Korean wives say they don't need sex

By ANDY JACKSON Marmot’s Hole Guest Blogger The Marmot isn't the only one around the Hole would can dig up sex stories. It seems that the desire of many Korean women to maintain the appearance of being a 'good girl' continues even after they are married:

It found that a mere 4.4 percent of women thought sex was important in marriage, compared with 77 percent of men -- almost as many as the 74.8 percent of women who said it was unimportant. A substantial 20.2 percent said maybe it mattered (compared to 14 percent of men), but only 2 percent of married men said sex did not matter. When asked if prostitutes are needed to satisfy men’s sexual needs, 20.4 percent of women and 61 percent of men agreed.

I find it hard to believe that almost 75% of women think that sex is not important in a marriage. That really makes me curious about the survey's methodology. Perhaps someone who can read Korean well can find out at the homepage of the Korean Association for Sexology (which may either be related to, or the same organization as what the Chosun calls the Korean Institute for Sexology). This also makes it look like they are lying to the survey conductors:

Despite the views of the women, the study found that sexual satisfaction played a significant role in a satisfactory marriage, with 82.6 percent of women who said they were content with their sex life also saying their marriage was satisfactory. Only 11.3 percent who claimed an unsatisfactory sex life said they were content with their marriage.