Sex and the Contemporary Chinese Woman

A full 90.6 percent of the women that participated in the investigation spoke openly on the topic of their sexual desires and 75.1 percent of them expressed satisfaction with their sex life.

Sex and the Contemporary Chinese woman

THE importance of a mutually fulfilling sex life has gained greater acknowledgement in China in recent years but it is nonetheless a taboo topic. There have been few social surveys on this delicate subject, particularly as regards the degree of sexual satisfaction enjoyed by Chinese women,The 35-question survey on female attitudes to sex, formulated by the Chinese Sexology Society and the Chinese Medical Association, was, therefore, a major breakthrough. Sponsored by Sina.com and carried out in major Chinese cities from August to September 2004, the survey attracted 400,000 hits and drew 31,482 responses.