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Some people are fine with the amount of sex they get and some think they should be getting a whole lot more. A few men even think their partners demand too much sex and secretly wish they'd take up knitting or something.
On the whole, most men probably think they could handle a bit more sex than they’re getting, though every man, and every relationship, is different.
But science has something to say about it too. According to the latest research, most of us are happy if we think we’re having more sex than the neighbours, however much we actually have.
Read on to discover more.
More than next door
According to the new study, having more sex than your neighbours can make you happy. Professor Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado, analysed data from over 15,000 people and found that respondents who had sex at least two to three times a month were 33 percent more likely to report a higher level of happiness than those who'd had no sex during the previous 12 months.
Other findings were similarly obvious. Professor Wadsworth found that the more sex people had, the happier they tended to be, even when factors like income, marital status, health and age had been taken into account.
But the more surprising finding was this. Even people who had reasonable amounts of sex reported lower levels of happiness if they thought they were having less sex than their peers.
Conversely, people who thought they were having more sex than their peers reported higher levels of happiness, even if - in the great scheme of things - they weren’t having that much sex.
“There's an overall increase in the sense of wellbeing that comes with having sex more frequently, but there's also this relative aspect to it,” said Professor Wadsworth. “Having more sex makes us happy, but thinking that we are having more sex than other people makes us even happier.”
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