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Related to this, in a French survey, 68.8% of men (N = 8,948) and 59.5% of women (N = 11,098) said that "sexual intercourse is essential to feeling good about oneself" (Bajos, 2010). Hence, men significantly care more about their active sexual status (X² = 177.1, p < 0.0001, d ≈ 0.25). | Related to this, in a French survey, 68.8% of men (N = 8,948) and 59.5% of women (N = 11,098) said that "sexual intercourse is essential to feeling good about oneself" (Bajos, 2010). Hence, men significantly care more about their active sexual status (X² = 177.1, p < 0.0001, d ≈ 0.25). | ||
Percentages around 60-70% in modern, liberal countries stating sex being beneficial for “general health and well being” was also found in a global survey of 26,032 participants across 26 countries funded by Durex© (Wylie, 2009). | |||
In all of these reports of daily activity, it is plausible that people did not answer truthfully and downplay their joy of sex in order to avoid being seen as unsophisticated and sex-driven ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_desirability_bias social desirability bias]). | In all of these reports of daily activity, it is plausible that people did not answer truthfully and downplay their joy of sex in order to avoid being seen as unsophisticated and sex-driven ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_desirability_bias social desirability bias]). | ||
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* Grimm C, Kemp S, Jose PE. 2014. ''Orientations to happiness and the experience of everyday activities.'' The Journal of Positive Psychology. 10(3): 207-218. [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2014.941382 Abstract]] [[https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/8040/thesis_fulltext.pdf;sequence=1 FullText]] | * Grimm C, Kemp S, Jose PE. 2014. ''Orientations to happiness and the experience of everyday activities.'' The Journal of Positive Psychology. 10(3): 207-218. [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2014.941382 Abstract]] [[https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/8040/thesis_fulltext.pdf;sequence=1 FullText]] | ||
* Bajos N, et al. 2010. ''Changes in sexual behaviours: from secular trends topublic health policies.'' [[https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00002030-201005150-00013 Abstract]] [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/36959405/A.65-AIDS-CSF.2010.pdf FullText]] | * Bajos N, et al. 2010. ''Changes in sexual behaviours: from secular trends topublic health policies.'' [[https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00002030-201005150-00013 Abstract]] [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/36959405/A.65-AIDS-CSF.2010.pdf FullText]] | ||
* Wylie K. 2009. ''A Global Survey of Sexual Behaviours.'' [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228641949_A_Global_Survey_of_Sexual_Behaviours FullText]] | |||
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