Sext, Interrupted: After 18 Years, Results Of Sexxy Library Survey Released
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Sext, Interrupted: After 18 Years, Results Of Sexxy Library Survey Revealed
CALL IT SEXT, INTERRUPTED.
Eighteen years after Will Manley published a sexxy questionnaire that got him fired from the Wilson Library Bulletin, the retired librarian has published his anti-climatic findings in an online column.
In 1992, Manley then a columnist for the Bulletin, drafted a questionnaire that asked librarians all sorts of personal questions such as how old they were when they first got laid, how many sex partners they had, and whether or not they though their libraries should carry Playboy.
But before he could compile the results, Manley was canned and the unsold copies of the magazine destroyed.
A few days ago, the now-retired librarian revealed the findings of the questionnaire, which he claims was returned by 5,000 librarians.
The results shed no light on how librarians’ compare to the general population. But they’re noteworthy anyway because this is the first time the words “sex” and “librarians” have simultaneously been the subject of public discourse. (Of course, if anyone else knows of any other studies involving sex and librarians, please make haste and let us know.)
Among the results:
61 % felt that libraries should label their videotapes with G, PG, Pg-13, R, NC-17, and X ratings. 39% felt that they should not give labels.
22% of the respondents felt that libraries should have condom dispensers in their bathrooms.
20% of the respondents felt that sex without love is by definition bad sex.
82% of the respondents felt that Anita Hill told the truth in the Senate Judiciary Hearings.
38% of the respondents classified their sex life as a “romance”; 31% as a fantasy; 22% as a comedy, and 9% as a tragedy.
63% of librarians had had sex a car; 57% in a sleazy motel room; 52% sleeping bag; 43% kitchen floor; 32% hot tub; 20% library; 7% airplane; 8% elevator.
Manley writes columns for Booklists. You can check out full list of results on his blog. Then go visit your local library, but do not under any circumstance confuse the reference librarian's helpfulness as a come-on!
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