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Interesting Facts
Tickle tests are created by a staff of PhDs collaborating with experts in their respective fields. Led by Dr. Jennifer Bruning Brown, a team of psychologists from Harvard, Yale, Duke, Northeastern, Washington University in St. Louis, University at Albany, SUNY and The University of Kansas, have produced the highest quality and most scientific tests available on the Internet, meeting standards on par with the academic world.
Tickle's tests help members learn about themselves, improve themselves, and communicate with others about who they are. Tickle members have answered more than 6 billion test questions since the company was founded in 1999. What can you learn from all this data? Quite a lot - read on!
What happened to the goodnight kiss?
Test takers' attitudes regarding sex on the first date are getting more lenient over time. In 2000, only 50% of test takers felt it was okay to have sex on the first date. Since then that number has climbed steadily, reaching 57% in 2003. Men are about 1.5 times more likely to report that sex on the first date is okay. This is based on a sample of 577,000 people.
Not getting over it
Women are more likely than men to resent their mothers - 26% of women and 19% of men resent their mothers. Feelings of resentment fluctuate over time.
What turns you on?
When asked "What's the best way to seduce you?" 56% of women said a massage is the best bet, while men (37%) would prefer their partner "wear something stunning." 30% of men prefer small breasts; 2% nearly require it. 62% of men prefer large breasts.
As for the size of the penis, 67% of women prefer a larger penis to a smaller one. But nearly 10% of women have a strong preference for smaller penises.
I’ll do that for $1!
When asked how much someone would have to pay them to run around the block naked, we found that men were almost twice as likely to do it for $100 or less and women were more than twice as likely to say they would not do it for any amount of money. The older the respondents, the less likely they were to do it. In fact, by age 60, members were not willing to take off their clothes to receive the cash.
Do people outgrow jealousy?
76% of men and 69% of women agree that they can be a jealous person. 24% of women and 10% of men say they have followed or stalked someone they had strong feelings for. Jealousy appears to be a less strongly held emotion over time, however; the older you are, the less likely you are to say that you can be a jealous person.
Do you see children in your date’s Eyes?
63% of women and 53% of men admit to having thought about what their kids would look like after only a first or second date together.
Sexual standards vary between sexes
46% of women say that they can't enjoy sex with someone who isn't their intellectual equal or better. 27% of men feel the same way.
Do you have an Oedipus complex?
24% of women and 14% of men say that they have dated someone who reminded them of their mother.
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