surely that would depend on the circumstances

As in if a random guy walked up to me and asked me to have sex with him? i would laugh and walk away.

Your place or mine?

Are you talking, walk up to the bar, get a drink and dude I've never talked to before says "Hey, how bout you and me do the horizontal tango?"

If so, this is my response: "Are you out of your tree?"

Pretty much that.

Random? In a crowded place? Look at them horrified and find someone safe-looking to sit next to. Outside and hardly anyone around? Back away slowly while reaching in my pocket for pepper spray just in case it's needed, and say "No, please leave me alone."

A guy I know? Totally depends on more factors than I can list here. A female I know? Laugh, because I know she's joking.

That's too general of a question. There are a lot of factors that would influence my answer, and I couldn't possibly answer for every possible circumstance, but the answer could go either way.

There was a brief period in my life when I would have--depending on some other factors--seriously considered it.

These days, a laugh and a wave of the hand. "You're barking up the wrong tree, pal. Happy hunting."

Depends on a number of circumstances.

If they are random and unknown, the first question coming to mind would be WHY? Anyone showing such a lack of understanding about the nature of what they are asking wouldn't be attractive on that basis alone.

Coitus with a stranger is little more than mutual masturbation; all undressed with no place to go..

Yes, definitely depends. Do I know this person? Have we had flirty conversations before? Am I feeling frisky? Am I attracted to them? What are the parameters, one time thing? FWB?

I'm usually open to casual sex, within reason.

Random person right? No thank you. My parinoa wouldnt let me have sex with a stranger.

"Geez woman, let's at least get dinner and some condoms first."

You mean for free?

I'd ask which communicable disease they were trying to spread.

My response would be: you must be kidding?!

I'd say no to the guy and yes to the girl depending on whether I was attracted to her or not. If there's no attraction on my part then nope. I've actually had this happen with people I friend-zoned,

A guy, no. A girl, no. A woman, maybe. Depends on the situation. Is she someone I know? Is she my girlfriend? Is she an ex-girlfriend and I'm single? And the setting is important too.

"...You a cop?"

I'd be a little taken off guard to say the least, flat out random out of nowhere proposition like that would need a few seconds of processing. Though I am not opposed to it I guess, provided it's genuine and safe. Still would be nice to have some prior interaction with the person though, make it less weird when you have at least hung out with them for some period of time.

I would probably say, Are you serious? If she seemed genuine, why not?

Man says the "S" word and here come the responses! LOL! As many commenters have said here, it'd be a "maybe." The question is too vague. "A guy or girl" could be someone I know, could be a random stranger. So it would depend on the circumstances.

Depends on the situation, the circumstances, the context, whether he's good-looking, my mood, his demeanor and tone when he asks....

I would ask her if she'd like to go out on a date first, then I'd get to know her before making the decision to have sex.

As a student in the mid seventies a friend of mine had read an article in Cosmopolitan that 1 in a 100 women would accept if asked outright by a stranger to have sex with them. He spent the next 6 months asking every woman he met socially this very question. As far as I am aware his success rate was somewhere between nil and bugger all.

No I would not be comfortable in that situation. I would like to know a lady a bit before the clothes come off

Honestly? If a girl I was attracted to asked me to have sex, I'd ask her where she wanted to do it lol

People can be asking to have sex with us subtly all the time. We just might not pick up on it.

One guy blatantly wanted to have sex with me one time. I was in my early 20s and in the subway. This guy came up to me and said, "Hi, I'm Roxy. You look like you have a big dick.". I never had that happen before and I didn't know how to handle it so I looked up and said, "Nah nah nah!" lol. He literally started running away. He probably thought I was going to get violent. I was just shell shocked really lol