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Online surveys are all the rage. CL is even busy running our own for Best of the Bay. Particularly with sex surveys, you can't help but wonder how accurate the findings are. For the most part, the sample group is composed of the same people who sign up for enter-to-win-contests on pop-up ads or who repost annoying Facebook surveys that describe what A-Team member or Golden Girl you would be.  Still, sex surveys are interesting because they reassure us that we're not alone in our deviant addictions.

After reviewing several online sex surveys, I've included the results of two below. The first is shocking because of how tame it is. The other will make your sex life seem about as adventurous as that of an Amish widow.

According to the 2004, ABC News' "Primetime Live" survey

57% of Americans have had sex outdoors

51% have discussed fantasies

48% of women have faked an orgasm

29% have had first-date sex

The finding I have an issue with is the claim that 42% of Americans are "sexually adventurous." How do you even define "sexual adventurousness," and why would you trust someone to accurately report this? People who say they're sexually adventurous usually mean that they once had sex on the couch with the window open. The real freaks are the quiet ones who think they're normal.

Also, this survey reports that 15% of American men, and 30% of single men 30 and up, have paid for sex. Again, how does ABC define "paying for sex." We've all paid for sex one way or another, whether it be by buying dinner or with an unplanned pregnancy.

Among people who are married, in a committed relationship, or divorced,

16% have cheated and 30% have fantasized about cheating

14% have had threesomes and 21% have fantasized about it

12% have had sex at work and 10% have fantasized about it.

What the hell do the rest of you people do at work if not fantasize about having a threesome in the janitor's closet while your spouse leaves messages on your office line?

As a counterpoint, I found this 2009 survey from Seattle's alternative weekly paper, The Stranger, (the home paper of syndicated sex writer Dan Savage). While this survey was based off of over 6,942 people, the majority of respondents were Seattle residents (i.e. hippie sympathizers).

Of married respondents

5% were currently cheating

14% were in an open relationship

81% were in a monogamous relationship

Of all respondents

95.29% have received oral sex

94.73% performed oral sex

86.3% had vaginal intercourse

61.91% done "light" bondage

46.08% had your butt fucked

46.04% been cheated on

42.86% cheated on your partner

33.22% sexted but refused to use the term "sexted" to describe it

21.02% had a butt plug in your butt

23.97% had sex you regretted while strung out on drugs

23.29% had sex with a vegetable or fruit

22.67% posted dirty photos online

19.19% masturbated with your webcam on

15.56 % peed on someone

12.85% been peed on

11.86% done hardcore bondage

11.32% snowballed

10.89% pegged some straight boy's butt

9.22% paid for sex

9.16% used Viagra, Levitra, or Cialis

6.8% been paid for sex

6.18% dated a sex worker romantically

5.75% gotten your straight boy ass pegged

5.26 % had sex on a webcam

5.17% posted dirty videos online

3.5% had sex with a homeless person

2.19% had sex with an animal

Check out more naughty sexual statistics from The Stranger.

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