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From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
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Subject: Redbook Survey
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Date: Wed, 25-Jul-84 21:08:15 EDT
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Summary of previous postings:  Paul DuBois concludes 
that because a Redbook Survey states that "those women who rated themselves
as *deeply religious* were the ones who enjoyed sex the most" 

> one might observe that the nonesense about the Christian ethic is that 
> Christians are the ones with an unhealthy attitude about sex

Rsk the Wombat calls it a "blatant piece of bullshit".

Jeff wonders why:
> 100,000 respondents makes for a reasonably trustworthy survey, I should
> think.

Now I don't want to venture any opinions about the Christian attitudes toward
sex.  (To try to generalize anything about Christians, except perhaps that 
they profess to follow the teachings of Christ, is a mistake.  They come in
too many varieties.)

But you do have to take into account what kind of women are going to respond
to a Redbook survey.  This magazine is aimed at the mainstream young married
mother type.  While I would not completely condemn the results of the survey
based on this, I would certainly consider its' inherent biases.

Moira Mallison
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