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A Disappointing Sex Search in Google Underlines Poor Sex Education — Dr. J. | Donna Jennings, Ph.D.
My sex search on Google in preparation for my weekly Twitter Spaces Content in The Sexuality Space provided frustration. I wanted to learn what people want to know about sex. I discovered one interesting article by Dr. Chris Fulton: The Most Frequently Searched Sex Questions in the US.
I loved her enthusiasm and contrast to research by Kinsey and sample size compared to Google Trends and analytics.
It made for an interesting read but caused me to ponder some basic questions and wrestle with the disappointment of basic sex search information when I searched the question people wanted to know.
Research of Sex Search Highlights
Let’s look at the article. It article broke down the research into two areas, Questions Asked and Phrases Researched. There were 12 top questions and 22 phrases identified. I used this information to consider some thinking and teaching processes for sex education.
Questions Asked
Of the twelve questions identified, ten were “How” questions and they were the majority of the sex questions. The exception was one what and where question. What is oral sex and Where is the G-spot?
