I have a theory about sex and the seasons.  I actually have many theories that relate to sex, but since theorizing takes great time and effort, today I am just going to elaborate on this one – Theory #129 – sex and the seasons.

As theories go, this is a fairly simple one: the season affects the desire for sex and the frequency of sex.  Yes, I know…simple, but profound.  I expect Mensa to call me momentarily and ask me to be their new leader.

Just take a moment now to yourself and think about it…four seasons (and hunting, fishing, football and baseball seasons are not included in these four – stick with the basics fall, winter, spring and summer)…which season do you have the most sex in?  Wait…don’t answer just yet…let me give you my hypothesis.

Here is my hypothesis: folks desire sex more in the spring and summer and with that desire frequency increases. 

Why is this (you may be asking this at this juncture) – well, it’s like this – visual imagery sells and let’s face it, shorts and a tank top produce a bit better visual imagery than a parka (come on…you don’t have to be an Einstein to figure out that one).  And we are visual creatures folks.  Men are often labeled as being the visual ones, but don’t kid yourself…women can ogle as well as any man.  You don’t think that half-naked firemen calendars are a billion dollar industry because husbands misguidedly buy them for their wives for Christmas do you?  Heck no!  Women are sizing you up men just like you are sizing them up…and all that sizing up is much more prolific as we start to shed our layers of clothes.

Yes, there is a lot more exposure to ogle in the spring and summer and additionally there is a sense of new life, freedom and adventure in these seasons.  The fall and winter are nesting seasons.  In the fall and winter we want to cozy up next to a fire, but in the spring and summer we want to start the fire.

I was driving down 13th in West Fargo quite innocently about a week or so before the Fargo Marathon and I saw a shirtless tan and oh-so-fit male runner glistening with sweat running on the side of the road…folks I damn near got in an accident (and some in town are worried about those changing billboards being too big a distraction – hello!!??).  After seeing this fellow I can tell you I was not thinking about the same thing I was thinking about prior to seeing him; and, I might add, that visual image is still pretty firmly imprinted in my mind and even thinking about it now shifts my focus. 

So the visual piece matters in relation to sexual desire and sexual desire matters in frequency.  Plus, easier access with less layers to strip off doesn’t hurt either (I am telling you – those long underwear in the winter – man, they take some effort). 

This isn’t breaking news to any marketing folks.  They have always known that less is more.  Skin sells.  Now before you say, "But Carol, you know that nothing is sexier than a well-dressed man…" – which I do subscribe to – note that is a different evaluation.  Now, we are talking with all things being equal – that is the well-dressed would be well-dressed in all seasons (and well-dressed is described situationally, that runner with the sweat and those nice little shorts was pretty darn well-dressed in my estimation).  So it isn’t about the quality of the look it is about the level of exposure – at least as it realtes to Theory #129.

So, back to the question – which season do you have the most sex in?  Let’s just do our own data collection here.  Theory #129 suggests that your response will be spring or summer.  I am correct, am I not?  Yes, indeed…tell Mensa to call me…and yeah…tell that runner to as well. 😉

Day three hundred and thirty-two of the new forty – obla di obla da

Ms. C