The Pansexual

Life satisfaction: High

Sensuality: High

Eroticism: High

198 persons per 1,000

45 percent women, 55 percent men

These people take life at the crest. They are happy with all aspects of their lives. They like themselves and the way their bodies look. They have sex frequently with a partner, and they are happy, whether single or married. They believe they are great lovers and find it easy to talk to their partners about sex.

We call them pansexual because they take sex in all forms. Very sensual, they are aroused by traditional foreplay. But they enjoy more erotic activities as well, such as pornography, erotic fantasy, and oral sex. In addition to frequent sex with a partner, they often masturbate. To them, sex is very important.

The Satisfied Erotic

Life satisfaction: High

Sensuality: Low

Eroticism: High

117 persons per 1,000

30 percent women, 70 percent men

To be aroused, these people need special stimulation. They are intense about their sexual experimentation; they like fantasy and pornography and other erotic activities. They are particular about what they need to complete the sex act.

Kissing, hugging, and other sensual activities do little for them. But they are very happy with themselves and their lives, whether married or single. They have sex often, both with a partner and by themselves. One of five Satisfied Erotics has had some homosexual experience. (Only the Lonely Erotics had as much homosexual experience.) Although men predominate by a larger than two-to-one margin, one Satisfied Erotic of three is a woman.

The Unsatisfied Erotic

Life satisfaction: Low

Sensuality: High

Eroticism: High

127 persons per 1,000

51 percent women, 49 percent men

The men and women of this group I take sex wherever they can get it. For them, sex is very important, yet they are unhappy with their sex lives and with their lives in general, including the way they look. They are aroused by both sensual behavior and erotic activities. For all their arousability, however, they are more likely to masturbate than to have sex with others. Frustrated and seeking arousal by any means, they want sex frequently but cannot get it.

A 47-year-old divorced man wrote on his questionnaire, “I like a variety of experimentation and adventures. I find difficulty in finding someone of quality who has similar sexual tastes.” In his lifetime, this Unsatisfied Erotic has had 45 sex partners.

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