SATISFIED
WITH SEX

Topics: Cohabitation; Commitment; Family; Marriage; Pleasure; Sex

References: 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; 7:3–5

Married people have better sex lives than single people. And married people are about twice as likely as unmarried people to make love at least two or three times a week.

That’s not all. Married sex is more fun, certainly, at least, for men. Forty-eight percent of husbands say sex with their partners is extremely satisfying, compared to just 37 percent of cohabiting men.

Marriage offers a promise of permanence, which may be why cohabiting men are four times more likely to cheat, and cohabiting women eight times more likely to be unfaithful, than husbands and wives.

—Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher, The Case for Marriage (Doubleday, 2000)