Sexual Behaviors and Mental Perception, Satisfaction and Expectations of Sex Life in Men and Women in France

Abstract

Aim To analyze behaviors, mental perception, satisfaction, and expectations relating to sexuality in France. Methods A total of 1,002 subjects (483 men and 519 women) aged 35 years and over in a representative sample of the French population were surveyed by phone using a dedicated questionnaire in November 2003. Main Outcome Measures Sexual behaviors and mental perception, satisfaction and expectations concerning sexual life. Results Of the population, 80.2% reported having a sexual partner. The mean number of times subjects had sex per week was 1.8 (2.0 in men, 1.6 in women). The decision preceded the act by a few seconds or minutes in 82.7% of subjects. Thinking about sex was “frequent” in 47.1% of subjects, especially for men (60.8%). Regardless of gender, sexuality was more synonymous with pleasure (44.0%) and love (42.1%) than with procreation, children, or motherhood (7.8%). During sexual intercourse, simultaneous orgasms and feelings of closeness were important for the majority of subjects, 35.8% (41.6% of men) and 22.8%, respectively; foreplay, enjoyment, and vaginal penetration were the most important accomplishments for 13.1%. Regardless of gender, 83.0% of subjects expressed relative or full satisfaction with their sex life. However, only 38.7% of subjects (31.6% of men and 45.2% of women) did not wish to change anything, while 17.2% would like to have more time for it. Of the subjects, 63.0% reported a decrease in sexual desire during periods of work-related stress, especially in women (72.3%). The main sexual complaints reported by men were diminution of sexual desire (24.9%), early ejaculation (23.7%), and erectile problems (14.4%). In women, they were diminution of sexual desire (45.7%), orgasm disorders (15.5%), and dyspareunia (15.5%). Conclusions This survey showed that the attitude of subjects, especially men, toward sexuality is changing through years and highlighted the extent of sexual problems in the general population.

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“…Therefore, arousal can precede desire in the female sexual cycle and be the sexual trigger for some women, proving its importance for the quality of sexual life. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Lubrication problems are the second most common sexual complaint in women, reported being present in up to 39% of cases. 5,26 In Brazil, 27 to 37% women have arousal problems.…”

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“…Study outcomes were sexual behavior, mental perceptions of sexuality, level of satisfaction, expectations concerning sex life, and sexual complaints and dysfunctions. Other data have been more thoroughly addressed in other publications (Colson et al, 2006) [11], (Colson et al, 2007) [12] (Lemaire et al, 2009) [13] or will be treated in future work.…”

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“…Tendenziell zeichnet sich in diesen Studien eine Diskrepanz zwischen den sexuellen Bedürfnissen der Män-ner und denen der Frauen ab. So berichten Männer beispielsweise im Vergleich zu Frauen über eine größere Anzahl an Sexualpartnern [24] und über häufige-ren Geschlechtsverkehr (GV; [6]). Auch scheinen Männer mit ihrem Sexualleben im Vergleich zu Frauen seltener zufrieden zu sein [23].…”