Live R Perfect Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I just stumbled across this article posted on the Havenforthehumanamoeba group: No sex please, we're JapaneseSexless marriages in Japan are becoming so popular that building firms areputting up houses with saparate bedrooms for newlyweds.Condom sales have also slumped as more and more couples opt for marriageswithout conjugal relations, reports the South China Morning Post.Psychiatrist Dr Teruo Abe has coined the term sekusuresu, or sexless marriage,because more and more married couples are coming to see him over not having sex."If husband and wife are not sleeping together, wouldn't they be better offdivorced?" Dr Abe asked.Now nearly a third of houses put up by building firm Mitsui Home are designed toincorporate separate main bedrooms.When the company asked buyers why they wanted the modification, the repliesincluded: because the husband is having an affair; the wife does not want thehusband to see her without make-up; and the wife doesn't want the husband totouch her.Condom manufacturers say sales stood at 624 million condoms in 1989, but fell to576 million in 1999. The industry complains that sexless couples are one reasonfor the slump.Copyright © 2004 Ananova Ltdhttp://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_10269...wsIndexHeadline 2013 Mod Edit: The above link doesn't lead to the right place nowadays, but its content can be found here. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 :shock: W-wha Link to post Share on other sites
Shockwave Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Awwww... poor condom companies. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I guess I'm just an out-of-it sex crazed bastard, but this STILL seems really weird to me. Being married to someone who's having an affair? Crippling fear of being touched? Fear of lover seeing you without makeup? :lol: These seem like weird/dumb reasons to avoid having sex. I mean, I can see a small minority of people thinking this way, but for it to affect people this widely? Link to post Share on other sites
cait Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 wow...that actually...really sucks. oh god! my husband might see me without makeup! that's sad and a really crappy affect of society. and the husbands cheating on their wives thing, also no good. Link to post Share on other sites
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