THE SEX QUEENS By LUKAS I. ALPERT
Sex in the city is as hot as ever.
Nearly one-quarter of New York City women say they're doing the deed several times a week, according to a new survey, far outstripping the competition.
Twenty-three percent of Big Apple gals say they're regularly steaming up the sheets, compared with 18 percent of women in Los Angeles, and 17 percent in Dallas, Miami and Chicago, the Trojan Survey of Women and Desire found.
But don't expect to see the city's nickname changed from the Big Apple to the Big Ohh anytime soon - only 22 percent say they have an orgasm during sex.
The survey found that as far as sex is concerned, New York is the safest city in the country, with 93 percent of respondents saying they use condoms the first time they get down with a new partner. By comparison, it's 87 percent in L.A. and 85 percent in both Dallas and Chicago. But New York women are willing to take more chances in some regard, with 68 percent admitting they have had a sex partner whom they don't consider "relationship material," but whom they consider "thrilling" anyway. Only 58 percent said the same in the rest of the country.
Big Apple feminine sexuality was more on par with the rest of the nation in several areas, though. Both in New York and across the country, 42 percent of respondents said they considered themselves "very sexually confident."
And while 72 percent of women in other parts of the country said experimentation was an important part of sexual fulfillment, only 68 percent of Gotham babes thought so.
And most still want guys to make the first move, though barely so. While 96 percent of women say they love it when men approach them, 51 percent say they never turn the tables and approach a man, according to separate survey done by the global dating service It's Just Lunch.
Trojan's nationwide online survey of 1,639 woman, ranging in age from 18 to 59, was conducted as part of a marketing push for its soon-to-be released Elexa - a line of sexual health products geared toward women.
"Despite regional differences, women across America believe that good sex is a must-have as part of a healthy and fulfilling relationship," said Cassandra Johnson, Trojan's product manager for Elexa.