Men’s Sexual Desire Peaks Around 40
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when the average woman’s sexual “peak” is, according to licensed sexologist, relationship therapist, and author at Passionerad, Sofie Roos. Studies have found that while women’s drive is at its highest between the ages of 27 and 40, sexual satisfaction reaches its peak after 80. “Sexual quality is extremely individual, and it’s difficult to rank it through life,” she previously told us. But if we’re talking pure drive, new research published in Scientific Reports has put a number on when men seem to have the most interest in sex. Men’s sexual desire seems to peak at around 40 Looking at data from over 73,000 participants in the Estonian Biobank, researchers wanted to see how age, gender, relationship status, sexual orientation, and number of children affected people’s sex lives. They surveyed people involved in the study and found men’s sexual desire peaked around the age of 40. What’s more, the average 40-year-old man’s sex drive was typically higher than that of men in their early 20s. “This pattern is surprising because it …
