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Women Get Bored with Monogamy Faster Than Men | Esther Perel

11 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker asserts that research shows women become bored with monogamy more quickly than men, while men's sexual desire declines gradually but they remain more capable of staying interested in a long‑term partnership. The speaker challenges the common simplification that women simply care less about sex, arguing instead that the issue is the lack of stimulating sexual experiences within committed relationships, which leads to reduced desire for women after marriage.

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Look, we know that women get bored with monogamy much sooner than men. Wow. Is this a factor? That's research. That's not just fact. Men's desire in long-term relationship goes down gradually. He actually is much more able to remain interested. And maybe just because he's interested in the experience itself and he has a partner there. Women's desire post-marriage. Really? And it's always been translated as, well, that's because women care less about sex. Rather than it's because women care less about the sex that they can have in their committed relationships, which is often not interesting enough for them.