Married Women

Married women are shown to be much more likely than single men or women to have sexual problems. A 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, according to the survey published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. 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 and "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,"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 seems quite logical with the lack of sleep they are suffering"