HOW WE 'DO IT'

January 17, 2007 -- Birds do it, bees do it, and American men and woman certainly enjoy doing it - but often in very different ways.

That's the finding of a new survey of sexual habits, desires and quirks in the United States being published jointly this month by Esquire and Marie Claire, two magazines normally tailored to the separate interests of men and women.

The random-sample survey - of more than 1,700 people between the ages of 21 and 49 - found that 90 percent of American men and 94 percent of women are having sex five or fewer times per week.

But they're often not "doing it" with their spouses or significant others. Nearly 50 percent of men said they have cheated - or would do so, given the chance - while just 34 percent of women answered "yes" to that question.

And when asked, "What do you want more of?" men had a clear preference for oral sex - performed on them, of course - while women craved an erotic massage. Men, on average, have had sex with 14 people in their life, three more than the average woman.

Women said they surfed the 'Net for pornography for 11/2 hours per week, while the average man lingered online about an hour longer to leer at lusty images - and was more than twice as likely to peruse porn at work.

The genders also diverge when it comes to preferred sexual positions.

Doggy-style was the preferred randy position for 31 percent of men, while the same percentage of women said they preferred the plain-vanilla missionary position.

Sexual tastes also apparently are tied with one's political leaning, according to the survey. Republican men are more likely to want to have a woman on top of them during sex, while Democratic guys favor doggy-style.

When it comes to checking out new frontiers, 35 percent of women said they'd be willing to try sex on a plane and 13 percent said they'd tackle an orgy.

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