Christians: how does your upbringing in sexual matters compare to how you raise (or plan to raise) your children?
- Sex was ignored or taboo in my childhood, but I teach (or taught) my kids that it is a gift to be enjoyed within marriage. (41%, 81 Votes)
- I was taught sex was a gift to be enjoyed between married people, and that's how we handle it too. (30%, 59 Votes)
- Sex was ignored or taboo in my childhood, and that's how we handle(d) it too. (6%, 12 Votes)
- My role models believed sex outside marriage was normal and okay, and that's how we handle it too. (5%, 9 Votes)
- I was taught sex was a gift to be enjoyed between married people, but I teach that sex outside marriage is normal and okay. (5%, 9 Votes)
- I was taught sex was a gift to be enjoyed between married people, but we don't talk about sex with our kids. (4%, 7 Votes)
- Other (elaborate in comments) (4%, 7 Votes)
- Sex was ignored or taboo in my childhood, but I teach my kids that sex outside marriage is normal and okay. (3%, 6 Votes)
- My role models believed sex outside marriage was normal and okay, but I teach (or taught) my kids that it is a gift to be enjoyed within marriage. (3%, 5 Votes)
- My role models believed sex outside marriage was normal and okay, but we don't talk about sex with our kids.. (0%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 197
Start Date: April 8, 2020 @ 5:45 pm
End Date: No Expiry
As a Christian, what level of sexual activity to you hold to be appropriate leading up to the wedding day? (Select all that apply)
- Kissing on the lips (17%, 462 Votes)
- French kissing (15%, 408 Votes)
- Touching over clothes (11%, 309 Votes)
- Touching under clothes (7%, 202 Votes)
- Exposing and touching normally covered body parts (i.e. lifting shirt to caress breasts, etc.) (7%, 196 Votes)
- Manually bringing one or both partners to orgasm through clothing (6%, 171 Votes)
- Seeing body parts unclothed in person (6%, 160 Votes)
- Oral sex to orgasm (5%, 142 Votes)
- Manually bringing one or both partners to orgasm under clothing (5%, 142 Votes)
- Phone or text sex while masturbating (5%, 136 Votes)
- Manually bringing one or both partners to orgasm unclothed (5%, 131 Votes)
- Seeing body parts unclothed in photos or videos (5%, 129 Votes)
- Masturbating in front of one another (4%, 111 Votes)
- Oral sex but not to orgasm (e.g. kissing genitals) (4%, 99 Votes)
Total Voters: 541
Start Date: December 18, 2019 @ 7:31 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Married couples: Do you view audio-visual erotica (depicting male + female or solo sex) or porn (depicting other sex acts)? If so, do you find it beneficial to your marriage?
- We do use AVE and find it enhances our sexual relationship. (24%, 73 Votes)
- We do not use porn and believe it is a sin to do so. (23%, 69 Votes)
- We do use porn and find it enhances our sexual relationship. (16%, 49 Votes)
- We do not use AVE and believe it is a sin to do so. (13%, 38 Votes)
- We do not use AVE but would consider it. (10%, 29 Votes)
- We do not use porn but would consider it. (7%, 20 Votes)
- We have used porn in the past but it caused conflict or harm in our relationship. (6%, 17 Votes)
- We have used AVE in the past but it caused conflict or harm in our relationship. (1%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 227
Start Date: October 19, 2019 @ 4:54 am
End Date: No Expiry
Which of the following terms would you find offensive in stories? Note that we don't allow them to be used in a hurtful, unloving way.
- God or god, used as an exclamation (12%, 50 Votes)
- whore (11%, 46 Votes)
- bitch (11%, 44 Votes)
- "holy" + anything, used as an exclamation (10%, 42 Votes)
- None of these (10%, 41 Votes)
- bastard (9%, 37 Votes)
- slut (8%, 35 Votes)
- shit (6%, 25 Votes)
- cunt (4%, 18 Votes)
- hell (4%, 16 Votes)
- twat (4%, 16 Votes)
- snatch (4%, 15 Votes)
- damn (3%, 14 Votes)
- fuck (2%, 9 Votes)
- pussy (2%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 115
Start Date: July 15, 2019 @ 3:20 am
End Date: No Expiry
What is your view on voyeurism?
- Seeing (or the thought of seeing) another married couple's enjoyment of each other really turns me on. (57%, 941 Votes)
- I think if it happens accidentally its okay, but it shouldn't be planned. (12%, 201 Votes)
- Watching other people have sex is always wrong. (10%, 173 Votes)
- If a couple is having sex where they can be seen, they shouldn't mind being watched, but it's wrong to invade their privacy. (9%, 153 Votes)
- Even if it's not technically a sin, I believe it can lead to lusting for others. (7%, 122 Votes)
- Maybe it would be more ethical if the other couple knew and were okay with it. (5%, 74 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,664
Start Date: June 20, 2019 @ 1:27 am
End Date: No Expiry
How do you feel about the stories on MH that describe fantasies of acts that would be disobedient if actually pursued? (Select all that apply.)
- I don't think it's wrong to tell about imagining such things. But it may be a stumbling block for some, so they should be clearly marked. (29%, 138 Votes)
- I think fantasies and role-plays that involve pretending to be other than a married couple are okay, as long as it's clear that it's only make believe. (28%, 135 Votes)
- It might be okay for people to describe multiple-partner fantasies in their sex talk or when using toys. (25%, 119 Votes)
- I only like role-play where the couple are pretending to be someone else, but still married. (11%, 53 Votes)
- I don't personally appreciate fantasy in married sex stories. Better to be content with who and what we have. (7%, 31 Votes)
Total Voters: 342
Start Date: April 4, 2019 @ 6:12 am
End Date: No Expiry
Do you prefer a female voice or male voice on narrations?
- I prefer to hear a female read stories to me, even if they were written by a man. (70%, 30 Votes)
- I prefer men's stories to be read by a man and women's stories to be read by a woman. (30%, 13 Votes)
- I prefer to hear a male read stories to me, even if they were written by a woman. (0%, 0 Votes)
- It really makes no difference to me. (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 43
Start Date: March 29, 2019 @ 3:43 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What day of the week should Ignite Stories be posted?
- Friday (35%, 36 Votes)
- Saturday (18%, 19 Votes)
- Sunday (17%, 18 Votes)
- Monday (14%, 15 Votes)
- Thursday (7%, 7 Votes)
- Wednesday (6%, 6 Votes)
- Tuesday (3%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 104
Start Date: January 20, 2019 @ 11:51 pm
End Date: February 14, 2019 @ 4:00 am
Does the use of names in stories bother you?
- No. I'm pretty sure no one uses their real names anyway. And reading He - She - Him - Her all the time is just boring. (60%, 127 Votes)
- No. Even if the character has the same name as someone I know, it doesn't make me fantasize about that person. (26%, 56 Votes)
- Yes. I want to be able to insert myself and my spouse into the story, so You & I or He & She stories are my preference. (11%, 23 Votes)
- Sometimes. If I know someone by that name, my mind can wander to places I would rather it didn't. (3%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 213
Start Date: December 5, 2018 @ 3:42 am
End Date: No Expiry
Does urination play any part in your marriage heat?
- We keep urination private and neither of us is turned on by it. (51%, 149 Votes)
- We both enjoy watching and sometimes don't stop there! (21%, 61 Votes)
- I like to watch and he/she doesn't mind doing it in front of me. (15%, 45 Votes)
- I like to watch my spouse pee, but he/she doesn't like to do it in front of me. (8%, 23 Votes)
- We both are turned on by watching and by doing it for the other. (5%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 293
Start Date: November 8, 2018 @ 10:39 pm
End Date: No Expiry