China To Conduct First Female Sex Survey

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China is relaxing strict taboos to conduct its first nationwide female sex survey, asking intimate questions about women's sex lives.

The 2004 China Female Sex Survey is being organized by the Chinese Institute of Sexology and the Chinese Medical Association via the popular Internet site Sina.com, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

Women aged 21 and over can log on to the site to respond to 34 questions such as "How often do you have sex per month and how many times to you expect to have sex in a month?," "Do you get pleasure in sex?" and "Have you ever had extramarital affairs?."

"The aim of the survey is to find out the status of Chinese women's sex life, analyze their sexual behavior and psychology and provide sexual knowledge and advice," Ma Xiaonian, a sexology expert with the institute, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

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