New research carried out by the Carnegie Mellon University has found that increasing the number of times you have sex with your partner does not necessarily improve your relationship.
According to the findings, the couples who took part in the study reported lower sexual desire and a decrease in enjoyment when they were instructed to increase their level of sex.
However, the research also acknowledged that the lack of enjoyment taken from more sex could be due to be the fact that the couples had been asked to do it as opposed to taking the initiative themselves.
“Perhaps couples changed the story they told themselves about why they were having sex from an activity voluntarily engaged in to one that was part of a research study.” said Professor George Loewenstein, the study’s lead investigator.
“If we ran the study again, we would try to encourage subjects into initiating more sex in ways that put them in a sexy frame of mind, perhaps with baby-sitting, hotel rooms or Egyptian sheets, rather than directing them to do so.”
Professor Loewenstein added that despite the results, he believes that couples still do not have enough sex and that they should increase their sexual activity.
“Couples may want to work on creating an environment that sparks their desire and makes the sex that they do have even more fun,” he stated.
