New Study Shows That People Still Think Men Want Sex More Than Women Do

Despite women admitting that, um, it’s actually alright to enjoy sex in all its forms these days, a new study has confirmed the sexist and traditional mantra that men have stronger sex drives than women and that straight men tend to initiate sex and orgasm more than women. This is all according to research commissioned by the End Violence Against Women Coalition by YouGov, who analysed the views of 3,922 British adults on heterosexual relationships.

The results found that a third of people (32%) think men need sex more than women, (45%) of survey participants said that they felt than men are more likely to initiate sex, compared to (3%) for women. (11%) said they felt that it is the woman who decides with intercourse is over with, compared with (36%) for men, and (38%) who believe both decide.

The survey also found the majority of people (57%) think women are more likely to "go along with sex to keep their partner happy", compared with only (2%) who thought the same of men. A scary finding, don’t you think?

It also seems that age has a lot to do with sex and mutual enjoyment, with those aged 65 and older more likely to believe that both a man and woman would enjoy sex, compared with 58 per cent of those in the younger age group. Among 18-25 year olds, just (25%) believe having sex is a mutal decision, (50%) think it’s up to the man to decide and (10%) believe it’s up to the women to choose whether they have sex.

Additionally, the survey found the majority of people (57%) think women are more likely to "go along with sex to keep their partner happy", compared with only 2 per cent who thought the same of men.

Sarah Green, director of the organisation, admitted that the findings us a cornerstone of equality just as much as equal pay and parenting.

'The ‘orgasm gap' is perhaps not as widely discussed as some other key equality issues,' she noted.

'Although it's good to find that three-quarters of adults believe men and women are both likely to enjoy sex, what we clearly also have are persistent, widely held views about who sex is primarily 'for', who 'needs' it and whose pleasure matters.'

Sarah is right, we clearly have a long way to go.