FELLAS are three times more likely to have sex on the brain than women, a study has found. As many as one in eight men fear they may be addicts — compared with just one in every 25 females. Blokes were also most likely to fret about the amount of pornography they watched while engaged in solo acts, researchers revealed.
More than 2,800 Americans were asked if they thought their sexual behaviour was addictive or out of control over the past six months. Between eight and 13 per cent of men said it was, while for women it was just three to four per cent. Straight men were most likely to be worried — especially younger blokes and the religious — with heterosexual women least.
Researcher Professor Joshua Grubbs, from the University of New Mexico , said males tended to go solo more often so were more likely to worry they were overdoing it. Religion might also have taught them it was wrong, he added. It comes as The Laurel Centre, a specialist sex and porn addiction clinic in Britain, reports an increase in patient numbers.
A 2023 study in Britain found that one in 20 people — 4.69 per cent — are estimated to be at high risk of sex addiction. Most read in Health The World Health Organization recognised compulsive sexual behaviour disorder — defined as a consistent failure to control urges — as a real condition in 2019.
Prof Grubbs believes something that worries so many needs greater focus. He said: “Concerns about sexual addiction and compulsivity are common enough in the general population to warrant attention from mental health research.”.
