Sex gets better with age for most Australian women: Survey

About 80% Australian women above 40 felt more confident in bed now than in their 20s and a third admitted to a cougar experience - having sex with someone at least five years younger, according to a survey.

The survey of 1000 Aussie women by Prevention magazine found the average 40-something woman has had eight sexual partners, almost a quarter have had sex in a public place and one in 10 fantasize about co-workers.

Almost a third said they wished to be more forward about what they want in bed, with about 10% rarely or never reaching orgasm.

Sixty per cent admitted there was still something they would like to experiment with in the bedroom.

Prevention editor Jacqui Mooney said the survey revealed a clear “satisfaction gap” between what women wanted and what they got, with 57% of Aussie women over 40 wanting sex at least once a week, but only 36% having it that often.

Respondents said they most commonly had sex to strengthen the bond they shared with their partner (68%), boost their mood (46%) or feel less stressed (29%).

“Contrary to popular belief, we were encouraged to discover that, for most women, sex only gets better with age,” News.com.au quoted
Mooney as saying.

“Unsurprisingly, 69% admitted tiredness sends your libido south. And, bucking the online trend, 38% reported their partner bringing an iPad to bed was a guaranteed passion killer,” the researcher added.

Almost half (45%) had been cheated on, while 26% have cheated themselves.

And the survey found woman over 40 were 40 times more likely to choose good sex over an icecream sundae.