Average duration of sexual life
Even in old age, men want sex more than women
Even in Old Age, Men Want Sex More Than Women DoBy John Cloud, Time, Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2010
Translation: InopressaEveryone knows that young men constantly think about sex, but it turns out that many men are interested in this until they die, writes Time magazine with reference to a publication in the British Medical Journal.
According to a study conducted by American scientists, 67% of men and 40% of women aged 65 to 74 years have had sex in the last 12 months, and in the age group from 75 to 85 years, respectively, more than a third of men and only 17% of women.
Of course, some people use "Viagra" at the same time, "however, such a difference in sexual activity between older men and women is explained not only by a small blue pill released in 1998," since part of the collected data dates back to 1995-1996, the publication notes.
The authors of the study, Stacy Tessler Lindau and Natalia Gavrilova from the University of Chicago, introduce the concept of "average sexual life expectancy", which in 30-year-old men is 35 years, and in 30-year-old women is 31 years. "However, women live about five years longer than men, so it turns out that women in the last years of life go about twice as long without sex than men," the publication concludes.
Married women between the ages of 57 and 64 have sex with about the same frequency as men of this age group. However, 77% of married men and 36% of married women are interested in sexual intercourse at this age, which means that many older women have sex without wanting it, correspondent John Cloud notes.
The reasons for this discrepancy in the issue of interest in sex in adulthood are not completely clear. The article also recognizes that the quality of sex deteriorates with age due to health problems. Elderly women who are forced to go into intimacy against their will or without pleasure, it remains to console themselves with the fact that men die earlier.
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