Something must be wrong with the sexual relationships between men and women judged by the number of articles on ‘How to become a better lover’ which appear in magazines, or by the increasingly large number of sex manuals which are in circulation. Even more cogent to the belief that all is not well with our sexual relationships is the information that sexual problems occur in over 50 per cent of marriages. In many instances the problem is minor and easily solved, but in some the problem, and a lack of communication between the partners, can destroy the relationship, leaving bitterness and misery instead of love. This statement is supported by a recent survey of 100 middle-class marriages in the U.S.A. by Ellen Frank. All the couples believed their marriages to be happy yet, on questioning, nearly half the women had difficulty in reaching orgasm and more than half had difficulty in becoming sexually excited or, once aroused, of maintaining their excitement. The investigators found that more wives than husbands complained about sexual problems, and the women had far more sexual ‘difficulties’ than the men: 47 per cent found it difficult to relax, 35 per cent said that they were ‘disinterested’ sexually, 38 per cent said there was ‘too little foreplay before intercourse’, and 31 per cent said that their partner often chose ‘an inconvenient time’.
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