Oh, right, the sex survey.

According to the researchers at UT-Austin (who, one presumes, were actually paid to do this), there are quite a few reasons people enjoy sex, and they break down along gender lines. Some of the more intriguing responses were "because it is good for my health," "I wanted to feel closer to God," the ever-popular "I was drunk," and "change the topic of conversation."

Oh yes, and "someone dared me."

I have to imagine most people don't need a "dare" to do the deed, but why on earth were the study's authors, Cindy Meston and David Buss, "astonished by the richness of sexual psychology?" And do we really need to make sex, the richest and most complex of human activities, into a clinical evaluation?

Meston and Buss placed the responses they received into four categories: physical, goal attainment, emotional and insecurity. But doesn't that trivialize and minimize the real reasons we express our sexual selves?

So what about the LGBT community? The Times doesn't say a peep about what, if anything, the researchers found about our sexuality.

So perhaps we need to help out the good people at the University of Texas. You can submit your own reasons online, and the list will start up again at reason #238.

So have at it (pun intended) and let the world know what gets you hot and bothered. And, if you're really an exhibitionist, leave your answers here in the comments, too.

After all, there's nothing like a dare, right?