Every sex study that comes out seems to fall into two camps. One is stuffed with cheesy, "relatable" graphics that end up talking down to young adults. The other packs too much irrelevant information into a dry, overly serious format. Either way, you walk away, well, unsatisfied. The new Sexperience 1000, a survey of 1,000 sexually active Brits, avoids all the cliches, with timely content packaged in a vibrant interactive experience that invites plenty of exploration. Ahem.
The interactive site is part of the Sexperience project mounted byChannel 4, the U.K.'s public service television station. Sexperience hopes to highlight true stories about everything from masturbation to contraception to help people understand what's right for them. While the Sexperience site includes content like message boards and videos (which can't be seen in the U.S.), the Sexperience 1000 is, in a way, the most helpful piece of information because it allows a user to slice and dice the experiences of the respondents and learn that there's no such thing as normal.
The brilliance in the Sexperience 1000 interface is that instead of transforming the data into impersonal blocks of data, each person who answered the questions is turned into an anthropomorphized symbol that appears to almost walk into formation around their answers.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
To the top is a menu that organizes the answers to questions ranging from "How many different sexual partners have you had?" to "Have you ever cheated on a partner?"
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
To the right hand side is a menu that allows users to filter the results by sex, age, education, even the kind of car they drive.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
A click of the menu highlights the filtered results; here the men get colored blue while the rest are rendered gray.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
But here's one of the coolest features. If you click on a single character, you can see all their answers.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
And after you select a particular "person," you can also choose to follow them throughout the data sets. These ones I've selected turn into the yellow characters in some of the graphs.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
This feature is especially useful for people who may want to know how their own behavior tracks. I can imagine someone trying to find someone with a similar age and experience to compare themselves to across the questions. Or maybe learn that doggy style isn't as rare as one would think.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
But even for those of us not worried about how many people our age are doing it, the Sexperience 1000 is fascinating fun. Like discovering the fact that classical music fans aren't so interested in role playing.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
People who shop at the grocery chain Waitrose may or may not be cheating on their partners.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
Single women are very conscious about their body image.
[Click To View The Sexperience Interactive ]
And, of course, the majority of people who masturbate once a day (or more) are male.
COMMENTARY: I found the results of the Sexperience survey very eye-opening. The number of individuals who masturbated definitely outnumbered those that did not at all or refused to answer. Basically, about 85% of Brits masturbate or exercising self-pleasure. Hehehe. Ladies, if you need any help with technique, please let me know.
I was surprised to discover that the number of Brits who did NOT cheat on their partner outnumbered those that did by at least 2-to-1. I think some partners have discovered that self-masturbation is a whole lot less risky than cheating.
I also found it hilarious and surprising that many Brits would like to try bondage & discipline (B&D) and Sadomasochism (S&M). I've discovered that some chicks like tying up and whipping their partners. It's "payback time" for the females. A way for females to let their male partner know that they maybe in charge at work, but now they are in charge. Take it to them.
I read that Butt spanking can be very pleasurable, and women seem to like that too. I've noticed that mature females have a surprised look on their face, when its done to them, but then they purrr afterwards. spank, spank, spank... To "oil, or not to oil", that is the question. A good Longo or Thai ball massage can work wonders after a long day at the office or to relieve the stress of the day.
I love how those "pink" (females) and "blue" (males) animated figures "scurry" around the screen in that interactive Sexperience chart. The Brits really are a lot more sexually liberated than I thought. I especially love their accent. Thanks Sexperience for designing that infographic. It will become one of my all-time favorites.
Courtesy of an article dated December 31, 1969 appearing in Fast Company Design
Oh man… How did I ever not read your articles before? Do you write articles on only this topic or do you write on many others as well. How and where can I find your articles so that I read them and gain the knowledge on the same, because I just love the way you write.
Posted by: | 06/29/2012 at 02:40 AM