Women
Love Sex Too!
Three-quarters of American women say they're satisfied with
their sex life. The authors of a new book, "Secrets of the Sexually
Satisfied Woman," surveyed 2,604 women aged 18 to 71 of various
backgrounds, income groups and marital status over three months
in 2003 on sexual issues ranging from size (and, yes, it does
matter) and masturbation to premarital sex and porn. Among the
strongest findings of Drs. Jennifer Berman and Laura Berman
was that 80 percent of the women, whether sexually satisfied
or not, believe sex should not take place without love, while
87 percent said infidelity was always wrong. But nearly 40 percent
thought sex outside of marriage was fine, while 36 percent thought
it was always or nearly always wrong.
Age
proved to be a factor in areas beyond general satisfaction,
with older women less likely to buy sex-related materials or
engage in such variants as oral or anal sex. Masturbation got
a thumbs up overall, with a slight majority (51 percent) partaking
in self-gratification. Of those, 41 percent said they only did
it while alone, while 7 percent only did it with a partner.
Addressing a question for the ages, the researchers, who are
professors at Northwestern and UCLA Medical Center, found that
size does indeed matter. Women said they were likelier to be
satisfied when their partner has a large penis, with the caveat
that a bigger penis does not make a man more masculine. And
speaking of myths, the respondents said they really do want
to have orgasms.
The
Holistic Wisdom Corporation