Sex Is Not A Top Priority For Women
Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
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1:50PM, Thursday August 27th 2009
Cooking Light recently conducted a national survey of women over the age of 25 asking them to prioritize behaviors that promote their health. The respondents were asked to rank seven different behaviors in order of importance and their answers may surprise you. See how sex ranked after the jump.
1. Getting enough sleep
2. Keeping stress level low
3. Finding time to relax
4. Eating healthfully
5. Drinking the recommended amount of water
6. Finding time to exercise
7. Having enough sex
Sex is dead last, which is interesting because at least several other items on the list (lowering stress, exercising ... even relaxing) could be crossed off the list with a little action between the sheets. So, what do you think the deal is? My guess is the same women who read Cooking Light, women who spend a lot of time worrying about how many calories are in a cup of full-fat milk and whether edamame is a healthier snack than English Peas, might be a little more uptight than your average woman. Other thoughts? [via Cooking Light]
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Queen Frostine
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:00 pm: [report]
Totally agree that it appears skewed towards health nuts. Honestly, I’m sitting in front of a pile of cookies and drinking coffee right now. I can honestly say I’ll take sex over making sure I’ve drank the recommended amount of water (which I have no clue as to how much it really is). Sex would be #4 on my list. Then after sex, I’m probably going to go find another post-coital cookie or two.
bogart4017
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:08 pm: [report]
Who’d they ask? Women with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and low sex drive??
spatula
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:09 pm: [report]
Agreed, Queen Frostine! In fact, before clicking to read the rest of the article I was going to propose changing its title to Sex is Not a Top Priority for Women WHO READ COOKING LIGHT. Because I feel that qualifier is hella important
PinkRanger
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:10 pm: [report]
I guess to be fair, all 7 of these things are quite important for everyone, and the fact that sex is dead last doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not a priority that is taken seriously, just not as vital to these reader’s overall feeling of wellness. My list would definitely differ though…..big time. But I must admit, even though sex can relieve stress, when I’m having a particularly stressful and anxiety ridden day, I’m definitely not in the mood, so I need to manage my stress to keep my sex life as healthy and wonderful as I like it
Humble Bee
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:10 pm: [report]
@bogart4017, they probably asked a bunch of menopausal women in their late 40’s.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:15 pm: [report]
@bogart: It is a cooking magazine…
spatula
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:15 pm: [report]
Well said, PinkRanger!
magicalstacie
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:26 pm: [report]
Although I am an avid cook, don’t read Cooking Light because when I do, I tend to modify the recipes with things like butter, whole milk and bacon. Also, as a person who would put sex in the #1 spot of this list (yes, even above sleep), I have to say it absolutely affects all of the others. A vastly improved sex life helped me get off of sleep meds and anti-anxiety drugs, which means it gave me better sleep and lower stress levels! It certainly helps me relax. And I have to eat right and drink water so that I have the energy for it. I swear, enough sex, and #6 is entirely unnecessary.
I really think the world would be a happier, healthier place if sex were the #1 priority on this list!
lawyrgrl
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:40 pm: [report]
“Can’t you see the glass of water in my hand? How dare you touch me, you insensitive moron!” Sounds like 100% effective birth control to me!
_jsw_
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:51 pm: [report]
In related news, based on a poll in Game Informer Magazine, men are far more interested in the new quad-core Xbox than in sex with women (except maybe for those who look like the hot chicks in the FInal Fantasy series).
writergirl
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:52 pm: [report]
I would say based on the fact they asked women over the age of 25, and if they were readers of the magazine, I would say most of them probably had kids. Sex falls low on the scale compared to the rest of the stuff because sex is usually a low priority for women in the child-rearing age, where as the other things are important because its so rare to come by.
I read the magazine, but considering I just chomped down two nutrigrain bars, and have managed to polish off two boxes of them in three days—I don’t think I qualify as “uptight”.
DancerNinja
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 01:56 pm: [report]
I’m betting if the list were 20 items long, and sex were still #7, things would seem more proportional. And these things might be so close together in importance, that for most people the difference between #3 and #7 is negligible.
eclare
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 02:04 pm: [report]
I wonder how Cooking Light asked the questions. If CL asked the women on a scale of 1 to 10 how important is xyz in your daily life I could see sex falling behind but only slightly. for example getting a work out it might be a 7 while sex is a 6. however, if they asked to put the following 7 things in order or great importance to not important at all there are some frustrated people out there.
Another question is, what is the definition of sex in this survey? With another person or by your self.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 02:12 pm: [report]
@jsw: There is no quad core x-box!
Hands off the v-box, I wanna play!
ladyparts
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 02:38 pm: [report]
Well, for me personally Enough Sleep, Exercising, and Healthy Eating are all sorta necessary for me to want to be regularly having sex. Simple equation: when I feel good, I want it way more. Also, during particularly stressful points of life (sick relative, work troubles, etc) I don’t usually want to jump in bed to relive that. I want to talk about them with my bf, figure out how I can be proactive, etc. That is also when Sleep/Exercise/Eating usually get brushed aside as well.
H. Blue
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 02:42 pm: [report]
the question asks about health promotion, not what makes you feel good, or feel better, or what’s more fun, and what’s important to you. so obviously people are going to zone in on the eating right/exercise type of answers to put in the top spots. also, as another person put it, a lot of them would probably rank about the same for a lot of people. saying sex isn’t a priority is really taking the list out of context. also, I don’t really think the audience they were quizzing is a “frisky” bunch anyway.
Rose
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 02:47 pm: [report]
Damn, I’d rather have sex than sleep. Or eat, for that matter!
Goldfinch86
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 03:08 pm: [report]
I sorta want to defend this a little. As someone who gets up at 4:30 in the morning sex is the last thing i want to do when my boyfriend gets home, after we eat dinner and it’s 10:30 at night. I’m tired I just want to sleep. But on the priority of things I would say for me it’s 3, after procuring wine and dinner at the number one slot. I’m only 23, but then again ever since I’v been on birthcontrol my libido has gone into the can so that has something to do with it.
julseymp
wrote on August 27 2009 @ 08:46 pm: [report]
@eclare: I also wondered how CL asked the questions since that can definitely influence the outcomes. However, on the CL website, it says that the women were “asked to prioritize behaviors related to their overall health and well being.” So, they were given the list of 7 items and asked to put them in order of importance.
I think that this survey will seem accurate or inaccurate depending on where you are in your life. If you’re like me, a single gal who’s raring and ready to go, sex would definitely be higher on the list, and so the survey seems inaccurate to me. But, if you’re more settled, have kids, a job, etc., I can see how sex might end up being less of a priority, making the survey appear to be more accurate.
@condomelite: great idea! TheFrisky should definitely do their own survey using the same concept—ask poll takers to prioritize the same list, and see what happens! It would be very interesting to compare the results of the two different groups!
MarieMacCee
wrote on August 28 2009 @ 04:31 am: [report]
i agree completely with this list- sex is awesome and a major part of my life (yay for a boyfriend who knows what he’s doing and likes to do it!!!) but I don’t consider it part of my healthcare routine. I worry about exercise, sleep, and eating habits and their pertinence to my physical well being
C.Munro
wrote on August 28 2009 @ 03:37 pm: [report]
I suspect something else. All the other items on that list are things a person has more control over than one’s sex life. I mean, it’s a lot easier to decide for yourself when to go to bed or what to have for dinner. But sex depends on another person, and if you’re single, well, it simply can’t be counted on that sex will even happen anytime soon. So it’s easier to focus on the other things, the things we feel like we can control.