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Korean men and women have distinctly different notions of sex in a marriage, a survey suggests. The Korea Institute for Sexology came up with the finding by comparing a 2003 poll of 1,613 married men nationwide with another last April of 1,000 married women in five metropolitan cities.
It found that a mere 4.4 percent of women thought sex was important in marriage, compared with 77 percent of men -- almost as many as the 74.8 percent of women who said it was unimportant. A substantial 20.2 percent said maybe it mattered (compared to 14 percent of men), but only 2 percent of married men said sex did not matter. When asked if prostitutes are needed to satisfy menĄ¯s sexual needs, 20.4 percent of women and 61 percent of men agreed.
But when asked whether they were satisfied with their marriage, 61.8 percent of women and 81 percent of men said yes. Among those dissatisfied with their marriage, the biggest group were women who had been married for six to 10 years, followed by those married for 11-15 years, more than 21 years, 16-20 years and one to five years. By age, women in their 40s made up the vast majority.
Despite the views of the women, the study found that sexual satisfaction played a significant role in a satisfactory marriage, with 82.6 percent of women who said they were content with their sex life also saying their marriage was satisfactory. Only 11.3 percent who claimed an unsatisfactory sex life said they were content with their marriage.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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