Gramsci looked up. "You mean," he asked incredulously, "people are having it off with other people... because... they want to?"
" 'Fraid so," admitted the Cow. "The study definitely seems to indicate that sexual attraction is what makes people want to get down on it."
Gramsci shook his head sadly. "What is the world coming to?" he sighed. "Sex as pleasure, not as obligation. How on earth would uMalume's argument fare in a court with that kind of knowledge available?
"Well," the Cow paused, "the researcher did admit that 'Men were more likely to be opportunistic towards having sex, so if sex
were there and available they would jump on it, somewhat more so than
women. Women were more likely to have sex because they felt they needed
to please their partner...' - even if the differences were small. She suspected that the differences might be larger with a more elderly sample - which is where uMalume would fit in."
"Ah," noted Gramsci. "The socialising effect of age?"
"Perhaps," conceded the Cow. "But then again, there's a comment by a Dr Goldstein that 'the vaunted differences in the genders may only be among people with sexual problems.' Perhaps that may be relevant in uMalume's case, too? After all, he did peg 'normal' atfifteen minutes....?"