The folks at The Women on the Web put an interesting poll on their site today: How important is sexual fulfillment to your overall happiness?
Our initial thought was that sure, folks will say that sexual fulfillment is important to their happiness. But then we thought about our readers' emails, responses, and comments to content that we have about low sex marriages, and we're not so sure. What do you think?
Our poll about low sex marriages has over 8000 votes with 86% saying they have a low sex marriage. Additionally, one of our blogs from 2003 about living without sex is still attracting comments. Our Marriage Forum is full of posts from frustrated readers with low sex marriages.
If it is an issue in your marriage, how have you dealt with the issue of differing sex drives?
The figure of your poll is surprisingly high. Looking at it from another angle it is maybe not such a surprise. Sexual fulfilment is a construct involving more than just sex. From the accounts of people in counseling, I found that a big reason here is men expecting their woman to perform in bed and the woman feeling that their “love” needs outside of the bed are not met.