According to the "2003 Durex Global Sex Survey" released on October 23, Global males regard Chinese women as most sexy. Half of the world population has had one-night sexual behavior. The Chinese feel satisfied with their sexual lives.

Out of people's expectation, though China ranks fourth in "the most sexy country", the world's men regard Chinese women as sexiest, taking 11 percent of the ballot, immediately followed by Brazilian women.

Statistics show that an average of 73 percent of the world population feel satisfied with their sexual lives. In Thailand, this figure is 92 percent, the world's highest. The ratio among Chinese lovers is 83 percent as the third highest. Russia, though with relatively high frequency of sexual behaviors, sees the lowest satisfaction degree of only 59 percent.

One finding is that pretended climax is most common in Australia and New Zealand where 47 percent and 46 percent respectively admit that they have pretended at least once, almost twice as much as the world average (26 percent). However, this phenomenon is not commonplace in the Far East countries and regions with 15 percent in Hong Kong and 17 percent in Malaysia.

In addition, virtual sexual phenomena through telephone, written language and e-mail are on the rise. Nordics are most enthusiastic about one-night sex. 71 percent of the Icelanders, 70 percent of the Norwegians and 68 percent of the Finns have had sexual lives with their opposite sex just met. This proportion, though as high as 32 percent, is the lowest in China.

The survey also shows that the French are most loyal to their friends. Nevertheless, there are still 8 percent French adult admitting sexual behaviors with the partners of their best friends. However, this figure is far lower than the 18 percent in Australia and Russia and 16 percent in Germany.

(People's Daily   October 29, 2003)