CIS - Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas

• 73.3% say they are "very or fairly satisfied" with their sex life, according to the CIS survey on "Sexual and Relationships."
• 62.6% believe that throughout life a person can change their sexual preferences and have relationships with women or men.
• 78.2% “strongly or quite agree” that in our society there are still many prejudices regarding sex.

The CIS (National Center for Statistics) conducted a study on sexual and relationship relationships. 63.1% of respondents agreed that having a partner is "very or quite important" for a satisfying life, while 34% believe it is "slightly or not at all important." Among young people between 18 and 24 years of age, 49.6% considered it "slightly or not at all important."

Sexual relations

76.9% say it's "very or quite important" to have sex for a satisfying life. This percentage differs between men and women, with 84.8% of men and 69.4% of women thinking this way. Conversely, 21.3% believe it's "not very or not at all important" to have sex.

84.9% say they "strongly agree or somewhat agree" that anything goes in a sexual relationship, as long as both partners are in complete agreement. A further 78.2% "strongly or somewhat agree" that there is still a lot of prejudice and secrecy surrounding sex in our society.

And 62.6% believe that throughout life a person can change their sexual preferences and have relationships with women or men.

Infidelity

64.5% consider "having heated conversations via text messages, phone calls, or social media" to be infidelity. This is the opinion of 58.1% of men and 70.6% of women. By age, the highest percentage is found among young people between 18 and 24 years old (83.5%), and the lowest among those over 65 (52.3%).

There is consensus that “having sexual and emotional relationships with another person” constitutes unfaithfulness for 91.5% of the population.

For 76.3% of Spaniards, having sex through social media without face-to-face contact is also considered infidelity, and the idea of "kissing another person on the lips" is more closely related. For 53% of Spaniards, this is considered unfaithful, and for 42.9%, it is not.

Regarding the number of relationships, 28.3% of respondents said they had only had one relationship, 19.3% said they had two partners throughout their lives, 18.5% said they had three partners, and 11.7% said they had four partners.

Sexual experiences

Regarding sexual practices, the most repeated is vaginal penetration (92.4%), followed by kissing and caressing with another person (86.4%), in third place, masturbation (80.3%) and among the most repeated is also oral sex (78.1%).

23.3% of respondents say they've slept with between 5 and 10 people, 22.5% say they've only slept with one person, and 12.3% say they've slept with between 11 and 20 people. And 9.6% say they've slept with between 21 and 100 people.

Degree of satisfaction

Of those surveyed who have had at least one sexual experience in their lives, 30.5% say they are "very satisfied" with their sex life, 42.8% say they are "fairly satisfied," while 21.1% say they are "slightly or not at all satisfied." Four percent say they don't currently have a sex life.

And as for the terms used to define or identify themselves, 85.4% of those who participated in the survey consider themselves heterosexual, 5.9% say they are bisexual, and 2.8% say they are homosexual.
These and other data are collected in the study on "Sexual and Relationships," which was conducted from January 22 to 30 and included a sample of 3,856 interviews.

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