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Article: Missing out on a love life; How older British women lag behind Europe over sex.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2001
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Byline: JENNY HOPE
BRITISH women in their prime have worse sex lives than their counterparts anywhere else in Europe, a survey revealed yesterday.
It shows that a quarter of British women aged 50 and over have sex once a month or less - the only country below the European average.
Just one in five older women in this country has sex more than five times a month compared to a third of women in France, Switzerland and Germany, and more than a quarter in Italy and Holland.
The survey shows British women - like elsewhere in Europe - believe a good sex life is important for their health and wellbeing but they are more prepared to 'suffer in ...