Women Do Not Enjoy Sex

starbelgrade · 01-11-2010 10:35AM #1

Or so says Stephen Fry....

The openly homosexual broadcaster said it was clear that women had no interest in sex from the fact that they do not go out seeking casual encounters in graveyards or on Hampstead Heath.

He claimed that women only go to bed with men “because sex is the price they are willing to pay for a relationship”. He said: "If women liked sex as much as men, there would be straight cruising areas in the way there are gay cruising areas. Women would go and hang around in churchyards thinking: 'God, I've got to get my f
rocks off', or they'd go to Hampstead Heath and meet strangers to shag behind a bush.

“It doesn't happen. Why? Because the only women you can have sex with like that wish to be paid for it."

He continued: "I feel sorry for straight men. The only reason women will have sex with them is that sex is the price they are willing to pay for a relationship with a man, which is what they want.

“Of course, a lot of women will deny this and say, 'Oh no, but I love sex, I love it!' But do they go around having it the way that gay men do?"

Link ; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8099784/Stephen-Fry-angers-feminists-by-claiming-women-do-not-enjoy-sex.html

Hmm. Has Fry got a point, or is he just trolling?

Basq · 01-11-2010 10:37AM

Wait.. wait..

.. wait a minute..

.. hold on..

.. but..

.. what...

.. hmmmm..

.. Stephen Fry is gay?

liah · 01-11-2010 10:38AM

EDIT: Figured as much.

http://twitter.com/#!/stephenfry

So some ****ing paper misquotes a humorous interview I gave, which itself misquoted me and now I'm the Antichrist. I give up.

Victor · 01-11-2010 10:40AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Or so says Stephen Fry

the well known satirist?

chin_grin · 01-11-2010 10:41AM

"women don't enjoy sex" says a gay man according to the press who like to pick up on every second word and run with it like it was the gods truth.

(Edited in light of the tweet above)

biko · 01-11-2010 10:43AM

So just because women don't act like gay men they don't like sex?
Logic fail from Fry.

prinz · 01-11-2010 10:45AM

More to do with the behaviour of certain gay men than straight women tbh. If that's what he is getting at he is 100% correct.

iguana · 01-11-2010 10:46AM

There aren't "straight cruising areas" like Hampstead Heath, etc because the whole world is a straight cruising area. I've been hit on in just about every area of my life and when I was single if I was interested in a man I would let him know my interest no matter where we were.

The reason that specific cruising areas for gay men came about is because it can be dangerous for a man to hit on another man if he isn't sure of his sexuality. In the past it was illegal and even now some people are so bigoted/homophobic that they treat a show of interest from someone of the same sex as a slur rather than a compliment.

Though I assume someone as obviously intelligent as Fry knows this and was making a joke which is being misrepresented.

daveyboy_1ie · 01-11-2010 10:48AM

Obviosly I am no expert, being a male n all but I would imagine its a lot to do with women of course like sex as much as men but women have a much more emotional attachment to sex and so the thoughts of quickies with random men would not appeal to the majority of women. The average single bloke would take it whilst they can and have no wish to consider the consequences.

Not all women are like that of course, the same as not all men like one night stands. But as a general rule of thumb I would say its not a bad one.

Snakeblood · 01-11-2010 10:49AM

daveyboy_1ie wrote: »

Obviosly I am no expert, being a male n all but I would imagine its a lot to do with women of course like sex as much as men but women have a much more emotional attachment to sex and so the thoughts of quickies with random men would not appeal to the majority of women. The average single bloke would take it whilst they can and have no wish to consider the consequences.

Not all women are like that of course, the same as not all men like one night stands. But as a general rule of thumb I would say its not a bad one.

I work under the assumption that whatever I think about women is wrong. It saves me being told.

Miguel_Sanchez · 01-11-2010 10:50AM

He was joking.

Joey the lips · 01-11-2010 10:51AM

i think thats a reasonable conclusion when you consider

men want it 5 times a day and women want it once a month....

Snakeblood · 01-11-2010 10:52AM

liah wrote: »

EDIT: Figured as much.

http://twitter.com/#!/stephenfry

If I was a celebrity I'd tape all my interviews and then release the tapes publicly if I felt I was misquoted.

See how some ****ing journalist likes trolling and leading questions being put out in the public domain to make them look like a heel.

N.B. Working under the assumption that S. Fry was genuinely misquoted.

hobochris · 01-11-2010 10:53AM

I have a few thoughts on this:

1. Stephen Fry must be **** in the sack.

2. Gay men, Straight men and women all tend to have different mindsets.

3. I've herd many a time 'In a relationship man needs sex to feel loved, a Woman needs to feel loved to have sex.'

4.Stephen Fry must be **** in the sack.

Ickle Magoo · 01-11-2010 10:55AM

Joey the lips wrote: »

i think thats a reasonable conclusion when you consider

men want it 5 times a day and women want it once a month....

Usually a clear case of quality dictating quantity...

liah · 01-11-2010 10:55AM

Yeah, as much as Fry may find women an alien species this does not seem at all like anything he would actually say with intent. He's a comedian and a very intelligent one at that, but everyone messes up. He's only human and happened to say something without thinking it through.

I'd imagine once he comes out of his swing he'll clear it up. It would be very odd for him to actually mean something like that.

PanchoVilla · 01-11-2010 10:55AM

Meh, who cares what he thinks? He's gay, what does he know about sex with women? It's like Hugh Hefner saying all gay men like to eat da poo poo.

Edit: And what's this obsession with Stephen Fry anyway? Ok, he's funny enough but he's not some sort of god or anything. I really hate this fúcking celebrity culture, it's drives me mental sometimes.

Basq · 01-11-2010 10:57AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

It's like Hugh Hefner saying all gay men like to eat da poo poo.

Hmmmm... Hugh Hefner is quite the wordsmith!

Joey the lips · 01-11-2010 10:58AM

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Usually a clear case of quality dictating quantity...

That says a lot about me so.....and not much about her!

I agree but tbh i would have a great imagination so would happily accept qty any day...

plus it does our ego wonders to refuse too much

PanchoVilla · 01-11-2010 11:00AM

basquille wrote: »

Hmmmm... Hugh Hefner is quite the wordsmith!

I see you haven't had the pleasure of watching the following video.

sensibleken · 01-11-2010 11:03AM

I laughed out loud when i read that in the guardian.

Hes a comedian, youre not ment to take it seriously ted. they might as well say 'Fry listens in on bar conversation, accuses an englishman, an irishman and a scotsman'

Capt'n Midnight · 01-11-2010 11:12AM

If only that misquote had been in the Daily Mail

KnifeWRENCH · 01-11-2010 11:12AM

Like people have said already, he was joking.

....but if he wasn't, then we'd have no choice but to agree and accept his word.

Stephen Fry > All of us.

CdeC · 01-11-2010 11:32AM

Women respond to sex in different ways and definitely have different priorities.,

He has a point but only in the way that I think women enjoy sex more if there is an emotional attachment involved whereas men seem to find it easier to seperate love and sex. But this is obviously a very general statement.

Thank god women don't behave like gay men. Every bar in the land would just be a dark room.

jackiebaron · 01-11-2010 11:41AM

Women don't go in search of casual sex near where they live because they don't want to be stigmatised as "easy" or "slutty" because of the unfortunate, well, stigmatisation that exists in our society. They don't want to get a bad reputation in their social circle. However when they head off to Ibiza or Magaluff they shag themselves silly and that's just fine by me, bless their little hearts. They can go off on an anonymous two-week booze and shag bender and nobody can tell me they are in search of a relationship.

iPlop · 01-11-2010 11:41AM

Stephen Fry hasn't a clue ,my missus loves it trust me;)

Ghost Train · 01-11-2010 11:42AM

Don't think you can generalize so much

Would dogging not be the equivalent to what Fry was talking about

iPlop · 01-11-2010 11:44AM

Ghost Train wrote: »

Don't think you can generalize so much

Would dogging not be the equivalent to what Fry was talking about

Good point ,I suppose it would

humanji · 01-11-2010 11:44AM

Hmmm, has Fry given up Twitter because of this?

Morlar · 01-11-2010 11:46AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

And what's this obsession with Stephen Fry anyway? Ok, he's funny enough but he's not some sort of god or anything. I really hate this fúcking celebrity culture, it's drives me mental sometimes.

There is a real cult of personality around him that I don't understand either. He was a lot funnier 20 yrs ago than he is now.

liah · 01-11-2010 11:47AM

I doubt it.. have a feeling he's probably on a "down."

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