Girls want it just as much as guys. But guys just aren't shy about it. I think it all comes down to society. It's been made that if a women says out loud she has intercourse numerous amount of times in a certain amount of time with many partners it is frowned upon while when it comes to men it is encouraged.

I think it just depends on the person. Some guys will just have sex with anyone and everyone that they can as much as they can- and there are some women like that too. Personally, I have a very high sex drive and its hard to find a boyfriend that can keep up with me on some days. So it just depends on the person.

i had some lecutres about sexual health at school and the the doctor said that from medical point of view men need sex more often. i don't remember any numbeers but it was pretty much like twice more often than women. i'm a woman and i don't need sex at all, so i guess it depends on a person not just gender

Men and women travel slightly different paths to arrive at sexual desire. "I hear women say in my office that desire originates much more between the ears than between the legs," says Esther Perel, a New York City psychotherapist and author of Mating in Captivity.

Even today, many females don't understand male sexuality. So this article is for women – especially women who can sometimes find it hard to understand what makes men 'tick' sexually.

One of the reasons why the human race has survived for hundreds of thousands of years is the fact that nature has 'programmed' men to be mad keen on penetrating women – and getting sperm into them.

But let's bring it up to date. What about your man today? Well, it should be the case that recent centuries of civilisation have had an effect on him – so that he does not try to impregnate every nice-looking woman he meets.

"Men are very rigid and specific about who they become aroused by, who they want to have sex with, who they fall in love with," says J. Michael Bailey, a Northwestern University sex researcher and co-author with Chivers on the study.

Why are women's sex drives seemingly weaker and more vulnerable to influence?

Men and women travel slightly different paths to arrive at sexual desire. "I hear women say in my office that desire originates much more between the ears than between the legs

That does not mean that men do not seek intimacy, love, and connection in a relationship, just as women do. They just view the role of sex differently. "Women want to talk first, connect first, then have sex

another difference between the sexes: how often they have an orgasm during sex. Among men who are part of a couple, 75% report that they always have an orgasm, as opposed to 26% of the women. And not only is there a difference in reality, there's one in perception, too. While the men's female partners reported their rate of orgasm accurately, the women's male partners reported that they believed their female partners had orgasms 45% of the time.

With men's sex drives seemingly more directly tied to biology when compared to women, it may be no surprise that low desire may be more easily treated through medication in men.