They say abstinence is the best way to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections and for 1 in 4 women over 35, they are certainly playing their part to keep the STI rates down. A survey has revealed that over 25% of UK women over 35 ‘never’ have sex.
Scotland had the highest proportion of women who don’t ever make love (38%) while in the Midlands 32% of women say they have sex once a week.
The high proportion of women who don’t engage in sex was partly explained when most women said that working every day impacted on their sex lives. It was discovered that the less women work, the more they enjoy their sex lives, with 2/3s of those working part time reporting regular orgasms, compared to just over half who work full time.
Childless women were more likely to have a greater number of orgasms than mothers. 41% of women with no children said that they orgasmed most of the time, falling to 12% for those with one child and 14% for those with two.
26% of women said they were concerned that the menopause would cause them to lose their sex drives, as well as affecting their memory.
The survey was commissioned by Sky Real Lives as part of the launch of their new TV show, The Secret Guide To Women’s Health. Fronted by Colleen Nolan, of the exquisitely annoying Iceland adverts, the show hopes to provide a platform for women to discuss the health problems they can’t talk about with friends (there seems to be a bit of flawed logic going on there – oh, no, of course most people would rather talk to Colleen Nolan on national TV if they are too embarrassed to speak to their best friends.)