Every once in a while we need to revisit a quiz. As I was writing a piece for The Examiner, on meeting and marrying the love of your life, I came across some new quizzes. But I quickly realized that with “love and marriage” quizzes also need to ask the hard question — are you enjoying intimacy? But do we spend more time talking about love and passion than we do enjoying intimacy? And if so, why? British sites tell us that young people today are too stressed out and working too many hours to appreciate the value of a good relationship.
Great-grandma was ahead of her time. When she came to America to celebrate her 90th birthday and visit her 12 children, the party invitation read: “No presents, just negligees made of French silk.” As she opened gifts she fingered the fabric and smiled, “Grazia.” When she died at 104, her young lover was 80. It was then that we learned of her amorous ways.
The universities of Chicago and Toronto studied 3,005 men and women between ages 57 to 85, and reported that two-thirds of those in their 70s are having sex at least twice a month. Some continue into their 80s. An interesting finding is that while both genders admit to sexual issues, men tend to talk to their doctors about them while women tend not to.
The explanation is simple. Men have an advocate in Bob Dole. War hero and retired Republican senator from Kansas, he took to the airwaves nearly 10 years ago and helped spawn an industry talking about ED – erectile dysfunction.
Why do people have sex anyway? Psychologists at the University of Texas, Austin, asked 2,000 people and compiled a list of 237 reasons. For both men and women the top three reasons stated: attraction to the person; physical pleasure; and because “it feels good.”
Wondering about sex and relationships? Take this quiz. The Intimacy Quiz
For more quizzes, read this site or click the blue link to your right that says, “examiner.com”
Copyright 2009 Rita Watson