Male Statistics While most men could rattle off the combined era and whip stats from their fantasy baseball teams, most of them have no idea about the stats of something far more important to their lives...their sexual health stats.
While the numbers show that male sexual dysfunction is widespread, fortunately our knowledge of the subject has evolved since the 1980's when it was originally believed that the majority of these problems were "all in the head." For example...because there was no clear understanding of the mechanics of erection, it was generally believed that most erectile dysfunctions had a psychological cause.
Doctors of course, now know that in most cases physical health problems are responsible, and discoveries such as this have helped men come out of their shells and talk more openly about their sex lives. Scientist continue to research the area of men's sexual health because the issue is becoming of increasing importance simply because the population is getting older, life expectancies are rising and most men (and women) expect to have sexual relations well into their golden years. Regarding the elderly, their sexuality has always been a bit of a taboo subject in our society...until Viagra hit the shelves. Pfizer, the makers of Viagra, undertook a massive study in 29 countries interviewing 26,000 people aged 40 to 80. Their study found that: - 83& of men and 63% of women say sex is important in their lives.
- 40% of women say their partner's capacity does not diminish with age.
- 31% of the men polled disagree with that statement.
- 82% of men and 64% of women polled had sex within the polling year.
- 57% of men and 51% of women made love from one to six times a week over the last year.
Don't forget though...male sexual health statistics are like a woman in a bikini: what they show is nice, but what they don't reveal is essential.
Drew Voight 
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