Offside
People in Flanders don’t do it as often as was commonly thought, the news read last week. But when they do do it, they’re all pretty satisfied with the results.
Quality counts
The subject is sexual relations, according to a survey carried out by the Institute for Familial and Sexological Sciences at the University of Leuven for the TV programme Ook getest op mensen (Also Tested on People).
Men in Flanders, the survey concluded, have sexual relations on average 1.4 times a week; women, meanwhile, have sex 1.3 times a week.
According to reports on the survey, that’s considerably less than was believed to be the case. The Leuven study has the advantage of a sample size of 94,700 – believed to be the largest sex survey ever carried out in the region.
The average age for the test was 40 years for men and 36 for women, and 83% of those responding are in a stable relationship. The frequency goes up slightly – to 1.5 times a week for men and women aged 16 to 29.
There is evidence, however, that urges aren’t being met: Women say they think about sex 2.6 times a week and men four times a week. Nevertheless, both sexes describe themselves as satisfied with their situation.
So while people in Flanders may not be doing it all that often, by all accounts they’re doing it right.
