From Asia Pacific News.Net:
Only about 2.2 percent of women in China consider sex as the most valuable factor to make them happy, a recent survey has found. About 22.5 percent of the women surveyed prioritized love as the big happiness maker, because the word ‘sex’ was still considered as a taboo.
Notably, the factor of “self-fulfillment” ranked highest for the Chinese women to make them happy, as more than 60 percent of the respondents voted for it.
Citing a reason for a low percentage of women linking their happiness to sex, a leading sexologist in the country said that traditionally the word ‘sex’ carried negative meanings. “The word was stereotyped with negative meanings. A good woman should not like sex. Love is a beautiful word,” said Li Yinhe, a noted sexologist and professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. [Full Text]