Repost, statistics, boys kissing
Dec. 8th, 2005 10:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
featherynscaleOK. Here's the deal, because there's nobody in the office today and I can spend the time to type this all out again. This morning, I made a poll. LJ ate it. It was about boys kissing, and I am sad to see that it has gone. So I thought, perhaps I'll talk about the results from the last poll, the one about showing your bits for art, because that was interesting in parts...
So, first things first. I asked two questions. Question A was "If I asked you to send me a picture of your bits, and said it was for artistic purposes, would you believe that?". Question B was "Would you, in fact, send the pictures?".
Now, 40 people responded, and about 75% of them would believe me, which is fun, because if I said that, I wouldn't even believe me. So everybody trusts my good intentions more than I do. 50% said they would send the pics, which is a higher number than I expected, but okay.
Breaking it down by gender, 23 respondents were gentlemen, and 17 were ladies (the first time I typed this, I used the P word, like that thing that "mightier than the sword", and I think that might be why LJ ate the post...maybe). So those are pretty good numbers, but I digress. Men were more likely than women to believe me (87% vs. 59%), and also more likely to send pictures (61% vs 35%). And that was about what I expected.
So I decided to compare answers A&B, and then sort that by gender. Overall, it looked like this:
38% believed me, and would send pics.
38% believed me, but wouldn't play.
13% didn't believe me, but would show me anyway.
13% didn't believe me, and declined to send pics.
It's more interesting broken out by gender:
Among men,
52% believed me, and would send pics.
35% believed me, but wouldn't play.
9% didn't believe me, but would show me anyway.
4% didn't believe me, and declined to send pics.
Among women,
18% believed me, and would send pics.
41% believed me, but wouldn't play.
18% didn't believe me, but would show me anyway.
24% didn't believe me, and declined to send pics.
Now, I'd like to call attention to the third case, doesn't believe but would send pics. Anybody see anything unlikely in there? Discuss. :)
Also, if anybody would like to discuss their attitudes and reactions to boys kissing (or girls kissing, or boys and girls kissing), even though the poll has vanished into the ether, that would also be welcome here.
So, first things first. I asked two questions. Question A was "If I asked you to send me a picture of your bits, and said it was for artistic purposes, would you believe that?". Question B was "Would you, in fact, send the pictures?".
Now, 40 people responded, and about 75% of them would believe me, which is fun, because if I said that, I wouldn't even believe me. So everybody trusts my good intentions more than I do. 50% said they would send the pics, which is a higher number than I expected, but okay.
Breaking it down by gender, 23 respondents were gentlemen, and 17 were ladies (the first time I typed this, I used the P word, like that thing that "mightier than the sword", and I think that might be why LJ ate the post...maybe). So those are pretty good numbers, but I digress. Men were more likely than women to believe me (87% vs. 59%), and also more likely to send pictures (61% vs 35%). And that was about what I expected.
So I decided to compare answers A&B, and then sort that by gender. Overall, it looked like this:
38% believed me, and would send pics.
38% believed me, but wouldn't play.
13% didn't believe me, but would show me anyway.
13% didn't believe me, and declined to send pics.
It's more interesting broken out by gender:
Among men,
52% believed me, and would send pics.
35% believed me, but wouldn't play.
9% didn't believe me, but would show me anyway.
4% didn't believe me, and declined to send pics.
Among women,
18% believed me, and would send pics.
41% believed me, but wouldn't play.
18% didn't believe me, but would show me anyway.
24% didn't believe me, and declined to send pics.
Now, I'd like to call attention to the third case, doesn't believe but would send pics. Anybody see anything unlikely in there? Discuss. :)
Also, if anybody would like to discuss their attitudes and reactions to boys kissing (or girls kissing, or boys and girls kissing), even though the poll has vanished into the ether, that would also be welcome here.
