Speaking of GGG, On a Scale of 1-10…
In yesterday’s post I made reference to the phrase GGG and even joked about there being a GGG scale. I provided a link to the Urban Dictionary (my favorite reference source) so that folks who weren’t familiar with the phrase could get become so.
But since GGG is the topic du jour:
GGG stands for Good, Giving, and Game. More specifically: good in bed, giving equal time and equal pleasure, and game for anything—within reason. The term was coined by Dan Savage, gay author and sex advice columnist for the Stranger.
Within reason is a very relative statement. What one person considers within reason, another might think of as a freakishly insane (intentionally judgmental label).
Anyway, I got to thinking (the way I do) about the idea of actual GGG scale and started to wonder just where people fell. Is it like a bell curve? Do most people fall somewhere in the middle? I want to know!
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I voted “other” because I think I’d rate at least 7-8, maybe 9-10 in the good and giving departments. But I wonder if my self-rating is inflated. Because, while I like to think I’m game for pretty much anything within reason, I can’t see myself embracing rope burn as part of having a good time with a beloved. Chacun a son goute (or something like that) as they say in the classics!
Yes, well as I said, one person’s “within reason” is another person’s sick and twisted.LOL. To each his own, indeed.
It’s very interesting that there are not more 7-8s, and 9-10s then any other number.
I guess it’s just the representation of people who come to the site…because I swear more women are stick in the muds than that. lol
I’d guess that “stick in the muds” of either gender might disapprove of me.
I quite liked this GGG term .. never heard it before – and its a pleasure learning something new every time I stop by
I’d like to rate myself as an 8.75 actually .. I put in beyond 100% in a relationship .. I’m not a 9 or 10 but I’m definitely not just an 8 either. I’ve had some partners who I feel were only a 7 and then again there as one man who was hitting 9′s and 10′s ..
I figured most people who fall on the 7-8 scale. It’s a safe zone between scary, excessive freak and boring, prudish stick-in-the-mud. I think the really interesting scale would be finding out where your ex’s would rate YOU. We are so rarely accurate about ourselves in determining degrees of ___________(fill in the blank).
Oh, and Urban Dictionary is completely revolutionary.
I’m selfish in bed–I’m evil, I know…but that’s me. Maybe that’s why I’ve been single for so long? Oy!
I LOVE THIS! I can’t believe I have gone this long without having heard of “GGG”. AND I’m a Savage Love fan – how has this happened?! This perfectly describes what I look for in a lover. I suppose, as many of your commenters said, that the “Game” one is debatable and I’m flexible on it… but the first two G’s – it’s a perfect description. I’m so glad you wrote this and that, now, I’ve been introduced to it!