The age when your sex drive is the highest will surprise you

A recent study by sex toy retailer LoveHoney has suggested that your sexual prime passes earlier than you might think.

Almost half of the women surveyed said that they felt that their sex drives were highest between the ages of 18 and 24.

One in four women said that they had the best sex of their lives when they were between 18 and 20.

The survey, which included 1418 respondents, found that less than a fifth of women said their libido peaked in their 30s, which was commonly thought to be the most common age.

Meanwhile 25 per cent of men said their libido peaked in their 30s.

Good news for the guys, at least.

The majority of both sexes agreed that having a high libido didn't mean that you were good in the bedroom, which should give those over the age of 30 a bit of comfort.

In addition, the survey also found that more women wished that their sex drives were higher, than men.

Lovehoney co-owner Richard Longhurst told the Daily Mail Australia:

These new findings shatter conventional wisdom which says that men tend to peak sexually earlier in their late teens and early 20s whereas women desire sex more in their 30s.

What the results show is growing female sexual confidence which has been increasingly evident since the publication of Fifty Shades of Grey five years ago.

It's a welcome development.

While the celebration of Fifty Shades as some sort of sexual bible is probably a bit ridiculous, growing sexual confidence is definitely positive.

Well done, everyone.

HT Her.ie

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