Almost 83 Percent of American Men Would Rather Give Up a Finger Than Sex

We know how amazing sex can be, but how far would you be willing to go for it? Online doctor service DrEd asked more than 2,000 Europeans and Americans a range of questions to see how important sex was to them and they all began with: "Would you rather . . ." Results found that both men and women would go great lengths to be able to keep sex for life. But overall, American respondents in general would give up a lot more over sex versus what Europeans would sacrifice — except when it came to alcohol. Here are some of the most interesting stats.

Life Pleasures or Sex?

  • 75.2 percent of all participants would rather give up alcohol than sex.
  • 62.8 percent would rather give up pizza than sex.
  • 47.3 percent would rather give up meat than sex.
  • 35.8 percent would rather give up traveling than sex.

Limbs or Sex?

  • 82.5 percent of American men and 57.1 percent of American women would rather lose a finger than never have sex again.
  • 76 percent of European men and 54.4 percent of European women would rather lose a finger, also.
  • 42.4 percent of American men and 29.1 percent of American women would rather lose an arm over sex.
  • 37.2 percent of European men and 18.7 percent of European women would also give up an arm.

Oral Sex or Alcohol?

  • 24.5 percent of American women and 17.4 percent of men would give up oral sex for beer.
  • 30.5 percent of European women and 30.3 percent of men would give up oral sex for beer.
  • 34.8 percent of American women and 9.8 percent of men would give up oral sex for wine.
  • 35.9 percent of European women and 22.6 percent of men would give up oral sex for wine.

Sex or Social Media?

  • 25.6 percent of female respondents would give up sex for social media.
  • 10.2 percent of male respondents would do the same.