life and death M F
People who say they "just look
out for themselves." 49% 41%
People who say they can
be trusted. 41% 41%
People who think that it should
be more difficult to divorce. 50% 57%
People who think that a person
has the right to take their own
life if they choose to do so. 16% 12%
People who get a great deal
of satisfaction from the city
or place in which they live. 15% 19%
People who would allow a
doctor by law to end a patient's
life if the patient and his
family request it. 75% 64%
People who believe that men
should be the providers and
women should stay at home. 32% 30%
People who find life
"routine". 49% 51%
People who are "bored." 51% 58%
family M F
People who said that "none"
is the ideal
number of children. 2% 0%
People who said that they don't use
birth control every time. 87% 66%
People who think it isn't fair to
bring children into the world today
considering how the future looks. 36% 40%
People who don't read a newspaper
everyday. 49% 51%
People who were under 17
when they got married. 2% 14%
People who describe their
marriage as "very happy." 64% 57%
People who have been divorced or
legally separated. 20% 17%
money and jobs M F
People who said that they are
"more or less" satisfied with
their financial situation. 42% 46%
People who say they
would continue to work if
they were suddenly rich. 73% 71%
People who believe you'll get ahead
by hard work as opposed to luck. 64% 68%
People who rank "high pay"
as their most important job
characteristic. 23% 20%
sex M F
People who had sex with someone
they consider to be a close
personal friend last year. 67% 73%
People who had sex with
a neighbor or coworker
last year. 30% 37%
People who had casual sex
last year. 33% 27%
People who said extramarital
sex is "almost always" wrong. 16% 11%
People who said sex before
marriage is "almost always"
wrong. 50% 50%
People who said sexual relations for
14- to 16-year-old is
"almost always" wrong. 20% 13%
People who think
pornography provides an
outlet for bottled-up
impulses. 67% 72%
People who think pornography
incites rape. 52% 74%
People who saw an
X-rated movie last year. 31% 17%
politics M F
People who believe that politicians
are not interested in their
constituency. 67% 69%
People who would vote for a
black president. 83% 83%
People who would vote for a
female president. 84% 88%
People who say that we are
spendingtoo much on
foreign aid. 79% 67%
People who say that we are
spending too much on defense. 45% 39%
People who say that we are
spending too much on the
environment. 5% 3%
sixth sense M F
People who have felt in touch
with someone telepathically,
several times in their lives. 19% 23%
People who have had an out-of-body
experience once in their lives. 19% 17%
People who have, at least once,
felt that they had been in a
specific place before, even
though they knew it was
impossible. 30% 29%
People who have felt in touch with
someone who was dead. 21% 24%
ILLUSTRATIONS
Elizabeth J. Wood and Floris
From She Said, He Said: What Men and Women Really Think About
Money, Sex, Politics, and Other Issuses of Essence, by Elizabeth J. Wood
and Floris W. Wood Copyright Trademark 1991 by Daniel Evan Weiss.
Reprinted by permission of Poseidon Press/Simon & Schuster
Inc.
