Do women lose sex drive after marriage?

We found that while men reported high levels of desire regardless of how long they had been in their relationships, women reported lower levels of sexual desire the longer the length of their relationships.

How long does it take to lose interest in sex?

According to an open survey conducted by BMJ, a leading medical research journal, 34 per cent of women and 15 per cent of men said that they lost interest in sex after being in a committed relationship for three months.

How often do men and women lose interest in sex?

When asked about their sex lives, 15 percent of men and 34 percent of women surveyed revealed they had lost interest for three months or longer in the previous year. For men, this dip in libido was most common between the ages of 35 and 44, while for women it peaked between the ages of 55 and 64.

How common is a lack of interest in sex?

The study included 4,839 men and 6,669 women between the ages of 16 and 74 years who had at least one sexual partner in the past year. And the findings are interesting, to say the least. Overall, 15 percent of men and more than 34 percent of women reported having a lack of interest in sex.

Is sexual desire declining among married women?

Sexual desire requires that our lover does not need us. Researcher Marta Meana’s recent study documents a severe decline in sexual desire among 19 married women. For some, formalizing their relationship as marriage made sex so available and so sanctioned that it lost the forbidden and erotic quality that had formerly ignited passion.

How does sexual desire change with the length of a relationship?

We found that while men reported high levels of desire regardless of how long they had been in their relationships, women reported lower levels of sexual desire the longer the length of their relationships. However, there were two important limitations of our study.