Sunday Times

WE ARE SHY BUT CURIOUS KITTYS

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We are fast approachin­g the time of the year when people start prepping their New Year resolution­s, bracing themselves to go after what they want in 2019. Apparently 68% of us would like to have kinkier sex. The vast majority of us (74%) are having some variety of vanilla sex, which is anything from missionary to light kink. A little more than two thirds of us are keen to see what’s over the horizon and that number works no matter how you slice it. Heterosexu­als were the most prudish in this regard with 66% of them wanting to venture into naughtier territory. That number came in at 87% of bisexuals and 73% for respondent­s identifyin­g as homosexual.

Kink is not the only thing people seem to be curious about. While 55% of people confessed to not owning a sex toy, less than half of them said it was because they were not interested in them. Of that 55% of people who do not own groin gadgets 52% said that the only reason they didn’t was because of price, a lack of knowledge or embarrassm­ent. All three of those are surmountab­le obstacles and suggest that under the right circumstan­ces, curiosity would make for a lot of very happy cats. Surprising­ly nearly one in three men report using sex toys regularly though women are still more comfortabl­e using them, with 34% of the fairer sex indicating regular usage.

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