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How satisfied are we with our sex lives? And what do we really want in the bedroom? These aren’t new questions, but they’re the ones that FITNESS Magazineand Yahoo! Shine sought to answer when they conducted a survey of American adults focusing on their “between the sheets” thoughts, desires and behaviors.
The online survey looked at 1,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 64 throughout the U.S, turning up some interesting results about the way men and women view their own sex lives. Women’s sexuality has been an especially hot topic this year in the media with the release of television shows and films that focus on the subject (see Lena Dunham’s controversial sex scenes on “Girls” or the Maggie Gylenhaal-helmed movie“Hysteria,” about the invention of the vibrator.) What pop culture and theFITNESS and Yahoo! Shine survey indicate is that we can put to rest once and for all the myth that women aren’t as frisky as their male counterparts. Fifty percent of the women surveyed said they wanted to be having more sex.
The results seem to align with those of a Match.com-commissioned survey released in February that showed women were more likely than men to consider bad sex a relationship dealbreaker. Other recent confirmation that women are sexual beings includes the boom in the sex toy industry over the last few years — driven in large part by women purchasing vibrators. And while the bestselling erotic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey,” has a solid male fan base, women are its target audience and have driven its success.
Yahoo! Shine and Fitness Magazine surveyed over 1000 adults to find out what gets them in the mood as well to delve into the most intimate details of their love lives. Read on, we know you are curious.
The number one route to lovemaking for both men and women is dinner and a bottle of wine. About 24% of men and 26% of women responded that is the magic combo for getting their motors running. Younger men and women (ages 18-34) are also likely to get turned on by a sexy text or email (22% compared with only 12% of their more mature counterparts). However, nearly half of all adults (50% of men and 43% of women) have “talked dirty” over the phone to heat things up.
Hint for men: the number one way to make your lady friend feel sexy is simply to tell her, “I love you.” Nearly half of all women (42%) say this is the surest way to boost their libido. That’s almost twice as many as were turned on when their guys told them, “You are so hot” (25%).
Did you ever wonder if other people were having more sex than you? The answer depends on if you are married or single. Couples who are married or living together have sex 2.4 times a week on average, versus singles, who report they are getting busy a lusty 5.3 times a week.
The good news for couples is that 38% say they fantasize about their significant other or spouse as opposed to a colleague (19%) or a friend’s spouse (8%). The bad news is that 38% also fantasize about getting it on with a celeb.
As for the length of lovemaking sessions, interestingly, women estimate it takes, on average, 39 minutes from foreplay to the big “O,” while men estimate 45 minutes. Wishful thinking? Men also want even more time under the sheets than women: 53% of men are satisfied with the length of time they spend having sex compared to 65% of women.
Significantly more men than women would choose to have sex if given an extra hour in a day. Forty-six percent of men say that’s what they would do with their stolen time versus 24% percent of women. In fact, more women (26%) would rather catch up on some ZZZs than make love. Maybe that’s because their partner has been keeping them up late at night with lots of great sex? We hope so.
Source: Yahoo Shine/Fitness Magazine/Huffington Post
