Is it a problem to only have sex once a month?
2024-04-12T04:11:58.387Z
Highlights: The happiest couples would make love once a week. Beyond this frequency, marital fulfillment would not increase further. “Some people function very well and are very happy but just need to be reassured,” explains Claire Alquier, sexologist. The problem is the idea that a couple without sex is not really a couple, and even more, that the good health of the union is measured by a sustained rate of relationships... The study was published in 2015 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. The findings were published in the Journal of Social Psychology and Personality, published by the Institute for Social Psychology, University of Paris, and the Association for Social and Personality Psychology, Paris, in the journal of psychology and behavioral phenomenology, volume 2, volume 1, volume 2, volume 3, volume 4, volume 5, volume 6, volume 7, volume 8, volume 9, volume 10, volume 11, volume 12, volume 13, volume 14, volume 15, volume 16, volume 17, volume 18, volume 19, volume 20, volume 21, volume 22, volume 23, volume 24, volume 25, volume 26, volume 27, volume 28, volume 29, volume 30, volume 31, volume 32, volume 33, volume 34, volume 35, volume 36, volume 37, volume 38, volume 39, volume 40, volume 41, volume 48, volume 51, volume
DECRYPTION - When it comes to sexual relations within a couple, the slightest drop in rhythm is often considered worrying. But what is it really?
The happiest couples would make love once a week; beyond this frequency, marital fulfillment would not increase further. This is what a study published in 2015 by the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
revealed . Should we conclude that those far from the weekly rhythm are less happy? That good marital health is assessed by the frequency and regularity of relationships? And if we only make love once a month, is this the beginning of the end?
Many of us ask ourselves all these questions, according to specialists. Often for the wrong reasons, in fact. “Some people function very well and are very happy but just need to be reassured,” explains Claire Alquier, sexologist. The fault is the ambient societal discourse which maintains the idea that a couple without sex is not really a couple, and even more, that the good health of the union is measured by a sustained rate of relationships...
