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| Open Relationships Are Less Satisfying Sexually Than Monogamy |
About 82 percent of people in monogamous relationships were satisfied with their sexual life, while only 71 percent of polyamorous people said the same.
Entering an open relationship can often help people to survive long-distance relationships or work through jealousy feelings, but according to a new study, this does not always lead to a satisfying sexual life.
According to Quartz, a research group Berlin has examined about 11 000 people from across the EU and found that monogam and married couples are much happier with their sexual life in open relationships or polyamorphées.
The results, published in May, showed that 82 percent of respondents in monogamous relationships were satisfied with their sexual life to beat all other romantic attitudes. About 80 percent of the married sexually reported that they are satisfied, while only 71 percent of the interviewees felt in open relationships or polyamorous felt the same.
These figures, not surprising, take a sharp tip and sad when single is observed. Only 48 percent of the people who had no relationship (but not looking for) reported satisfaction with their sexual life, while only 40 percent of the singles looking for love were sexually satisfied.
But when it comes to having a happy and fulfilling relationship, sex is not always everything. A study last month published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, researchers at the University of Michigan found that people in open relationships or poly rule were much less envious - and much more trust - than their monogamous counterparts.
Dalia's investigation also revealed that, regardless of the kind of romantic environment in which they are, people have the best sex of their lives between 25 and 30 years - and they are men and women. In addition, the Spaniards have the most satisfying sex, while only 23 percent of people in Poland said they are "very satisfied" with their sexual life.
While the survey says a lot about sex in the EU, it is not monogamous relationships, married or polyamorous the US, probably because most US millennia seem to be doomed in not really interested.