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WORDS BY KAI. This site is the home of creative expression fueled by passion and inspired by the sparks of a my starlight muse. On these pages you will find my creative voice in lines of poetry, thoughtful essays and commentary, creative storytelling, and in an array of beautiful words to inspire the logophile in us all.
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THOUGHTS AND COMMENTARY
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Commentaries and essays on a variety of topics including parenting, the capacity for love, emotions, mindfulness and social issues.
SIZZLING FACTS ON SEX
PART 4
SIZZLING FACTS - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
See Also:
The Science of Love and Sex
Tips for Modern Dating
See Also:
The Science of Love and Sex
Tips for Modern Dating
SEX BY THE NUMBERS
74% of Women have sex before marriage
Intercourse typically lasts 100 to 500 thrusts, according to a report in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
A 2017 survey of 3,836 people conducted by UK-based dating website SauceyDates.com found that couples in the United States engage in sex for about 17 minutes and 5 seconds.
Couples report that foreplay typically lasts 11-13 minutes. From the Journal of Sex Research
Americans spend 57 minutes per week having sex. That's 14 minutes below the global average. Survey by Durex
The average person has sex 103 times per year. From the Woman's Day survey compiled by Sarah Jio in December, 2011
One recent survey found that about 53 percent of women were not having as much sex as they would like, and nearly 75 percent of women involved in the survey expressed a desire to make love at least three times a week.
Statistics show that approximately 1 in every 5 Americans has indulged in sex with a colleague at work.
A 2010 study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine found that between 20 and 30 percent of American men and women over the age of 80 remain sexually active.
A comprehensive 2007 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that 31 percent of Americans ages 75-85 engage in oral sex. And for Americans ages 57-75, that number was 58 percent.
0.6 percent of all sudden deaths occur during sexual intercourse and that means one in every 200 sudden deaths comes during sex.
The average person spends 20,160 minutes kissing during a lifetime, which is 336 hours, 14 days, or 2 weeks.
According to Pornhub, the kinkiest states are Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, West Virginia, and Oregon. California, surprisingly, is the least kinky.
Everyday, there are about 100 million acts of sexual intercourse a day globally.
Couples in Greece have the most sex, approximately 164 times per year. Brazil follows a close second with 145 times per year. The global average is 103.
The states where couples have the longest lovemaking sessions are New Mexico (7:01), West Virginia (5:38), Idaho (5:11), South Carolina (4:48), and Missouri (4:22).
The states where couples have the shortest lovemaking sessions are Alaska (1:21), South Dakota (1:30), Montana (2:03) and Georgia.
According to one study, Spain, Brazil, and Italy produce the best lovers. The worst lovers were Germans, who women claimed were “smelly.” The English were “too lazy,” the Swedes “finished too quickly,” and Americans ranked in the middle.
75% of Japanese women own a vibrator. The average worldwide is 47%.
A woman will have sex with a partner more than 3,000 times over the course of her reproductive years.
Only 2% of single men between the ages of 18 and 24 had sex 4 or more times per week, but 21% of married men did.
Just under half of married men between the ages of 25 and 49 had sex a few times per month to weekly. This was the highest rate in this age category.
13 percent of single men age 70 and older had sex a few times per month to weekly. For partnered and married men in this age group, the rates were 63% and 15% respectively.
About 5% of single women between the ages of 18 and 24 had sex 4 or more times per week, but 24% of married women did.
Like the men, just under half of the women between the ages of 25 and 59 had sex a few times per month to weekly, more than their single and partnered peers.
Sexual frequency did decrease with age for women, although almost a quarter of partnered women over age 70 had sex more than 4 times a week, according to the survey.
A study conducted between 2006 and 2008 with 13,500 men and women found some 27 percent of male 15- to 24-year-olds had never had sexual contact, of any form, with another person; in 2002, 22 percent of this age group said the same. For females in that same age group, 29 percent had never had sex in the 2006-08 survey, compared with 22 percent who said the same in 2002. A study found almost everyone ages 25 to 44 had taken the plunge and had sex.
Humans start to think about sex relatively early in our life spans. By age 19, about 70 percent of American teenagers have had sex.
Approximately 5 percent of 40-year-old men and between 15 to 25 percent of 65-year-old men experience erectile dysfunction. From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Of men ages 25 to 59, over 40 percent reported having engaged in some kind of insertive anal sex at some point in their life, according to the NSSHB from 2010. Approximately, forty percent of women ages 20 to 49 reported having had anal sex.
STUDY RESULTS
The 2010 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior
Durex (2013):
Durex Sex Survey Results (2012):
YourTango Durex Sex Survey Results (2013):
Woman's Day -- Sex By the Numbers (2011):
Sources
74% of Women have sex before marriage
Intercourse typically lasts 100 to 500 thrusts, according to a report in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
A 2017 survey of 3,836 people conducted by UK-based dating website SauceyDates.com found that couples in the United States engage in sex for about 17 minutes and 5 seconds.
Couples report that foreplay typically lasts 11-13 minutes. From the Journal of Sex Research
Americans spend 57 minutes per week having sex. That's 14 minutes below the global average. Survey by Durex
The average person has sex 103 times per year. From the Woman's Day survey compiled by Sarah Jio in December, 2011
One recent survey found that about 53 percent of women were not having as much sex as they would like, and nearly 75 percent of women involved in the survey expressed a desire to make love at least three times a week.
Statistics show that approximately 1 in every 5 Americans has indulged in sex with a colleague at work.
A 2010 study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine found that between 20 and 30 percent of American men and women over the age of 80 remain sexually active.
A comprehensive 2007 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that 31 percent of Americans ages 75-85 engage in oral sex. And for Americans ages 57-75, that number was 58 percent.
0.6 percent of all sudden deaths occur during sexual intercourse and that means one in every 200 sudden deaths comes during sex.
The average person spends 20,160 minutes kissing during a lifetime, which is 336 hours, 14 days, or 2 weeks.
According to Pornhub, the kinkiest states are Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, West Virginia, and Oregon. California, surprisingly, is the least kinky.
Everyday, there are about 100 million acts of sexual intercourse a day globally.
Couples in Greece have the most sex, approximately 164 times per year. Brazil follows a close second with 145 times per year. The global average is 103.
The states where couples have the longest lovemaking sessions are New Mexico (7:01), West Virginia (5:38), Idaho (5:11), South Carolina (4:48), and Missouri (4:22).
The states where couples have the shortest lovemaking sessions are Alaska (1:21), South Dakota (1:30), Montana (2:03) and Georgia.
According to one study, Spain, Brazil, and Italy produce the best lovers. The worst lovers were Germans, who women claimed were “smelly.” The English were “too lazy,” the Swedes “finished too quickly,” and Americans ranked in the middle.
75% of Japanese women own a vibrator. The average worldwide is 47%.
A woman will have sex with a partner more than 3,000 times over the course of her reproductive years.
Only 2% of single men between the ages of 18 and 24 had sex 4 or more times per week, but 21% of married men did.
Just under half of married men between the ages of 25 and 49 had sex a few times per month to weekly. This was the highest rate in this age category.
13 percent of single men age 70 and older had sex a few times per month to weekly. For partnered and married men in this age group, the rates were 63% and 15% respectively.
About 5% of single women between the ages of 18 and 24 had sex 4 or more times per week, but 24% of married women did.
Like the men, just under half of the women between the ages of 25 and 59 had sex a few times per month to weekly, more than their single and partnered peers.
Sexual frequency did decrease with age for women, although almost a quarter of partnered women over age 70 had sex more than 4 times a week, according to the survey.
A study conducted between 2006 and 2008 with 13,500 men and women found some 27 percent of male 15- to 24-year-olds had never had sexual contact, of any form, with another person; in 2002, 22 percent of this age group said the same. For females in that same age group, 29 percent had never had sex in the 2006-08 survey, compared with 22 percent who said the same in 2002. A study found almost everyone ages 25 to 44 had taken the plunge and had sex.
Humans start to think about sex relatively early in our life spans. By age 19, about 70 percent of American teenagers have had sex.
Approximately 5 percent of 40-year-old men and between 15 to 25 percent of 65-year-old men experience erectile dysfunction. From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Of men ages 25 to 59, over 40 percent reported having engaged in some kind of insertive anal sex at some point in their life, according to the NSSHB from 2010. Approximately, forty percent of women ages 20 to 49 reported having had anal sex.
STUDY RESULTS
The 2010 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior
- 56.9 percent of single men ages 18 to 24 hadn’t had vaginal sex in the last year.
- The percentages for single men 25 to 29 were 46.6, 30 to 39 were 39.6, 40 to 49 were 48.9 and 50 to 59 were 67.7 percent.
- Partnered men, on average, reported having sex a few times a month to two to three times a week.
- Married men generally reported having sex a few times a month to once a week but many in the older age ranges hadn’t any in the last year.
- The study also found that, among men ages 18 to 59, over 60 percent reported masturbating in the last month. Men aged 25-29 were the most likely to have reported this. Among men 70 and older, 27.9 percent reported masturbating in the last month.
- Among women ages 18 to 59, 37.8 percent reported masturbating in the last month. Women ages 25 to 29 were also the most likely to have done so. Women 70 and older were the least likely with only 11.5 percent reporting that they masturbated in the previous month.
Durex (2013):
- 96% say being emotionally connected results in the best sex.
- 92% are turned on by their partner showing vulnerability.
- 90% believe it is possible for sex to get better after years of being together.
Durex Sex Survey Results (2012):
- 50% "are dissatisfied with their bedroom escapades."
- 37% "feel that their time between the sheets ends too quickly."
YourTango Durex Sex Survey Results (2013):
- 61% of women and 80% of men say "the sex is pretty good."
- 49% of women and 37% of men say stress turns them off.
Woman's Day -- Sex By the Numbers (2011):
- 84% of women have sex to get their guy to do more around the house.
- 12% of married people sleep alone.
- The average person has sex 103 times per year.
- 48% of women have faked an orgasm.
Sources
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