Welcome to NOW's Love & Sex Guide. The response to our Sex Survey was a pollster's wet dream. Six thousand readers took the time from their busy (sex) lives to share their responses to more than 50 detailed questions probing the most private parts of their lives. Thanks to their generosity, there's a virtual orgy of data to challenge – and surprise – on the pages that follow. These juicy revelations give us a chance to discover where each of us fits in this incredible diversity of desire.

The delicious data we discovered based on your responses to over 50 detailed questions about what turns you on and off

Many of us are obviously deeply ambivalent

Here’s what puts the kink in our lives

We like to do it in some very strange places

Workshops,stores, dating services, birth control and more