An article which has appeared in the Journal of Sex Research has attracted some media coverage today. Entitled Women's Autonomy and Timing of Most Recent Sexual Intercourse in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Country Analysis it details research conducted in Ghana, Mali, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Among its conclusions, it found:
A strong relationship between women's decision-making autonomy and time since last sexual intercourse in all six settings, even after controlling for factors such as the husband living elsewhere, age, marital duration, and other sociodemographic variables...
All of which lead to the following sensitive treatment by the Daily Mail:
A Rwandan couple not having sex, yesterday.
I've been saying this for years. In short it's scientifically proven that women- for want of a better phrase- need to learn their place. See the link.
Posted by: Matt | Sep 23, 2011 at 16:42