Results of this year’s Durex Global Sex Survey have come out and once again the Japanese have come dead last when it comes to sex among over 26,000 people from 26 countries across the world.
When it comes to the number of times people have sex each year, the Greeks, the gods of love, come out first with 164, followed by the Brazilians with 145 and the Poles and Russians tied for third place at 143. The global average was 103 times, but the Japanese notched up only a dismal average of 48. Sure, some may argue that sex is not about quantity but quality and I should be talking about sexual satisfaction.
Well, this survey also asked respondents about how satisfied they were with their sex lives. Nigeria led the way with 67 percent of respondents either mildly satisfied or totally satisfied with their sex, followed by Mexico with 63 percent and India with 61 percent. When it came to lack of satisfaction, Japan was at the bottom with only 15 percent saying they are satisfied, followed by France with 25 percent and Hong Kong at 29 percent. The French have an average of 120 sex sessions a year, so sexual satisfaction doesn’t come simply from frequency. Japan, meanwhile, not only has less sex than anywhere else, the sex that is going on is not satisfying. We really need to think seriously about how to improve the quality of sex in the limited number of times it is taking place.
When asked what was needed to provide sexual satisfaction, the most popular answers among men were:
BOOSTED sexual desire (29 percent);
MORE time spent with a partner (38 percent); and
ADDITIONAL enjoyment (34 percent).
For women, the factors were:
LOVE, gentleness and passion (43 percent);
MORE time spent with a partner (38 percent); and
ADDITIONAL enjoyment (37 percent).
What these figures seem to indicate is that men place emphasis on desire while women tend to seek romance. As sex is a consensual act between two people, each must make an effort to understand what the other needs, talk frankly about their sex and form a relationship built on respect and that will make it easy to improve satisfaction. Satisfying sex needs good communication between partners.
The survey also revealed reasons why sex wasn’t enjoyable and improving on these areas is necessary to bring about satisfying sex. Japanese women disliked sex for the following reasons:
PAINFUL (67 percent);
THREAT of unwanted pregnancies (28 percent); and
VAGINAL dryness (17 percent).
Japanese men, meanwhile, had the following gripes:
INABILITY to maintain erection (32 percent); and
IMPOTENCE (28 percent).
The rate of Japanese experiencing painful intercourse was about double the world average. This can easily be solved by using a lubricant.
This year’s report featured use of the term sexual well-being. Sexual well-being is about having the right balance physically, mentally and in your social environment. Creating a satisfying relationship with a partner will lead to you happiness and comfort. Such a partnership can be an important factor in making sure that you are healthy both mentally and physically.
Source: Dr. Kunio Kitamura at the Mainichi Times