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[Ender]

Male Science 'Nerds' Most Likely To Be Virgins, Study Says

At the other end of the spectrum, female arts students ranked as the most sexually active.

The study of 16 to 25-year-olds, published in the journal Sexual Health, said: "Males in the study were less likely to have had sex as a group compared to the group of females in the sample.

"Science students were also less likely to have had sex compared to their counterparts in other faculties."

Sydney-based psychotherapist Stephen Carroll said cultural factors would have played a role in the results, because many international students come to Australia to study science.

"Boys also start having sex later than girls," Dr Carroll said.

The work ethic of science students, and their devotion to the lab, kept them out environments where they would meet women, he said.

"And who are the people at unis that go to the rave parties and the bar?

"It's not the nerdy boy science students.

"They're carrying on doing their experiments, going to the library or doing their assignments."

However, the finding have been vigorously disputed by male science graduates.

Dr Chris Ganora, who studied science for three years, denied the subject put an end to all romantic pursuits.

"Although we may have been a little nerdier than the other students, let's just say the gender ratio wasn't as bad as engineering," he said.

More female students (78 per cent) than male (22 per cent) agreed to take part in the survey.

The study also charted student knowledge of sexually-transmitted disease chlamydia.

Researcher Melissa Kang had previously found that infection rates in women aged 20 to 24 quadrupled from 335 cases per 100,000 people in 1999, to 1,300 per 100,000 people last year.

However, the finding have been vigorously disputed by male science graduates.

"No, really, we're having TONS of sex! Boobs are like bags of sand..."

[aerius]

At the other end of the spectrum, female arts students ranked as the most sexually active.

I can't say I needed a study to tell me that arts chicks are easy, but it's nice to know I now have scientific proof of this trend. I can just picture myself in around 20 years or so, "son, if you're looking to score some chicks you wanna go fish in the arts faculty, and here's why..."

[salm]

While the gender ration in engeneering might be worse it has allways struck me as if engineers weren´t particularily nerdy as opposed to scientists. The civil engineers were right next to our one on the campus and they had quite some kick ass parties. I also know a whole bunch of mechanical engineers and non of them is a nerd.
Do you have the same experience or is this a national thing?

[Duckie]

It might be because Engineering is always associated with Technicians and Mechanics, rather incorrectly save that they both work on machines (at least Mechanical Engineers). I mentioned that I'm an engineering student and some guy said he was impressed I work on cars. (Ignoring that 'Women can't work on cars', I was more shocked about the whole 'doesn't know what engineering is').

I've noted that there's about a 1 out of 6, maybe 1 out of 8 ratio for undergrad female engineering students. It's not as massive a disparity as you'd figure. Engineering as some massively geeky phenomenon where even math and physics departments are more likely to get laid is probably untrue.

That said, Engineers probably attend less parties the longer they go on in school because of courseload, which probably explains why Arts students can afford to go to parties and be sexed easily instead of sitting around attempting to do differential equations.

[Yes, it's true- Duckie the Linguist is in fact a Civil Engineering Major. Radix desipientiarum est cupiditas. ]

[Solauren]

I need to show this to a friend of mine that keeps complaining he doesn't have a girlfriend, and is considering taking art classes.

[Kanastrous]

For sure. Half the reason I pursued a visual arts major.

[Darth Wong]

Ignorant and unemployed trailer trash probably have lots of sex at a young age too. It's not necessarily a good thing to say that a young man has so much free time on his hands that he can constantly pursue women.

[Kanastrous]

Ignorant and unemployed trailer trash probably have lots of sex at a young age too. It's not necessarily a good thing to say that a young man has so much free time on his hands that he can constantly pursue women.

An alternate interpretation is that it's less a matter of free time for pursuit, than of more successful pursuits thanks to the quarry being more amenable to getting caught.

[Darth Wong]

Ignorant and unemployed trailer trash probably have lots of sex at a young age too. It's not necessarily a good thing to say that a young man has so much free time on his hands that he can constantly pursue women.

An alternate interpretation is that it's less a matter of free time for pursuit, than of more successful pursuits thanks to the quarry being more amenable to getting caught.

Irrelevant to the point. People were drawing the connection that people should choose an educational major which helps you get laid right now, which is childish, short-sighted, and stupid. I made the point that you could just as easily argue for being a trailer trash high school dropout using those criteria.

[Alyrium Denryle]

Well as a case in point for the OP. I can count the number of times I did... anything... as a dedicated undergraduate in biology on one hand. I lived like a monk. Most weekends were spent in the lab as were days after class. I literally did not have the free time to devote to pretending to maximize my reproductive success. Now I am a graduate student and my prospects for mating statistically get worse

[The Guid]

The fact is science students HAVE to work hard. Arts majors CAN work hard, and many do put in gruelling hours, but you can get away with not and still get quite reasonable grades. Every other fact is pretty irrelevant to the above; you could make a case that arts students are more likely to meet women in class and so that initial "hello" stage is slightly easier.

Is anyone else vaguely depressed that the headline is "Huh huh look who has sex"? When there are some quite depressing facts on STDs which are demoted to a footnote? I can't help but think that in a world that was half decent it would be the other way round.

[Coyote]

See, the Engineers are taking the long view. Work now, get the degree... sure, folks bag on you while you're in school. But, after school, when all the guys who coasted through on sports scholarships are becoming managers of retail outlets, the Engineer guys are landing the big money jobs.

Before you know it, the cheerleaders that used to roll over for the jocks are the ones passing on mini-copies of the Engineer's DNA while the washed-out jock who burned up all his points in school are having to contend themselves with the consolation prize.

Heh.

[Ford Prefect]

Personally, what astounds me most is that Dr. Carroll actually said 'nerdy boy science students'. Also, wouldn't the fact that 78% of the responses came from females rather skew the results? I mean, it says that female arts students have the most sex. While this fits surprisingly well with my view of the world, at the same time I wonder just how many more female arts students answered the question compared to other faculties.

[Justforfun000]

Is anyone else vaguely depressed that the headline is "Huh huh look who has sex"? When there are some quite depressing facts on STDs which are demoted to a footnote? I can't help but think that in a world that was half decent it would be the other way round.

I dunno...sometimes I get so sick of reading about STD's contantly being shoved in your face, (no pun intended) that I think it's refreshing every now and then to read something about sex that doesn't ALWAYS have to bring up that kind of negative and depressing shit that is still only an incidental and (hopefully) preventable problem.