A biomedical scientist has debunked a common myth regarding how many times a week couples should be getting intimate.
Thanks to the overwhelming presence of social media in our lives, we're more concerned than ever about whether or not we measure up to everyone else when it comes to bedroom activities.
But we should all know by now that what we see online is not a reflection of real life - and that includes the physical aspect of your relationship as well.
Seeing other peoples' relationships on social media can make us feel lacking (Getty Stock Images)
There is a popular myth circulating online which states that in order to have a happy relationship couples should be getting intimate around three times a week. However biomedical scientist and TikToker Kellie has now reassured her followers that this is 'furthest from the truth as possibly be'.
"The reality is that couples on average actually do the deed less than once a week," she explained.
Explaining how this translates to annually, she continued: "[For] anybody over the age of 30 actually averages out at 66 times a year, anybody under the age of 30 averages around 105 times a year.
"So this is considerably lower than the myth of three times a week... Let this be a reminder, TV lies and your relationship is fine."
Naturally people were divided over the subject in the comment, with one user stating they'd be DTF five to seven times a week if it 'wasn't for work' while others were confused why the weekly average was less than once but the annual number equated to s***ging more than once a week.
But Kellie's figures are not too far off, with a recent study published by SAGE arguing that 'sexual frequency is no longer significantly associated with well-being at a frequency greater than once a week'.
"We have lots of expectations about how relationships are ‘supposed’ to look," Dr. Logan Levkoff, a PhD specialist in human sexuality, said in a recent interview with NBC.
Levkoff went on to add that no two relationships are the same and that the right amount is whatever feels 'normal' to you.
However normal should whatever feels right for your relationship (Getty Stock Images)
The doctor also revealed some of the common reasons why people might not be having enough sex, with stress, body insecurity, chronic medical issues and potentially even a waning romantic connection being responsible.
Levkoff also warned about the risk of smart devices having a negative impact on your sex life, telling the outlet: "The irony of technology is that while it makes us feel intellectually more connected to people, it can isolate us even further from one another when it comes to intimacy."
As if we needed more reasons to put our phones down.
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