7 Things You Didn’t Know About Married Sex

A 2012 nationally representative study revealed that parents are more likely to have spontaneous sex (54 percent), sex in different places (45 percent), and incorporate a vibrator (34 percent), than couples without children. Who says being married with kids means entering into the sex life doldrums?

According to the Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey (2010), 60% of those surveyed said sex was a vital part of life. Yet only 44% of those surveyed said they were satisfied with their sex lives as they were.

Fully 84% of women admitted to having sex with their partner to get them to do housework. Ian Kerner – a sex and relationship expert who worked with Woman’s Day on a 2012 survey of sex statistics – commented that “studies have shown that women are more likely to be interested in sex if the house is clean, so this should be motivation enough for men to grab a mop and load the dishwasher.” So the barter system seems to be alive and well in many households across the nation.

According to the Kinsey Institute, Married couples have sex an average of 2.2 times a week by age 30, but only 1 time a week, on average, by age 50.

Unsurprisingly – if unfortunately – the same study found that 91% of men reported having an orgasm during their last sexual encounter, as compared to only 64% of women. Perhaps this explains why only 44% of us are satisfied with our sex lives? Just sayin’.

Indiana University’s National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior found that the most satisfying sex — sex which culminates in orgasm — was more often achieved by men and women when being intimate with a committed romantic partner. So much for the allure of casual sex or “friends with benefits.”

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