Chapter 3
Sexual Stats
Who Has Sex? How Often? How Hot?
Pepper Schwartz,
Martha Kempner,
Pepper Schwartz
Search for more papers by this authorMartha Kempner
Search for more papers by this authorBook Author(s):Pepper Schwartz,
Martha Kempner,
Pepper Schwartz
Search for more papers by this authorMartha Kempner
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 23 January 2015
Summary
This chapter highlights that being single is no sexual nirvana. While singles have some advantages over married couples, married couples have some advantages over them (like always having a partner). It turns out that people who are having more sex, and frequent orgasms with their partner, are more sexually satisfied, no matter what kind of relationship they are in. The chapter further talks about married sex. Good communication skills seem to be very important for a happy sex life because in order to have a good sex life couples need to, well, talk to each other. Sex lives within marriage “ebb and flow” over the course of the relationship. Research indicates that sexual passion feeds on novelty, mystery, and uncertainty—including physical and psychological distance, and even danger and conflict. Personal and cultural attitudes about sex also seem to affect older people more than younger ones.
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