In the primeval age men used to fight for the woman of their choice. The survivor used to get the woman. Human mind has always linked sexuality with competitiveness. Both men and women enjoy sex more if they know that their peers are not enjoying it as much as them. Peer pressure affects the way we perceive our sex life. This has been proven to be a fact by researchers.
It is also true for the other aspects of life like career and personal relationships. When a single woman hears her committed bff gush about her new engagement ring, she is bound to feel depressed or mildly jealous.
This is human nature and we cannot do much about it. People continuously compare their quality of life with that of others. We do not only compare the sex life of our friends and peers but also compare salary, lifestyle and physique.
An associate professor of sociology from CU, Tim Wadsworth, has revealed that the number and frequency of sex decides the level of happiness that a man gets. Every individual wants to be better than his contemporaries to feel good. Therefore, they try to find out how many times their peers are having sex and make mental comparisons of their own sex life with others.
Wadsworth’s research proves that the more sex people have the happier they tend to feel. At the same time, it is also true that people who think that their sex life is not as good as that of their peers feel bad and frustrated.
The survey conducted by Tim tried to find out the connection of salary, lifestyle, social status and marital status with happiness. The researchers found that people who have average sex life are happier than those who did not have sex for the past twelve months.
This surely points out that frequency of sex increases the level of happiness among people.
Lifestyle magazines and internet are the main sources that help people compare their sex life with others. In many online and offline magazines survey reports are regularly published about the sex life of others. These survey results can influence readers and make them feel inferior to those surveyed.
Most of these surveys are not done by observing scientific methods and the results are inaccurate. Still they are enough to ruin someone’s mental peace.
Summary:
Happiness directly relates to the frequency of sex. People often compare their sex life with that of others. Their mental happiness depends on the result of the mental comparisons they make.
