HOW sexy TO FEEL
A poor body image can choke the life out of your libido
WOMEN ARE THEIR OWN HARSHEST CRITICS
Feeling sexually attractive means you’re far more likely to enjoy sex, have an increased number of orgasms, initiate sex more and be more comfortable discussing sex with your partner. But UK research has revealed that one in 10 women never feels confident about their body during sex, compared with 3% of men. If you’re ashamed of your body and think it’s ugly, why would you want anyone looking at it or touching it?
No prizes also for guessing what’s nearly always behind this revulsion of our own flesh and blood. We women are damn good at criticising ourselves for a lot of things, but none more so than our weight.
Yet in contrast, does anyone reading this know of any man who thinks, ‘I don’t think I’ll have sex today because my beer gut is so enormous?’ But have you ever caught a glimpse of yourself in a mirror, thought, ‘God, I look so fat and awful,’ and felt that passing urge for sex disappear? Hmm. Michael, says, ‘A poor body image can choke the life out of your libido. It can make you turn down sex, even when you want it. When shame walks in the door, lust flies out the window.’
