Same Sex Drive Just in Different Lanes

by WiredBerries Editors — April 30, 2008

Everyone's sex drive is different, and although there are some truths to the generalities about men vs. women in the sex drive department, individuals vary. Just like some people spend all day thinking about food and others skip lunch without a thought, every man and woman doesn't fit a set sexual profile. However, most men don't skip lunch. WebMD offers some enlightening facts about the libido of men vs. women:

• According to Richard Driscoll, PhD, a marriage therapist for 34 years and author of Intimate Masquerades: A Survival Guide for Those Who Know Too Much, about one in five women report that their husbands have turned them down for sex, while half of all men say their wives have turned them down.
• In nationwide studies, men report that they are happier and more satisfied with their sex lives than women.
• Males between 18-to-59 of the U.S. population report that they think about sex at least once a day -- one third think of it several times a day. Only 25% of females report thinking about it every day. Researchers note, however, that some of the difference may result simply from the fact that what turns on women is quite different and less explicitly sexual than what turns on men.
• In a University of Hawaii study, researchers had a good-looking guy and good-looking girl approach a student of the opposite sex and talk for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, each student was asked one of two questions: When asked to go out on a date, male and female responses were identical: 50% of women and 50% of men said yes. But when asked to have sex, the answers couldn't have been more opposite: 75% of the men said yes and 0% of the women said yes.
• Men, on average, take 4 minutes from the point of entry until ejaculation, according to Edward Laumann, a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and lead author of The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Women usually take around 10 to 11 minutes to reach orgasm. If they do.

Bring up these tidbits at your next dinner with the girls, and let us know how the conversation goes!