Verified by The Male/Female Thing
Presents both male and female statistics, taken from the book 'The Great Divide,' on issues dealing with sex, drugs, crimes, work and money. Parents and sex; High school seniors; Mandatory drug testing; People who own a gun; People arrested forrunning away; People who own small businesses; More.
By D. Evanier published March 1, 1992 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016
Sex M F
People who think their mother engaged in premarital petting (99% of mothers engaged in premarital petting). 69% 63%
People who think their mother engages in oral- genital sex (49% of mothers engage in oral-genital sex). 30% 25%
People who think their father masturbates (93% of fathers masturbate). 73% 62%
People who think that their father engaged in premarital sex (92% of fathers engaged in premarital sex). 45% 33%
People who are more likely to refuse sex than their partners are. 22% 43%
People who have fantasized in the past year about being close, affectionate, or intimate with a member of the opposite sex. 88% 71%
People who have regular sex partners. 53% 25%
High school seniors who believe that having children is a very important value. 41% 56%
People who think having no children is part of the good life. 4% 3%
People who report that they are more in love with their partners since becoming a parent. 33% 44%
Teenagers who use birth control every time they have intercourse. 33% 34%
High school seniors who get a kick out of doing something dangerous. 45% 27%
Teenagers who never use birth control when they have intercourse. 30% 21%
Drugs M F
People who think that there should be mandatory drug testing of all current employees by their companies. 48% 55%
People who think that there should be mandatory drug testing for all adult Americans. 27% 33%
People who favor legalizing the sale of some drugs in order to make drug dealing less profitable and reduce crime associated with drug use. 35% 27%
People in fatal automobile accidents who were drunk. 28% 15%
Crimes M F
People arrested for arson. 86% 14%
People arrested for fraud. 57% 43%
People who own a gun. 47% 14%
People arrested for running away. 43% 57%
High school seniors who have stolen something worth over $50 in the past year. 9% 4%
People who keep their car windows rolled up when they would rather have them down on account of a fear of crime. 41% 56%
People afraid to walk at night within a mile of their residence. 26% 62%
People who have been hit by someone. 54% 21%
People who will be robbed in their lifetimes. 37% 22%
Work & Money M F
People who are secretaries. 1% 99%
People who are household cleaners or servants. 4% 96%
People who are nurses. 5% 95%
People who are social workers. 34% 66%
People who are bartenders. 50% 50%
People who are farm workers. 78% 22%
People who are dentists. 91% 9%
People who are fishers, hunters, or trappers. 91% 9%
Employed people who work full time. 86% 68%
People who went to work last weekend. 33% 20%
People who indulge themselves by taking a day off from work. 28% 22%
People aged 8-12 who want to be a doctor when they grow up. 6% 12%
People who are new doctors. 69% 31%
People who are senior executives in Fortune 500 companies. 98% 2%
People who own small businesses. 77% 22%
People who felt like quitting their job last month. 19% 16%
There are 3.1 million females and 4.1 million males working two or more jobs.
Four percent of women executives prefer a female boss; 29% of women executives prefer a male boss.
From The Great Divide by Daniel Evan Weiss. Copyright (c) 1991 by Daniel Evan Weiss. Reprinted by permission of Poseidon Press/Simon & Schuster Inc.
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