It has been claimed that women like sex less than men.
Even if we look back to a time when women who had sex out of wedlock tended to keep quiet about it, there was no indication that women couldn't and didn't enjoy making love.
Female body is built for pleasure: there are thousands of nerve endings in the female sexual organs that allow women to have multiple orgasms in the way men simply cannot. So, as the saying goes, what's not to like?
Women can enjoy sex just as much as men.
It often appears to be the case that women like sex less than men, many of whom seem to be driven to the most reckless acts by their libido.
Why else would so many men risk their families and happiness for the sake of what is so often meaningless adulterous sex? Cliche though it is, women like sex to have some meaning, and to be an expression of intimacy.
We therefore find it more difficult to divorce sex from friendship or love. Women are driven by a different imperative, not by our libidos, to the extent that they're willing to make fools of themselves to satisfy men.
Once women have children, they are generally too exhausted to think about sex, let alone contemplate a steamy session after a cosy night in watching Downton Abbey.
Most of my middle-aged female friends would be quite happy not to see a naked man again.
Now all this is not to say women don't like sex when the time is right. Female tend to love sex when they're geared up for it - fragrant, waxed and secure in the knowledge their underwear is decent.
But how often is that? Even with their beloved husbands, most of my happily married friends dread the wandering hand while they are reading a gripping book in bed and contemplating a good night's sleep.
This doesn't mean women dislike sex, but they want it on dignified terms when they have the time, energy and inclination for it.
