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Sex goes missing from urban marriages
Updated On: 26 October, 2009 08:30 AM IST | | Kasmin Fernandes
Frequent romps in bed are disappearing from urban Indian marriages faster than you can say "I'm busy", say experts. here's why young couples are choosing careers over sex
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Frequent romps in bed are disappearing from urban Indian marriages faster than you can say "I'm busy", say experts. here's why young couples are choosing careers over sex
Forget DINK (Double Income No Kids). Urban Indian couples are now throwing sex u2013 with each other u2013 out of the picture too. According to Dr Vinod Chebbi, sexologist, marriage counsellor and director of Medisex Foundation, "74% of married couples in Indian metros are too busy to have sex. Among the couples in the survey, 82% of couples were married for less than five years and 18% for five or more." About 50% of couples suffer from infertility problems because of infrequent sexual activity.
70% get married for companionship
Even more disturbing is his finding that sexual activity reduces as income and social status evolve. "Career ambition is one of the prime causes for declining interest levels," says Dr Shekhar Doddamani of the Acupuncture, Sex Therapy and Research Institute of Sexual Medicine.
Relationships are becoming more about companionship than sex. In a survey conducted by the Family Planning Association of India, over 70% cited companionship as the reason for marriage.
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