Men Consider Good Relationship More Important Than Sex

Scientists proved that if a man says he values relationship over sex, he really means it. Researchers had chosen randomly 28,000 men from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Brazil. The participants, aged between 20 and 75, passed a standardized telephone interview on what do they think of life and sex.

Scientist found that men, when evaluating masculinity, considered such features as being seen as a man of honor and respected by friends more important than being successful with women.

As for the quality of life, about 30 percent of the correspondents said that the most important for them was a good health. The second most important factor was a harmonious family life, followed by a good relationship with their significant other. Sex was considered number one priority by only 2 percent of the correspondents.

"Taken together, this body of research underscores the centrality to men of nonsexual aspects of the male identity (and) emphasizes the importance of the couple relationship," said Michael Sand, a German researcher.

The study and its findings were published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Source: Stuff.co.nz