The Male/female Thing
Presents a list of male and female percentages on various subjects. People who watch soap operas; People that think pornography leads to rape; Ratio of secondary-school teachers; Average number of facelifts performed each day; People who cry when they feel blue; People who frequently pray; People who use deoderant; Much more.
By D. Evanier published January 1, 1992 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016
Male Female
Percentage of people who really like to 7% 33%
watch daytime soaps
Percentage of people who think that 45% 61%
pornography leads to rape
Percentage of people depicted masturbating 5% 95%
in X-rated movies
Number of people who hunt or shoot 17 mil. 3 mil.
Percentage of husbands and wives who think 32% 46%
private time is important
Percentage of people who think their daily 13% 9%
existence is exciting
Percentage of people who didn't take a 11% 19%
vacation last year
Average number of people who buy cars 21,000 16,000
each day
Percentage of people who are dissatisfied 15% 3%
with the size of their sex organs
Average amount of fat in a person's body 42% 31%
Percentage of people who clean their belly- 129 130
button every day
Average number of facelifts performed 33 52
each day
Average number of articles of clothing 17% 48%
Bought each year
Percentage of people who feel guilty 1% 1%
After eating candy
Percentage of people who consider the 30% 30%
bathroom their favorite room in the house
Percentage of people who really like caviar 16% 2%
Percentage of people who have a beer 4% 23%
before they eat
Percentage of people who cry when they 53% 38%
feel blue
Percentage of people whose favorite color 19% 6%
is blue
Percentage of people who sleep in the nude 17% 83%
Male/female ratio of elementary-school 53% 47%
teachers
Male/female ratio of secondary-school 89% 11%
teachers
Male/female ratio of tenured college 25% 58%
faculty members
Percentage of people who think the income 9% 4%
earned by their mate is important
Percentage of high school seniors who rate 28% 17%
their intelligence as far above average
Percentage of people who think the President 8% 13%
of the United States is underpaid
Percentage of people who frequently talk 55% 34%
to themselves
Percentage of time people control the 71% 54%
television's remote control
Percentage of people who think a bowel 51% 49%
movement each day is essential for good
digestive health
Percentage of adults who think there are 8% 8%
more advantages in being a man than a woman
Male/female ratio in the military 89% 11%
Percentage of people who believe in the 41% 32%
existence of life somewhere else in the
universe
Percentage of people who frequently pray 26% 39%
Percentage of people who never pray 20% 8%
Percentage of people who have done 73% 61%
something they regard its dishonest
or unethical
Percentage of people who say they arc 54% 60%
honest all the time
Percentage of people who consider 90% 90%
themselves happy
Percentage of characters on prime-time 12% 3%
TV who have gray hair
Percentage of characters on prime-time 7% 35%
TV who have blond hair
Male/female ratio of television 79% 21%
news reporters
Male/female ratio of television 91% 9%
news experts
Percentage of people who look forward to 20% 37%
having the telephone ring
Percentage of people who use deodorant 86% 92%
Percentage who consider themselves 42% 28%
handsome or pretty
Male/female ratio: Who prepares the food? 24% 78%
Percentage of people who begin at least 25% 65%
one diet a year
Percentage of people over 80 who have 63% 30%
sexual intercourse
Percentage of people who cite women's lib 15% 3%
as a cause of divorce
Percentage of people who speak to their 64% 72%
parents at least once a week
Percentage of people who many 61% 22%
younger people
Percentage of people who say their sex 77% 82%
life suffered after they became parents