A research group I’ve never heard of has released a study on gay men and their sexual behaviors, based on data collected from M4M ads on Craiglist. The results should be reliable!
First, people are liars. People on the internet? Even bigger liars. And that this group, “Homodachi Research,” analyzed only the headlines from nearly 50,000 M4M ads in major cities across the United States makes me even more skeptical. Because you gotta have a catchy headline in order for people to click thru! (Would you even be reading this if it weren’t for the words “bareback” and “cock”?) Why should the M4M ads’ headlines be enough to accurately measure the actual content of someone’s ad? Maybe someone is a top in their headline, but they’re vers (i.e., a bottom) once you get to the body of the post. Also, a headline could be used to describe what someone is searching for, not who they are.
Oh. There’s a disclaimer:
All results are exploratory and should not be taken at face-value. To reiterate, this report is intended to stir researchers in culture, sexuality, psychology, sociology, gender studies and public health to take a second look at Web 2.0 and user-generated content as a rich source of data.
OK then! It’s just for fun. The results:
Biggest Dicks: Los Angeles
Smallest Dicks: Houston
Most Barebackers: Denver
Least Barebackers: Boston
Most Straight Guys: Los Angeles
Most Drug Use: New York, San Francisco
Least Drug Use: Detroit
Most Group Sex: Chicago
Most Tops: New York
Most Bottoms: Houston
Most Fat Guys: Seattle
Most Bears: Miami
Most Poz Guys: Portland
Least Poz Guys: Boston
Most Uses Of The Word “Cum”: Sacramento
More results here. I’m off to Sacramento.
Oh wow, Portland wins many braggy awards for most this and that but most Poz eats the cake
Least drug use went to Detroit? I think that discredits everything!
Most Tops/Closet Power Bottoms: New York
it should be “fewest” not “least”
Least Barebackers – Least Poz Guys – Boston….need I say more?
Umm…who would have thought? I hope others will get the correlation!
As an Angeleno, I can attest to that most of the “straight” guys who are curious often live in West Hollywood and Silver Lake and can’t use rulers.
I guess Houston should be heaven for top guys with all of the bottoms supposedly around town. If that’s the case I missing out.
Well, this “Detroit” sounds lovely. Nice place to raise kids?