Indians Very Romantic Says A Survey

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1lace>New Delhi</st1lace></st1:City>, Sept 25: Urban Indians have one of the most exciting sex life in the world and are also the most open lovers in the world when it comes to talking to partners about sex, says a new global survey.

Almost three-quarters (74 percent) of Indians surveyed are comfortable with telling their partners what they like in bed way above the global average of 58 percent and the UK with just 49 percent, says the Durex ‘Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey’.

The survey further points out that two-third of Indians (68 percent) think their love lives are exciting, a sharp contrast with 38 percent for English lovers and 36 percent for famed lovers in <st1:country-region><st1lace>France</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Moreover, 63 percent of Indians say they have enough variety, compared with 47 percent in the <st1:country-region><st1lace>UK</st1lace></st1:country-region> and just 9 per cent in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Japan</st1lace></st1:country-region>.

The Greeks (76 percent) and Mexicans (80 percent) are the only two countries to have a more exciting sex life than Indians.

The survey covered more than 26,000 people online across 26 countries talking about every aspect of their sex lives.

The survey throws up interesting trends showing that Indians do not shy away from trying out new things and style in the bedroom.

"Indian bedrooms are the scenes of a range of antics for some, with sensual massage (55 percent), sexual fantasies (58 percent) and looking at erotic materials (55 percent) at the top of the menu. More than a third of Indians also love to include role play (37 percent) and wearing sexy underwear (34 percent)."

The survey results also point to Indians increasingly becoming open to using sex toys to spice up their sex lives.

"Almost six in ten (57 percent) Indians think it is acceptable for products aimed at improving sex lives to be available in mainstream stores. Currently just 9 percent of Indians use vibrators compared to 21 percent globally although 13 percent of Indians are interested to have a try," the survey said.

The survey said Indians are using more of lubricants to make sex more enjoyable with 33 percent of Indians using them more as a part of their sex lives which is similar to the global figure of 34 percent.

Compared to most other nations, Indians seem a little reluctant to experiment. While 22 percent of them would like to try massage oils, only 9 percent are interested in an orgasm enhancing gel and just 7 percent would consider aphrodisiacs or pheromones.

However, 57 percent Indians believe that people will become more experimental in their sex lives over the next decade, boosted by information available on the Internet.

Fidelity is still something that Indians are proud of, shows the survey which said that Indians have had fewer sexual partners than most other countries. Indian men have averaged six lovers and women have averaged two, while in the <st1:country-region><st1lace>UK</st1lace></st1:country-region> the figures are 16 and 10 respectively. Globally men, on average, have 13 partners and women have seven.

When asked what would improve sex lives, Indians said that more romance (47 percent), more fun (46 percent) and being able to spend more time with their partners (44 percent) would be among the top priorities, with 45 percent of surveyed Indians wanting to increase their knowledge so as to make things better for their partner.


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