Based on an Internet survey of 5,711 respondents who most commonly report having sex once a week with their spouse/partner, 33.7% of males contend that they would find a secret lover, while just 7.5% would pay for the oral sex they are not receiving at home. Participants in the survey included subscribers to Ashleymadison.com, an Internet dating site for married people, and a similarly situated control group with the highest concentration of women between 35 and 49 (56.5%) and the highest concentration of men between 40 and 59 (58%). Males on the Ashleymadison.com site were twice as likely (as the control group males) to consider pursuing a secret affair (35.6% vs. 17%) if a spouse/partner refused to participate in oral sex. Moreover, Ashleymadison.com males were more likely to pursue oral sex through an affair (48.4%) or to fantasize about having one (35.6%) than the control group where 38.7% report having had affairs and less than a quarter (21.9%) would consider having one.
  • 3. Research Overview  Internet Survey - “Sex and Relationship Happiness Survey”  IRB: Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality  Survey Monkey Software and Data Analysis Tools  August 23, 2010 - May 8, 2011  Avid Media: March 31 – May 8, 2011  Ashley Madison, Cougar Life, Swappernet, Established Men  6970 – Total Respondents  81.9% Completed Survey (n. 5,711)  82% Ashley Madison (n. 4,692)  18% Other Sources (n. 1,029)  Dr. Leanna Wolfe, Facebook, Twitter, Ask Isadora, SSSS List, Polyamory e-Lists, Fet Life & Pucker Up  A Collaboration between Dr. Leanna Research and Avid Media (Ashleymadison.com)
  • 4. Overview of Respondents  Gender  Males – 63.7%  Females – 36.3%  Age  81.5% between 30-59  Modal Males: 40-59 (58%)  Modal Females: 35-49 (56.5%)  Heterosexuality  94.7% Males  82.8 % Females  Married  69.8% Males  62.3% Females  53.3% in current relationship between 6 and 25 years
  • 5. Sexual Activity Weekly Twice Weekly Ashley Madison 15.1% 12.8% Control Group 18.3% 17.9% Activities Regarded as Necessary for a Successful Marriage/Relationship Frequency with Home Partner
  • 6. The highest concentration for both groups was between 4 - 20 sexual partners, with 10-14 being the most common choice. Modal Males (ages 40-59) Modal Females (ages 35-49) Lifetime Sexual Partners
  • 7. Attitudes Towards Oral Sex Males enjoy participation in oral sex slightly more than females; 3% more females consider it to not be a “favorite activity.”
  • 8. Relationship Agreements AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group Ashley females are much more likely to have secret lovers than Ashley males. Control Group males were slightly more monogamous than Ashley males.; they report half as many instances of secret lovers and incidental cheating. The control group was seven times more likely to identify with being polyamorous.
  • 9. Marital/Relationship Happiness AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group The control group are more content in their current relationship/marriage with 58.2% reporting that they are happy vs. the Ashleymadison.com cohort where just 40.8% report marital/relationship happiness.
  • 10. Extra-Pair Lovers AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group Ashley males have slightly more extra-pair lovers than the control group males. Ashley females differ dramatically from Ashley males and control group females, with 63.7% reporting outside lovers vs. 40.4% of the control group females and 37.4% of the Ashley males.
  • 11. The Belief that Others Are Having More Oral Sex… AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group The majority of Ashley males (59.9%) believe that other couples are having more oral sex than they are. Females were more evenly distributed among the three choices-- they were most likely to select “about the same,” not experiencing the sort of oral sex void that the males are.
  • 12. Incidence of Extra-Pair Oral Sex AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group The Ashley females were the most likely to have gone outside of their home relationship for oral sex (54.5%). Just over 60% of the control group males have done so or would consider it, while 84% of the Ashley males consider themselves ripe for extra-pair oral sex. Relative to the control group males, the Ashley males have a higher interest in giving it a try (35.6% vs. 21.9%).
  • 13. Reasons for Extra-Pair Oral Sex AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group Ashley males were most likely to report their home partner was not interested (61.2%) while all others were most likely to contend that they enjoy exploring with a new lover (Ashley females 55.7%; Control Group Males 58.5% and Control Group Females 54.3%.)
  • 14. When the Home Partner Refuses Oral Sex… AshleyMadison.com Cohort Control Group While both groups were most likely to “let it go and focus on what their partner likes,” there was much interest in addressing this void with a secret affair with 35.6% of the Ashley males and 35% of the Ashley females. Finding an open/polyamorous lover was a relatively popular choice for the control group (26.5% of males and 22.2% of females). The traditional practice of going to a sex worker or prostitute was a dramatically low choice for both Ashley males (just 7.7%) and control group males (5.6%).
  • 15. Conclusions  Males experience oral sex differently than females  For males it can be visual and psycho-emotional  Females often regard oral sex as foreplay  Men who report being happy in their marriages seek and fantasize about seeking extra-pair sex  The women who were the least happy in their marriages (the Ashley females) were the most likely to engage in extra-pair sexual affairs  Economic factors may keep Ashley women in their marriages and cause Ashley men to seek an extra-pair lover rather than pay a sex-workers.  The confluence of desire, opportunity (re: websites like Ashleymadison.com) and risk assessment can lead to an affair, but certainly not always.
  • 16. Limitations Internet surveys such as the “Sex and Relationship Happiness Survey” are wrought with limitations. Respondents may not read the questions carefully and ultimately pick inaccurate or untruthful selections. Being a single-time engagement that typically lasts about 10-minutes, their current emotional state may color their answers in an overly negative (or positive) way. Some respondents believed they were still on the AshleyMadison.com site in that they were invited to click a link to the survey as they exited the site. This may have clouded their survey taking experience in that they may have believed their answers might in some way assist them in making a connection.