Written by Amy O’Donoghue
Data coder: Maggie Myslik
Happy Valentine’s Day! A day of romance, beauty and love. And here at the Beaver, we thought: what better way to celebrate than by conducting a rigorous investigation into the sex lives of LSE students? That’s right. We surveyed over 300 students on everything you could possibly want to know (and probably some things you didn’t want to know) on the topic of all things intimate.
And please note that this is only a small portion of undergraduates at LSE (who were the main respondent demographic.) So if you have doubts about any of the upcoming stats and rankings, make sure to take part in the survey next year to help us make our findings more accurate!
So, without further ado, let’s get to the results!
GENERAL STATS
VIRGINITY RATE: 18.2%
Already this statistic has provoked controversy with the lucky few who have gotten to see these results. General predictions placed the virgin rate in the range of 35-40%. Are we being too harsh on LSE students? I tried to promote this survey to virgins (in the most tactful way I possibly could) to avoid responder bias, so who can say.
SEXUALITY BREAKDOWN
69% STRAIGHT
21% BISEXUAL
7% GAY
1% ASEXUAL
2% OTHER
Well, considering that this is a university campus in one of the most liberal cities in the UK, this isn’t really that surprising. I’m sure some demographics have been underrepresented but I really had no ethical way of including a DL trade category. Although 1.4% of self-identified straight men also admitted to having had same-gender sex at some point, so make of that what you will.
FAV POSITION: MISSIONARY (23.2%)
I mean, we never had a reputation for being the most exciting uni anyway.
FAV KINK: CHOKING (35.6%)
This was the favourite, cutting across sexualities, genders and departments. I’m not going to publish my judgement, but know that I’m judging.
ACCOM BREAKDOWN
The accommodation with the highest proportion of virgins was Passfield at 35%, followed by 30% in Garden Halls and 25% in Rosebery. The lowest was Carr Saunders at 7.1%, which was also the most heterosexual accommodation. Rosebery had the highest concentration of queer students, with a massive 46%.
High Holborn was both the accommodation with the highest proportion of STDs and of students who admitted to having cheated, both standing at 22%. The numbers speak for themselves.
DEPARTMENT BREAKDOWN
Law was ranked the most virginal department, followed by Geography and then Government. Argue amongst yourselves about this.
Social Policy and Psychological/Behavioural Sciences were tied for the highest queer concentration at 44%, closely followed by Philosophy at 43%. #woke
Management returned the highest proportion of self-proclaimed cheaters, at a pretty significant 29%. So consider yourselves warned.
