A new survey has revealed the nation’s favourite sexual positions, search identifying the differences in Briton’s bedroom preferences divided according to where they live in Great Britain.
The results demonstrated that different regions of the UK did indeed show differences in their answers, story with the traditional missionary style coming out as the most popular overall.
The study, conducted by online pharmacy www.UKMedix.com, formed part of the company’s wider research into the sexual health and habits of Britons. 2,157 British people took part in the study, all of whom were aged 18 and over and had been sexually active for a minimum of 12 months; with an equal split between male and female respondents. Respondents were divided according to their region prior to the study and remained anonymous throughout.
The respondents were asked “Please identify your favourite sexual position” and provided with a list of possible answers. When the team analysed the results according to region, the preferential sexual positions were revealed as follows:
- Northern Ireland – Cowgirl / Girl on Top – 43%
- Scotland – Spooning – 39%
- North East – Reverse Cowgirl – 31%
- North West – Missionary – 42%
- Yorkshire & the Humber – Doggy Style – 36%
- East Midlands – Cowgirl / Girl on Top – 38%
- West Midlands – 69 – 24%
- Wales – Doggy Style – 51%
- Eastern – Missionary – 27%
- London – Standing up – 18%
- South West – Missionary – 32%
- South East – Spooning – 38%
Further to this, respondents were asked to identify if they ‘always’ had safe sex, defined as always taking protective measures in terms of contraception. Northern Ireland was revealed as the safest region, with 79% of this group’s respondents stating that they always used appropriate protection. Alternatively, Yorkshire & the Humber’s respondents were the least likely to always use protection, with only 32% agreeing with the statement.
Lastly, relevant respondents were asked to identify on a scale from 0 – 10 how ‘kinky’ they considered themselves to be, 0 being completely traditional and 10 being extremely experimental. South East residents were revealed as the kinkiest, averaging 9/10, followed jointly by Scotland and Wales, both scoring 8/10. The South West respondents came out bottom of the table, rating themselves an average of only 3/10.
Sarah Bailey of UKMedix.com commented on the findings: “It’s interesting to see how different regions fare in the bedroom. We were very surprised to see how much difference there was in people’s preferences based on where they live in the UK, and also to see that the missionary position was more often the winner – it seems that as a nation we are still traditionalists, or perhaps romantics, at heart! It’s also funny to see where people rate themselves on our kinkiness index; with people in the South East apparently most likely to be swinging from the chandeliers with their other halves.”