For years, there’s been an unfair stereotype floating around about us womenfolk. That stereotype? Well it basically suggests that when it comes to sex, we’re always the ones who dismiss our man’s advances and tell him that it’s not happening tonight. What a load of bull, right?
It seems as though people are finally started to cop on to the fact that this isn’t always true. Actually, some new research has revealed that men are now more likely to avoid sex than women, with a whopping 62 per cent admitting that they turn down sex more frequently than their female partner.
The research, which was conducted by online pharmacy Ukmedix.com, revealed that men are more likely to pass up the opportunity of sexy time with their other half because they’re tired and stressed out from work.
The pharmacy decided to conduct the research after it noticed a marked increase in searches for libido boosting medication throughout the first half of January. Surprisingly, the people who were searching for the medication were predominantly male.
When it comes to sex, more and more men are experiencing a low libido
As part of the research, 1,922 men were polled and asked what their most frequent excuses were when they told their partner that they didn’t want sex.
Being too tired claimed the number one place, while being stressed about work came in second. The traditional sex-avoiding excuse of “I have a headache” ranked third while feeling “too full” after dinner and “there’s something good on TV” took up fourth and fifth place.
In contrast, when the men were asked to give the genuine reasons as to why they turned down sex, the top five excuses became: feeling uncomfortable about their body, haing a low libido, tiredness, stress and the fact that there was something good on television.
“Common stereotype would have us believe that it’s usually the fairer sex rolling out the ‘not tonight darling’ line, but according to our results this is far from the truth,” said Thomas O’Connell, a spokesman for Ukmedix.com.
“It seems that men aren’t often honest with their partner about their reasons for avoiding intimacy, and it’s not work stress or tiredness getting men down; but confidence and libido issues,” he added.
Boys, we hope it goes without saying, but we are happy to give you the odd break every now and then. Sure don’t you do the same for us?
