India is the latest country to join the “sex recession,” with a marked decline in the frequency of sexual intercourse among men, and Japanese men are finding it increasingly difficult to achieve penile rigidity for penetration.
International studies have shown a steady decline in marital sexual frequency in the recent decades. Data from South Asia remain scarce, despite anecdotal clinical reports suggesting a similar trend. To evaluate generational differences in marital coital frequency among Indian men and to compare these findings with international trends.
Across five decades, a clear generational decline in marital coital frequency was observed among Indian men. The downward trend persisted across all marital durations, with younger generations maintaining nearly half the sexual frequency of older cohorts at comparable stages of marriage. This mirrors international trends.
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Japan is internationally recognized as a country with relatively low sexual activity. However, despite growing concerns, large-scale nationwide surveys on male sexual function have been scarce in recent decades. This study aimed to examine trends in frequency of sexual intercourse and sexual function among Japanese men over the past 30 years…
Over the past three decades, Japanese men have shown substantial declines in frequency of sexual intercourse, penile rigidity, and frequency of morning erections, particularly in younger and middle-aged cohorts. The proportion of men with insufficient penile rigidity for penetration, was significantly higher in 2023 than in 1991 across all age groups except those aged ≥75 years. Men reporting complete absence of morning erections were significantly more common in 2023 across all age groups.
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