Here are the 10 most common sex-related fears

The site Superdrug OnlineDoctor conducted an investigation (relayed by Metro UK) to see what are the most frequent sexual anxieties… The study lists 1017 people living in the United Kingdom or the United States, and demonstrates the most cited anxieties among women, men and non-binary people. So nearly half of the respondents are Millennials, Baby Boomers, and generations X and Z are still represented. Participants were asked to rate each fear from a list given by the researchers on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the greatest possible worry.

# 1: fear that our partner will not find us attractive

In any category combined, the big winner is the fear that our partner will not find us attractive naked. It is fear that most pervades people in couples and married people. In singles, the number one fear turns out to be transmission of STIs, even if the body image comes right after. An anxiety that then unites both singles and couples is that of not satisfying his or her partner, followed very closely by the fear of not being “a good shot”. A little further, in 9th position, we also notice the fear that our hairs are a “killer”. In short, the study says a lot about self-esteem and the social pressure around sex that weighs heavily. Performance injunctions and the dictates of the perfect body harm our sexuality. Proof that there is still a long way to go to break free from standards …

Among the classification, we then find the fear that our partner has an STI, the fears of an unwanted pregnancy, premature ejaculation, an embarrassing body function occurring during sexual intercourse. But also the fear that our partner has the Covid-19, which clearly shows that the pandemic is creeping into the duvet.

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The complete classification:

• The fear that our partner will not find us attractive
• The fear of not satisfying one’s partner and that he / she will not have an orgasm
• The fear that our partner is carrying an STI
• The fear of being a “bad move”
• The fear of an unwanted pregnancy
• The fear of ejaculating too quickly
• The fear of having an embarrassing moment
• The fear that our partner has the Covid-19
• The fear that our hairs are a “kill-love”
• The fear of not knowing how to do it

The fears of men and women, not so different

Another interesting classification to analyze concerns the one that divides men and women. The study specifies that the number of non-binary respondents (6 out of 1017) was not sufficient to include them statistically in the classification concerning gender. Contrary to what one might think, the anxieties of men and women related to sex are not that different. Body image predominantly comes in first place for women while it is in second place for men. For the latter, it is the performance and satisfaction of the partner that takes precedence, but this fear is also in second place among women. On the other hand, men place unintended pregnancies in third place, while this fear does not appear in the top five of women.

In short, it would seem that the anxieties remain quite similar whether you are a man, a woman or a non-binary person, and whether you are in a relationship or not. Finally, the study also shows that men tend to talk less about their fears: 51.3% of them say they tend to communicate on this subject, against 59.4% of women. And you, do you have any fears related to sex?

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