I promise to do my part to get us to the #1 position.

I just got a dirty look for laughing boisterously. Thanks, Bernie! ;)

I was waiting for you to post on this one. I agree that the study is seriously flawed. I am not about the study details but I am guessing the sample set is from the Metros and has more male respondents. Also, getting 'some' as often as you want does not say anything about the frequency of getting it.

This analysis is quite flawed. I am in marketing research, and the one thing we learn early on when you do multi-country studies is that people of difference countries overstate differently. The Japanese overstate the least while Hispanics, Africans and Indians are waaaay up there on the overstatement factor. So taking these percentages at face value is totally nonsense. That, plus Yapsee's point above about where exactly did they get their respondents from. You can't generalize results for an entire country with just data from the metros.

Having said that, i am thrilled to get this kind of fake publicity for india. after all, we all practise the kamasutra at home, no. we obviously have to be good at it!

I promise to do my part to get us to the #1 position.

Jeet: you have full permission to use it tonight. i certainly will be;)

There was a similar study a few years back when IT had just established itself in bangalore as the new thing and there were suddenly a lot of yuppies around. The survey indeed showed the changing role of the male (taking part more in the activities of the house) and how the female had started initiating sex more often. One of the reasons given for much sex was that it was a good way to de-stress after all the stress at work. Given that we are moving towards a service economy, mental stress has indeed increased a lot and I suppose sex is a good way to de-stress.

We are only #3? We shouldn't take this lying down!!! We should all follow Bernies advice and do our part.

ANNA, i lowe this post. Bernie, you are my hero.

They should have probed more deeply

We shouldn't take this lying down!!!

Hehe...um...

Less is more to some people.

Maybe Indians are just more easily satisfied? Maybe the women (and men) there just don't expect too much out of a lovemaking session? I find that we here in USA have so many requirements when it comes to that, due to all the books we read about multiple orgasms and stuff, plus the media here pushes an active sex life as one of the most important things in life.

I think different cultures have different "standards" when it comes to sex. And I definetly think we American women expect much more from our men in bed then Indian women expect of their men, and probably vice versa.

Woh...the link to 'that fantastic thing' should be NSFW!!

Woh...the link to 'that fantastic thing' should be NSFW!!

You are right, I'm sorry about that. It's so pink and cute, I forgot it might be...unsafe. ;)

Should be updated now.

Tara: Perhaps the easy satisfiability of Indians is because pre-marital sex is such a taboo. When the couple finally does get married, they have a go at it and find it really enjoying.

I'm happy to know that we're third and beats the Poms but how could we loose to the Mexicans & Nigerians? The survey is clearly based of data from a bunch of yuppies who make love like rabbits.
But still, Nigerians?

*bangs head in disbelief*

We shouldn't take this lying down!!!

And we don't have to. That's the superb thing about having the Kamasutra in your library. :)

Silly Durex! They should have probed more deeply.

My Durex always does :)

I promise to do my part to get us to the #1 position.

I promise to do my part in being #1 in all positions.!

I promise to do my part in being #1 in all positions.!

Bravo! That's the spirit.

I haven't checked the archives to confirm this, but it seems like this "global survey" seems to get the most press in India? And it seems to be an annual thing. Durex must find it a good source of cheap PR.

74% of Indians don’t hesitate to tell their partners about their preferences in bed

May be Indians use the bed more than everyone else. Boring desis!

I just got my karuveppilai plant from my mallu friends and I'm a very satisfied Indian.

This confirms my suspicions. I have an ultra-conservative uncle and aunt who went out and bought a copy of the kamasutra right after they got married (arranged) and proceeded to try each and every one of the positions. Those sati savitris and VHP-ers are really getting it on at night.

I have an ultra-conservative uncle and aunt who went out and bought a copy of the kamasutra right after they got married (arranged) and proceeded to try each and every one of the positions.

And they shared this with you?

I'm so proud after reading this news. Chak de India!

I saw this hilarious take on the Durex survey - Anna, try not to laugh loud at work. :)
http://greatbong.net/2007/10/04/lau-lau-lau/

Damn, and I wanted this study to be true too!

You see, it’s just the Bengalis and Malayalees who can’t shut up. Ever.

hee. I knew there was a stereotype about Bengalis talking/writing too much, but Malayalees too?

I knew there was a stereotype about Bengalis talking/writing too much, but Malayalees too?

Eh, maybe it's just me. ;) I can't shut up and I am hoping it's genetic.

Go forth, my brown brothers and sisters!

Way to ruin the mood, yaar!

No, you're right. Malayalees can't shut up. Gag order means nothing to us. Vell, it does to me, but that's another story.

Gag order means nothing to us. Vell, it does to me, but that's another story.

CHEEEE!

CHAK DE INDIA!!!!!!!!!!

That link is hilarious!

My thoughts confirmed here;

Verily, nothing makes me feel prouder than when we beat the French in matters of sensuality. Of course there will be some Pakistani ISI agents among us who will point out that the reason the dilettante Frenchmen are dissatisfied with their carnal lives is that, exposed as they are to all forms of sexual experiences from their teens , they very soon have no more worlds to conquer, everything becomes “been there done that” and the act of coupling becomes as predictable as “Yeh Akaashvani hain”.

This is in sharp contrast to most of us Indians, who brought up on a diet of wet saris and Sun TV Midnight Masala on mute, get all excited even when we get an Archies musical gift card that plays the theme of Titanic. In other words, the dissatisfaction among the Gauls is not because they do not have variety—rather they have too much of it. While we have so little that we are happy with whatever we can get our hands on.

And this is classic;

The survey also tells us that

“Indian bedrooms are the scenes of a range of antics for some, with sensual massage (55 per cent), sexual fantasies (58 per cent) and looking at erotic materials (55 per cent) at the top of the menu. More than a third of Indians also love to include role play (37 per cent) and wearing sexy underwear (34 per cent).

Nothing new here of course. Sensual massage of hair with coconut oil/Champi tel has always been an old favorite for many of us , sexual fantasies/role play implies running round the bedpost singing “Janum Jaanejaan”, looking at erotic materials is nothing but reading Times of India together in bed and as for erotic underwear— Rupa Baniyan’s “Yeh andaar ki baat hain”, in case you did not notice, is an obvious Indianization of Victoria’s “secret”.[Look at this Amul Macho ad for yet another example of how erotic lingerie has become a part of the daily life of the common Indian woman.]

Indian men have averaged six lovers and women have averaged two, while in the UK the figures are 16 and 10 respectively. Globally men, on average, have 13 partners and women have seven.

It’s times like these I feel I have let the country down. Had it not been for me, the average of “lovers for Indian men” would have been seven—I confess that I single-handedly lowered the national average.

Here again some naysayers opine, based on the sheer profusion of desperate “fransip” requests sent out by urban males to anyone who has “female” on their Orkut profiles, that the number six is a bit on the high side , a discrepancy that may be explained by a very “loose” definition of “lover” in the survey because of which some men may have counted Madhuri Dixit and even their hands (both left and right) in their list.

In India teenagers who meet each other for dates like fraps at Barrista or a Sunday matinee refer to themselves as "having an affair", so I see the reality in what his humour is trying to convey.

I however have no such doubts as for me the results of the Durex sex survey are beyond question, occupying a position of reliability and authenticity somewhere between the results of a Pakistani election and an Indian politician’s declaration of assets.

Funny.

What? I work with lawyers...:-P

Skepmod, yeah my aunt did, after a bit of giggling. I was blabbing about my bf, so I guess she felt secure. My uncle would probably be mortified if he knew.

Btw, can someone with a numbers-oriented brain tell me how it is possible for, globally, men to have more lovers than women? Each hetero encounter requires one man, one woman, so how is it possible that men average higher all the time? Esp when you consider all the female prostitutes/escorts out there. Who are those men having sex with, inflatable dolls?

2008 is our year people!

We've got to work longer hours, be harder and do it until we get it right!

Btw, can someone with a numbers-oriented brain tell me how it is possible for, globally, men to have more lovers than women? Each hetero encounter requires one man, one woman, so how is it possible that men average higher all the time? Esp when you consider all the female prostitutes/escorts out there. Who are those men having sex with, inflatable dolls?

Easy: Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

We're happier lovers than Pakistan!!!!

Wooooo hooooo!!!!!!!!!

Third in the sex happiness league above Pakistan!!!!!

Yaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Btw, can someone with a numbers-oriented brain tell me how it is possible for, globally, men to have more lovers than women? Each hetero encounter requires one man, one woman, so how is it possible that men average higher all the time? Esp when you consider all the female prostitutes/escorts out there. Who are those men having sex with, inflatable dolls?

Read the comments in this link, they did the math;

http://greatbong.net/2007/10/04/lau-lau-lau/

74% of Indians don’t hesitate to tell their partners about their preferences in bed

74% of Indians don’t hesitate to tell their partners about their preferences in bed

Hmmm... maybe the new generation of urban 20-40 somethings. Everyone else and especially the ones over 50, I doubt.

"No Wonder We're One Billion Strong...and Growing"

WE???

you mean THEY. The study compared Indians...not Americans of Indian Origin.

Tara, thanks. Hilarious.

Indians came third on the sex index with 61% of the respondents saying they were fully satisfied with their sex lives.

Indian men have averaged six lovers and women have averaged two, while in the UK the figures are 16 and 10 respectively. Globally men, on average, have 13 partners and women have seven

In other words most of the indians in this poll claim to be fully satisfied sexually despite experiencing well below the global average in sexual variety.

WE???

you mean THEY. The study compared Indians...not Americans of Indian Origin.

Did you feel a wave of smug awesomeness envelop you, after you left that comment? I mean, you're on a petty roll today, between this and the news tab. Make sure you list "picking nits" and "potentially, unintentially insulting others" under your "interests" on whatever SNP you prefer.

Here's a hint for those who are humor-challenged: if a post is filed under HUMOR that means it's just meant to be funny. Not necessarily accurate, serious or otherwise burdened with the weight of identity issues, i.e. who is a you and who is a we.

In other words most of the indians in this poll claim to be fully satisfied sexually despite experiencing well below the global average in sexual variety.

well i don't think sleeping with more people necessarily means you're more satisfied. i think the opposite it true actually, but that's just me.

74% of Indians don’t hesitate to tell their partners about their preferences in bed

I make my preferences clear in bed... I want the left side.

I make my preferences clear in bed... I want the left side.

And no wet-spot either. :)

Another hint for you. Just because something is filed under humor section does not mean it is funny.

Assholes are like opinions, everybody got to have one
Shootin in the sky tryin to blast the sun
-meth, "simon says (remix)"

A general point for those who are confused...and others:

HUMOR does not mean that we're trying to imitate Judd Apatow, Tina Fey, Chris Rock or your choice of "funny person". It generally means, "this post is lighthearted", "this post is fun" and most of all, "this post is not meant to be picked apart and over-examined or debated".

I read your past comments, when a current one gets my attention. Some of you look for any opportunity to marginalize, criticize, otherize, divide. If the terms "south asian", "ABCD", "Indian", "we" or now, "humor" are used, you pounce gleefully. Please delight in knowing that you are succeeding with your mission to turn people off, which is notable, since Indians are more turned on than anyone (except Nigerians and Mexicans).

Cannot say how complete the survey was without knowing how it was conducted. Any community of people may tend to exaggerate their experience/opinion.

Secondly, I wonder if there was an interracial study conducted also? I would be interested to know how many brown brothers feel more satisfied and happy with their white girlfriends.

“Indian bedrooms are the scenes of a range of antics for some, with sensual massage (55 per cent), sexual fantasies (58 per cent) and looking at erotic materials (55 per cent) at the top of the menu. More than a third of Indians also love to include role play (37 per cent) and wearing sexy underwear (34 per cent).

One of these days, when you're bored, go in the Casual Encounters section on Craigslist and just search for "indian" ..... we are a freaky bunch. Yay!!

I have a friend who is an inveterate premature ejaculator. He is too shy to ask for a remedy himself so I thought maybe I'll ask around for a cure/technique for him. I am sure the mighty ' satisfied ' Indians here have an answer for me, I mean for my friend. Also are there any tried and true natural foods that crank up the libido? That again is something my friend would like to know.

We won we won we won we won we won - Now we can die in peace!

I just surveyed both of my hands and they are both satisfied with my love making, although the left hand says I love the right one more!

Hands, you cant live with them and you cant live without them.

I have a friend who is an inveterate premature ejaculator. He is too shy to ask for a remedy himself so I thought maybe I'll ask around for a cure/technique for him. I am sure the mighty ' satisfied ' Indians here have an answer for me, I mean for my friend. Also are there any tried and true natural foods that crank up the libido? That again is something my friend would like to know.

Well. My dear friend of course we do have an answer. All you need to do is pause when it gets 'inevitable', for a few seconds, and you can get back on action again. Of course, the duration that you can hold before hte next pause comes gets shorter by, lets say for modeling purposes a constant factor, c, shorter. Then by applying this technique over and over, your net stamina is a geometric sum, which is almost higher by a factor of (1/(1-c))(simple geometric sum) when you compare it to just the first term (that you would've got had you not applied the pause technique. Based on my own experiments with this technique I have increased my avg 'duration' per session of around 10 mins to upto more than an hour. So I suspect that $c$ might actually be as high as a 0.8 or something(!) (subject to variations across individuals of course). And if you squeeze it to the max, you can do wonders :P

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Given that we are moving towards a service economy, mental stress has indeed increased a lot and I suppose sex is a good way to de-stress.

ANother good way to de-stress.

Please don't feed the trolls. Comments which did so have been deleted and in one case, edited.

I see my comment just got deleted on this page as well. Ironic that I was actually saying something positive about Indians and their good sex lives, but I'm assuming (and maybe I'm wrong) that a bit of graphic description from a woman is not deemed "appropriate" here?

DQ noticed this over on another topic;

Amardeep, Am in incorrect in assuming that a comment of Tara's including 'suck my clit' was deleted, while HMF's egregious bitch-and-ho quote has been left untouched? If so, there's a double standard here.

That saddens me that in this day and age there is still such a double standard. However, I will reiterate, to those determined to de-sexualize Indian men, it's not size but stimulation of the clitorous that results in multiple orgasms for many women.

And as this is a post dealing with sexuality, I will assume the above is "ok" to say. And it's lighthearted!

Tara, we must have posted at the same time. You are right, your comment and others were deleted because they were left in response to a troll (though I did appreciate your positivity). That's the only reason it was deleted.

great bong had a much better humorous post on the same a week ago .. here u go ..

http://greatbong.net/2007/10/04/lau-lau-lau/

Someone already posted that link, which indicates that you don't bother reading before commenting. Apparently you were more interested in insulting the blog/ger than contributing to the conversation.

Everyone's sense of humor is different, yours isn't superior to anyone else's.

Has anyone else already mentioned that Tara Wanatbe is more than likely Pardesi Gori?

Has anyone else already mentioned that Tara Wanatbe is more than likely Pardesi Gori?

Conspiracy theory. :)

Sun TV Midnight Masala on mute,

Tara Watabe said...

clitorous

Mrs. Watabe, please allow me to correct you. That organ you are speaking of, is called clitoris - and not clitorOUS.

Maybe it's a Canadian or British one.

Maybe it's a Canadian or British one.

nope. Thats the confusion between "us" and "ous"... never seen an "is" being replaced with "ous" in any usage.

been there done that during a dry period. Nostalgia beckons.

Damn, I thought Melbourne desi was male, and here she is having periods and stuff. Though dry periods may be a little unusual, and am not sure what all this has to do with Midnight Masala on mute.

No posts since after midnight. Hmmm...I think the Mutiny has taken up the challenge to replace Nigeria as #1.

SM Intern on October 13, 2007 04:25 PM · Direct link

Someone already posted that link, which indicates that you don't bother reading before commenting. Apparently you were more interested in insulting the blog/ger than contributing to the conversation.

Everyone's sense of humor is different, yours isn't superior to anyone else's.

Why is everyone in the SM bunker so touchy feely ? just chill ... nobody intended to defame the site or the blogger .. just an opinion ... u are soooo happy when someone applauds you , but if an opinion is one the other way around , give the commenter a benefit of doubt ....

also many times the comment whores disucss stuff totally off from the topic and you need to know history of the commenter or previous post to make sense of what is written .. so many times it is not a fruitful use of time reading through all the comments ...

just relax guys .. take it easy ... when u claim an open forum , u need to be more tolerant , specially so the bloggers and the moderators ..

been there done that during a dry period. Nostalgia beckons. Damn, I thought Melbourne desi was male, and here she is having periods and stuff. Though dry periods may be a little unusual, and am not sure what all this has to do with Midnight Masala on mute.

Very much male - Dry period refers to a sex drought that warranted viewing of Midnight Masala.

Surveys like this often need to be published with "balancing" data that will explain anomalies. So if this were accompanied by a "tendency to exaggerate/lie" survey, it might make more sense.