Geeks Dig Sex Toys, Make the Best Lovers

One of my closest online friends called me a “dork” today, and I wear the title proudly. She wasn’t talking about a whale penis, either.

I am a nerd, and always have been. Since nerds of a feather flock together… I’m also married to an IT professional.

I can’t say I was shocked to see the findings of an anonymous survey, conducted by www.PS3PriceCompare.co.uk, of 2,000 British men and women. It turns out IT workers make the best, most unselfish lovers. They are also the most likely, amongst those polled, to use sex toys.

The survey asked about whose pleasure is more important in the bedroom, the frequency of sex, and the respondents’ willingness to use sex toys.

In the question about the least selfish lovers (that is, those who said their partner’s pleasure was more important than their own), IT workers came out on top, with 82 % saying that’s the case. Seventy-four percent of office workers claim to be selfless in the bedroom, and 70 % of workers in the healthcare industry. That last statistic makes sense, as health care workers are naturally nurturing and giving. This article in the British tabloid, The Sun, shows the rest of the list.

So why are geeks better in bed?

It may come down to more Kevin Smith wisdom. As Rosario Dawson’s character in Clerks II said, “Ugly guys have to try harder.” The same goes for geeks. They know they don’t necessarily “have it all,” sothey work with what they’ve got. And they know how to work it—with attentiveness and tender loving care.

Blogger Ashley Nelson, over at Divine Caroline, has her own reasons for loving geeks. In essence, it comes down to being attracted to guys we can relate to.

Ashley, myself, and countless other women all want guys we can laugh with. Guys with just a little bit of the underdog in them, making them lovable and easy to root for. Guys who can reconnect our wireless network when it inexplicably goes down two hours before a major work deadline…True story, that last one.

Why do nerds dig vibes?

Even more interesting than IT workers making the best lovers were the survey responses indicating IT workers were the most likely (78 %) to use sex toys. Can we take the easy way out and say they’re just comfortable around technology? Something like the Beyond 2000 GX4 probably sounds uber-cool to your favorite gadget-loving geek. And who knows? He may even try to mod your ohMiBod to make it even more powerful.

But, beyond an attraction to cool tech toys, I think it comes down, again, to the confidence issue.

If a guy has made it to adulthood as a geek, most of the stigma attached to the stereotype in high school has faded away. He’s survived the atomic wedgies and all the teasing to emerge a stronger man. Geeks won’t be intimidated by the Clitapatra Twister or the Deep Stroker Rabbit.

Geeks get IT Done Right

Oddly, with all their positive attributes in the bedroom, only 38 % of nerds reported having sex more than three times a week. Office workers topped the frequency list at 53 %, ahead of sports and fitness industry professionals, at 47%.

Could it be that since nerds take more time, are more adventurous, and pay more attention to their lovers, they’re just more focused on quality than quantity? Or maybe they’re just spending more time focused on their lady’s needs – like that damn buggy wireless connection!