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When it comes to sex and relationships, the pandemic is creating a situation where people are either living in close proximity (possibly with partners, children or other family members) or are limited in their opportunities to find partners for prolonged periods of time. These circumstances can directly impact our intimacy.
A recent online survey found that a majority of participants in a sample of 1,559 adults reported a decline in the quality of their sex lives (43.5 percent) during the COVID-19 pandemic, while only a minority reported improvements (13.6 percent). Interestingly, however, despite people reporting a decrease in the frequency of sexual behaviours compared to the past year, one in five individuals (20.3 percent) added at least one new activity to their sex life, such as a new sexual position, incorporating pornography or engaging in cybersex. Compared to people who made no change, those who spiced things up were more likely to report improvements in their sex life since the beginning of the pandemic.
"As the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says: 'You are your safest sex partner.'"
Journal Reference:
Less Sex, but More Sexual Diversity: Changes in Sexual Behavior during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, Leisure Sciences (DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2020.1774016)
(Score: 2) by legont on Thursday July 16 2020, @05:12PM
It's true in a way, but has slightly different connotation and applies to the whole Asia; not Muslim part perhaps.
A women up there is supposed to marry somebody who makes more money than her. Not necessarily a lot, but more. At the same time women's education level became high.
What's the issue? Getting education takes time. By the time an educated women is ready to marry she is rather, how should I put it, mature. Men who make more than her prefer young and fresh and can afford and get them. Hence there is an oversupply of highly educated women in their 30s, which makes finding sex for similar men a very easy task. This in turn makes the situation for women even more desperate.
There are funny consequences. All my colleagues who were sent for a long business trips to Japan came back married. Americans are OK with relatively old professionals for wives while women do want to marry.
BTW, this is similar to black women issue in the USA. It's just their men are in prisons.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.