Sex and the Enneagram

11. From https://www.9types.com/writeup/enneagram_relationships.php after research on marriage choices in 457 couples. Accessed August 2018.

“A new study has found that US states with a higher degree of religiosity are more likely to be searching for sex on the web. The study was compiled by researchers at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, and based on two years of data from Google Trends across US states.” And https://www.christiantoday.com/article/americas-bible-belt-states-indulge

28. “Key characteristics: Reactive types get off on making their partners the center of attention. Pertot divides this category into two sub-types: those that genuinely enjoy making sex all about their partner, and those that self-sacrifice their own pleasure as a means to keep their partner satisfied. There’s a big difference!” https://lifehacker.com/

11. http://www.9types.com/writeup/enneagram_relationships.php In the study of 457 couples, Two men comprised the smallest percentage of all types (4%). Accessed August 2018.

25. Daniels and Levine. “Sexuality, Sensuousness and the Enneagram,” Part

are dominating. This was from a study of 1,517 Quebec adults (799 men and 718 women), who were asked to rank 55 different sexual fantasies, as well as to describe their own favorite fantasy in detail. The results were rated on a scale varying from 2.3% or less of the sample (rare), 15.9% or less (unusual), more than 50% (common), and more than 84.1

Double the number of women to men had submissive fantasies (although few wanted to enact these in real life). Men, however, were far keener to have their fantasies materialize. Men were also more keen to watch their partner having sex with another man.12 Attaching fantasies to Enneagram types is tricky because we can shift from the fantasies of our

or current illicit relationships. Men and women appear to experience sexual fantasies differently.10 Unsurprisingly, women are inclined to take a more passive role in erotic and emotional fantasy encounters with emphasis on feelings, romance, intimacy, and relationships, whereas men’s fantasies focus more on their immediate sexual needs and gratifi

Younger unmarried women were found to fantasize more often about their current partner, in contrast to married women, who were more likely to report fantasies outside of their relationship.