{"id":5469,"date":"2020-01-17T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5469"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:21:51","slug":"nearly-half-of-women-are-dissatisfied-with-their-sexual-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/nearly-half-of-women-are-dissatisfied-with-their-sexual-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly half of women dissatisfied with their sexual health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research<\/a>\nsuggests that many women in the UK have \u2018poor\u2019 sexual health, markedly worse\nthan men. Those considered to have \u2018good\u2019 sexual health – a low probability of\nany sexual health problems – consisted of 83% of men but only 52% of women. The\nstudy concluded that women have a wider range of issues surrounding sexual\nhealth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Analysing data from the British National Survey of Sexual\nAttitudes and Lifestyles, researchers at the University of Glasgow found significant\ndifferences in sexual health between men and women. The participants, 5000 men\nand 7000 women aged 16-74, were all sexually active the year before the survey\nwas conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did the study find?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For women, all aspects of poor sexual health were linked to\noverall lower satisfaction with their sex lives, in comparison to those who were\nconsidered to have good sexual health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For men, sexual function problems were the only issue linked\nto higher distress. Exposure to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) did not\nseem to affect men as much as women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2% of women and 4% of men were \u2018wary risk-takers\u2019 with a good understanding of the risks of STIs but a higher probability of having unprotected sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, 7% of women and 4% of men were \u2018unwary risk-takers\u2019 \u2013 likely to have unprotected sex but unaware of the risks involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women reported a greater range of sexual health problems including lack of desire, experienced by 29% of the women surveyed. Those with a lower interest in sex tended to be in the older age range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9% of men and 7% of women reported issues with sexual\nfunction, such as difficulty in reaching orgasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2% of women fell into the \u2018highly vulnerable\u2019 category, with\nexposure to factors such as STI diagnoses, sexual dysfunction, abortion and sexual\ncoercion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which groups may benefit from tailored intervention?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The study highlighted three main groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n