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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Are you having more sex than the average?
You may be doing better than you think!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It seems like husbands are always the first to complain that they’re not getting it enough – but what is enough? How do you know how you compare to other married couples? Maybe you’re actually getting lucky a lot? Well, here’s some help figuring out where you stand.
According to an article in the May 2006 edition of Esquire magazine, the national average for men having sex is 58 times a year.
The article doesn’t tell us how they arrived at that number. Since it offers no explanation, I am assuming it includes married and singles. I avoided stats class in college, but wouldn’t that number be the same for women? I guess not if they were including man-on-man sex as well, but it doesn’t specify on that either.
Nevertheless, I like this number because we are, thankfully, above it.
The article goes on to say that the more often a man has sex, the longer he will live. (Oh boy, I can hear the argument now, “But honey if you want me to live longer, you’ll do it with me!)
It says that if a man has sex 116 times a year, he will add 1.6 years to his life. If he has sex 350 times a year, he will add 8 years. (That’s got to be with different women because even the nicest wives aren’t putting out that much.)
Alice, the MOMania researcher, found a bunch of other fun sex stats for us, but I’m going to wait and dole those out later.
Tell us how your number compares to the national average and if your husband thinks your number is acceptable or too low. Remember you’re anonymous – I’m the one with my name and photo at the top of the page.
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