Survey: Young Canadians prefer 'virtual sex'

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[font style="font-weight: bold;" class="headline"]Young Canadians prefer 'virtual sex': survey[/font]            [font class="story"]YoungCanadians are digitizing their sex lives, embracing computer screensand touching keyboards ever so gently in lieu of person to personcontact, according to a new survey. [/font][/p][font class="story"]Some 87 percent of 2,484 students polled at 150 colleges anduniversities across Canada reported having "virtual sex" over instantmessenger, webcams or the telephone. [/font][/p][font class="story"]  [img]http://www.breitbart.com/images/2006/1/14/060214202406.jhahap3b/SGE.KYK59.140206204020.photo00.quicklook.default-199x245.jpg" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3"] [/font][/p][font class="story"]"We were very surprised that the number was so high," said Noah Gurzaof Toronto-based online dating service CampusKiss.com, whichcommissioned the Kiss and Tell survey. [/font][/p][font class="story"]             "It's a testament that the Internet has spawned a new sexual revolution." [/font][/p][font class="story"]Most of these students, aged 18 to 23 years, grew up using computersand continue to be surrounded by technology, whether for education,interacting with friends, or researching information, Gurza said. [/font][/p][font class="story"]"Using the Internet is second nature to them, so it makes sense that itwould extend to other aspects of their lives, including sexualexperiences," he said. [/font][/p][font class="story"] For some whofeel more comfortable approaching people online than at a bar "it's asocial lubricant," while others prefer the anonymity "to explore sex inways they wouldn't in real life," he added. [/font][/p][font class="story"]Fifty-one percent of respondents were female and 49 percent were male.Of these, 53 percent of students had sex over instant messenger while44 percent made love to a partner via webcam or telephone. [/font][/p][font class="story"]             The survey also asked people about their corporeal sex lives.  [/font][/p][font class="story"]Some 87 percent claimed they were sober when having sex, but eightpercent of men and four percent of women did not use any protectionagainst sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy, such as condoms. [/font][/p][font class="story"]Only 19 percent of men and nine percent of women preferred theso-called missionary position. "Pet friendly" or doggy style was mostliked by both men and women. [/font][/p][font class="story"]             Ninety-three percent have masturbated. [/font][/p][font class="story"]             Sixty-one percent watched porn while having sex. [/font][/p][font class="story"]             Half were monogamous. [/font][/p][font class="story"]And public washroom topped the list of strangest place to have had sex-- some 15 percent of respondents admitted to having done the deedamong toilets and sinks. [/font][/p][font class="story"] Graveyard,dumpster, bus, airport runway, and "back of my mom's car as she wasdriving it," rounded out the list of most peculiar sex spots. [/font][/p][font class="story"]            [/font]