Creativity linked to sexual success

[dr_mabeuse]

Correlating the number of sex partners with sexual prowess is kind of like correlating the number of cars a person's owned with their driving ability. It makes no sense to me.

I have no doubt that creative types might have more sex partners than non-creative types, but as the article says, they also have more mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse (writers lead the pack as juicers, by the way) and general emotional and material instability in their lives.

Besides, I've always associated sex drive with quantity, not quality. You can be a maniac with one woman all your life, or you can be a dud with fifty or a hundred. Who's got the higher sex drive?

No. I'd just say that more creative types have more creative lives in general, which includes sex and everything else. That should come as no surprise to anyone.

 

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[R. Richard]

late breaking news!
Rock stars have more sex partners than 3rd chair concert violinists.

Pro Quarterbacks have more sex partners than me.

Quarterbacks must be creative poets..and rock stars would be great footbal players....or sumthin'

The average rock star would last precisely one play in a pro football game.

Pro quarterbacks get sex partners because pro quarterbacks earn a lot of money.

Running backs get ladies because running backs be STUDS! [Whazzat? Yeah, I was a running back but that has nothing to do with what I just said. What I just said is fact!]

 

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[The_Fool]

See, I told you I was no poet...

 

[elsol]

Uh...maybe the relationship is

Creative people tend to be creative lovers.

Creative lovers tent to be 'better' lovers.

Better lovers tend to attract 'more' lovers.

How do better lovers attract 'more' lovers?

If she ain't a lesbian, she'll get off with me... and if she is a lesbian, I'll wear a fucking wig and she'll still get off.

The oppossite sex can smell, see, and hear the confidence. I know Lisa walks like she could fuck me dry... Oh, god I wish she would try!

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

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[The_Fool]

Uh...maybe the relationship is

Creative people tend to be creative lovers.

Creative lovers tent to be 'better' lovers.

Better lovers tend to attract 'more' lovers.

How do better lovers attract 'more' lovers?

If she ain't a lesbian, she'll get off with me... and if she is a lesbian, I'll wear a fucking wig and she'll still get off.

The oppossite sex can smell, see, and hear the confidence. I know Lisa walks like she could fuck me dry... Oh, god I wish she would try!

Sincerely,
ElSol

There is something going on in that causal analysis, but I can't quite get there from here....

 

[elsol]

"studies" like these always remind me of the ad in a National Lampoon mag...for an Asshole enlarger...because as you may have noticed, the chicks always go for the biggest assholes.


"Our study has shown that big assholes are very appealling to young women."

Young women don't have a measure of success other than 'confidence' and 'athletics'... thus the appeal of assholes and athletes to younger women.

As they get older, I notice they have a stated preference for billionaires.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[sophia jane]

See, I told you I was no poet...

Not true. Your poetry would easily get me into bed.

 

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[elsol]

big asshole billionaires?

Ever met a billionaire who wasn't an asshole?

I've met a couple... they were assholes.

The only question is who were the bigger assholes...

The Self-made billionaires or the ones who inherited it.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

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[Huckleman2000]

Ever met a billionaire who wasn't an asshole?

I've met a couple... they were assholes.

The only question is who were the bigger assholes...

The Self-made billionaires or the ones who inherited it.

Sincerely,
ElSol

I second this, with one exception. This guy was more like an Asian math professor, which he was. As it happens, he also turned out to be a bit of a megalomaniac, but his assholiness wasn't immediately apparent, coming from academia. Academic assholes generally peak at achieving tenure. Leaving academia gives the air of once having had concern for others' development, at least at some level.

Nowadays, I think that a millionaire ex-academic may still have redeemable qualities. Much over 7 figures, though, and surely by 10, anyone is an asshole.

 

[BlackSnake]

Could it be that artists and poets need more stimulation?

 

[Huckleman2000]

Could it be that artists and poets need more stimulation?

I, for one, am in definite need of more stimulation.

 

[yui]

I, for one, am in definite need of more stimulation.

Manual or intellectual?

I was talking about the car! Um, I mean, manual or automatic? *cough*

 

[Huckleman2000]

Manual or intellectual?

I was talking about the car! Um, I mean, manual or automatic? *cough*

My Subaru is a 5-speed manual. Driving it requires a feather touch.

 

[yui]

My Subaru is a 5-speed manual. Driving it requires a feather touch.

You're good. And stop saying "Subaru," that's just cheating!

Actually, I have known at least one billionaire who wasn't an asshole. He had a politician's slickness, so I found him untrustworthy, but he was very nice. Sold his share of his business for 1.7 billion; makes my tummy hurt to think of that much money.

 

[Huckleman2000]

You're good. And stop saying "Subaru," that's just cheating!

Actually, I have known at least one billionaire who wasn't an asshole. He had a politician's slickness, so I found him untrustworthy, but he was very nice. Sold his share of his business for 1.7 billion; makes my tummy hurt to think of that much money.

I have theory I'd like to test. You know how they say that using your tongue to draw the alphabet is a failsafe cunnilingus technique? I think spelling "Subaru" repeated over and over gets right to the point. I mean, who needs an "L", especially lower case?? Is "lllllllll" good technique? It certainly lacks literary flair.

 

[Pure]

Sweetsub,

did you say 'success' or 'excess'?

 

[elsol]

You're good. And stop saying "Subaru," that's just cheating!

Actually, I have known at least one billionaire who wasn't an asshole. He had a politician's slickness, so I found him untrustworthy, but he was very nice. Sold his share of his business for 1.7 billion; makes my tummy hurt to think of that much money.

Makes me hard...

But that could be you.


Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[amicus]

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Pablo Picasso, Lord Byron and Dylan Thomas had more in common than simple creativity. They also had active sex lives, which researchers say was no coincidence.

Psychologists at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University in Britain found that professional artists and poets have about twice as many partners as other people.

Complete article follows -

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/30/creativity.sex.reut/


Let the games begin.

And thus the games began....from the article: "..."We found it in both the men and women which was quite a surprise to us," said Nettle, who reported the finding in the journal "The Proceedings of the Royal Society (B)."

Not much of an article, Sweets. Not your fault of course, and it could have lead to an interesting discussion but rather degenerated quickly and most likely can't be salvaged.

It seems to me a rather shallow approach to understanding creativity and sexuality. The surface level seems to treat sexual activity as intended for pleasure and entertainment only. While it is certainly that, the interaction between men and women, creative and not, is far more complex than either the quantity or quality of sexual partners an individual has.

You will note the extraction and quote I made concerning 'both men and women', which, they stated, 'came as a surprise'.

I am sure you hissed when I chose to quote that portion and I have rather a different opinion than most on the equality of the sexes.

There are so many levels, I really don't know where to begin. The 'libido' is that portion of the human psyche that deals with sexual instinct and desire. It is common to all, but exists in greater or lesser degrees in each.

It is a boon to the ego to be found sexually attractive to the opposite sex(never mind, not going there) and it begins early in life.

Expressing that sexual attractiveness by consumation of a sexual act is and has always been partially a social and circumstantial process.

There is a most exciting world of artists and musicians, actors and actresses, the bright lights, the stage, the playground of the young, usually, but not always.

There is also a very exciting time in young life of sexual innocence and experimentation, also in some societies, carefully monitored by custom and rules.

Not sure if you wanted a serious discussion or just tiddlywinks. We shall see.


amicus...

 

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