Set 3 - Quarter 3

I Would Drive 500 Miles (And Maybe More)

Hello from Sapphic Savvy!

To those that celebrated, we hope y’all had a very visible lesbian visibility week! Today we’re talking about results from Set 3 Quarter 3, which means that we’re coming up at the end of another Set here soon! Make sure to submit your guesses this week if you haven’t already! For anyone who might still be new here, a quick breakdown:

We organize our weekly competitions (or Quarters) into groups of 4 to roughly follow each month. We call these groups of 4 a Set.
Set 3 is about to end and we have some larger prizes to give out to our top users!
- The first place winner of Set 3 will be getting $500 (!!)
All you early birds are currently competing in Heat 1, which consists of 10 sets! So 7 more to go!

Now without further ado, our results.

Carabiner Carriers

One of THE classic stereotypes. Sapphics and their carabiners, they go together like avocado on toast right? I mean, it’s quite literally our logo. There’s a really neat history of the carabiner as signaling to other members of the sapphic community (including additional identifiers like top/bottom depending on what side you wear it on), while also being functional. They’re also used in rock climbing (a notoriously queer sport). This question also had the highest average bet across all questions for this quarter, so it seems everyone was feeling fairly confident about this one. They’re super ingrained in the culture, right? So how many of us actually wear them?

It turns out, a fair amount! It seems a little more prevalent in younger users than older users. I remember this making a resurgence several years ago on social media, and maybe it gained more popularity from younger crowds as a result. The guesses for this one were pretty low, people underestimated the popularity and utility of the beloved carabiner.

Lesbian and queer users reported similar levels of carabiner use, with bisexual users reporting over 15% lower on using the carabiner for their keys. Where do you put them instead? I guess I’ve been using mine for too long to not know where else I’d put them except on a belt loop. I’m being told this is where purses, bags, and pockets come in. I’m happy for you if you have reliable pockets like that.

I Would Walk 500 Miles…

And I would drive 500 more! The average distance across the board that sapphics have reported traveling to visit someone they’re dating was 571 miles. That is roughly ⅕ the distance from LA to NY. That’s like driving the 405 seven times through. That’s one-quarter of the length of the Oregon Trail (hopefully without the death and dysentery). That’s a lot of miles. To the 0.1% of users who got this one dead-on (+/- 10 miles), how does it feel having your finger on the pulse of this community?

Younger users reported traveling fewer miles (425) and users 40+ reported traveling nearly 800 miles (783). I wonder if sapphics have higher mileage on their cars from all this traveling. Long distance relationships quake at the power of a sapphic and their Subaru.

Younger users have some catching up to do. Once gas prices go back down, then we’re so back. This is your sign to go visit your lover across state lines.

We had some fascinating group differences by identity though! Queer users reported a very romantic average of just over 700 miles and were also the most accurate in their guesses, only 100 miles off, give or take. But 100 miles is like nothing right?

Lesbian users followed up at 569 miles, but were a little off in their guesses (average 728). This was also the lowest guess across the identity groups. Where’s the whimsy? Why not shoot for the moon, that’s only 238,855 miles one way. That’s like a 10 day trip (as evidenced by the recent Artemis II mission), you can take some time off.

Now bisexual users had the lowest average (425 miles) and the highest guess across any age or identity groups (831 miles). What happened? A little off, but you got the spirit. I can’t fault you too much for that. I know that if the need arose, you would travel 800 miles. It’s the thought that counts. Go get ‘em tiger.

Tiny Tots

We also asked users last week how many people wanted kids or already had kids! The decision for/not having kids is very personal and we don’t want to make large assumptions, but we did have an interesting pattern in the results that we’ll show.

We saw that percentages for users who said they wanted kids or already had kids went up across age groups. This one might be due to the simple explanation that the likelihood of having kids goes up across the lifespan as people have more time to have kids. It could also be due to current events that make having kids very expensive and therefore less possible for younger people. Or maybe it could be that people’s opinions on having kids shift over time and people become more open to the idea of having kids. Additionally some of these results could also reflect the experiences of sapphics who came out later in life and may have had kids prior to that point. Whatever the reason, the decision about whether or not to have children is up to you and we hope that it is empowering whatever you choose!

Smoke Break

Now time for a quick smoke break. Or maybe grab a fridge cig (soda). Or maybe an apple to emulate the same kind of je ne sais quoi cool-kid vibe without the lung damage.

This is a particularly interesting question in terms of the results. Smoking also seems to be one of those things that is tied to being sapphic, but the reality of our results paint a very different picture.

We saw pretty comparable levels of smoking across all age groups. But the perception that young people smoke was super high. For myself at least, I know I can attribute this to the bathrooms in high school where people were constantly smoking, it made it seem like this was very common behavior. I’ve also known a fair amount of sapphics who do smoke/vape as well, but apparently we fixate a little too much on the times we do see it and disregard the times we don’t!

It seems like the grasp that smoking has on lesbians is holding a little bit true, with around a quarter of lesbian users reporting smoking/vaping. Bisexual and queer users had lower but comparable levels of smoking, but showed larger discrepancies in the guesses. That damn selective retention, huh?

Overall though, sapphics are falling slightly over the national average rates for smoking, so we do want to take a second and say to make sure to take care of your health in the ways that work for you, we want our users to be happy and healthy!!

That’s it for this week! Play the last round of Set 3 and come back next week to see who is getting that $500 prize!

XOXO SapphicSavvy

Some links, for those who are so inclined:

Sapphics and Carabiners:

Longest Distance Traveled to See Someone They're Dating:

Sapphics Who Want to Have or Already Have Kids:

Sapphics Who Vape or Smoke Cigarettes:

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