Marriage, children & career affects female sex drive

The sex drive of women falls sharply as they juggle between the increasing demands of partner, children and career. Researchers from the University College London conducted a study on over 11,000 men and women aged 16-44. They found that one in 10 women questioned for a survey, admitted losing interest in sex for at least six months in the past year. The next major problem was the inability to have an orgasm, which was reported by four percent of women. Married women were shown to be much more likely than single men or women to have sexual problems. The survey showed that both sexes tend to suffer in silence when faced with sexual problems like lack of sex drive, premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction. Fifty-four percent of women and 35 percent of men have problems but fewer than 11 percent of men and 21 percent of women seek help. For both men and women, their first sexual encounter could be crucial to their future attitude to sex. The worse the experience, the more difficulty they may have in later life. Couples had sex on average four times a month. People who had less than this were more likely to report sexual problems both short and long-term. Within a relationship, those less able to talk freely had more problems. The findings had important implications for sex education and counselling services. But the sex drive of women dropped sharply from those first heady months when they fell in love. Women were more likely to report problems if they had kids in the house under the age of five. That of course is quite logical with the lack of sleep they suffer. The findings for men were in stark contrast. Women want to hear, they want to tell you about their day. When men sit down and hear about the woman's exhaustion this is as likely as anything else to lead to sex. There is nothing wrong with these women. Bringing up a family they are just tired and exhausted as opposed to the men who have 10 times the level of testosterone. A lot of women are very active sexually in the first 18 months to three years of a relationship and have a lot of spontaneous sexual desire. But then that goes.