Two multi-wave, longitudinal studies demonstrate sex difference in sexual desire after marriage. Women's sexual desire declined on average after marriage, while men's desire generally stayed constant. (McNulty et al. 2019)

Altmark22 · 2019-09-01T19:05:19+00:00

Abstract:

Sex is critical to marriage. Yet, there are several reasons to expect spouses to experience declines in the desire for sex over time, and the rates of any declines in sexual desire may differ for men and women. We used two multi-wave, longitudinal studies to test whether male and female members of newlywed couples experienced different rates of change in sexual desire, whether any such changes were accentuated by childbirth, and whether any such changes had implications for marital satisfaction.

In both studies, spouses provided multiple reports of sexual desire, marital satisfaction, and childbirth. Results demonstrated that women’s sexual desire declined more steeply over time than did men’s sexual desire, which did not decline on average. Further, childbirth accentuated this sex difference by partially, though not completely, accounting for declines in women’s sexual desire but not men’s. Finally, declines in women’s but not men’s sexual desire predicted declines in both partners’ marital satisfaction.

These effects held controlling depressive symptoms and stress, including stress from parenthood. The current findings offer novel longitudinal evidence for sex-differentiated changes in sexual desire and therefore suggest an important source of marital discord.

Redchad00 · 2019-09-01T22:45:54+00:00

I’m more interested in married women vs unmarried women of the same age. With sexual desire, not sexual utility, as the topic

IceHistory0 · 2019-09-02T11:18:54+00:00

Don't put a ring on it guys

statusincorporated · 2019-09-06T16:06:05+00:00

This is mediated by how threatened a woman feels that her partner will leave.

A man is always best off marrying DOWN.

SophisticatedBean · 2019-09-02T09:58:16+00:00

They did attempt to replicate Klusmann 2002 & 2006 that women who didn’t live with their partner did not show the decline in sex drive?

pizzae · 2019-09-03T01:58:51+00:00

How do you prevent their sexual desire decline?

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