Middle-aged and older people in Western countries were the first to take the contraceptive pill, challenge the institution of marriage and campaign for women's rights, and now they are continuing to reap the benefits of the sexual revolution.

A global study has found that people living in countries with high levels of gender equality enjoy the best sex, with the over-40s saying they are most satisfied.

The group from the Middle and older age who live in Western countries and who enjoy more equality between men and women are most likely to report being satisfied with their sex lives, according to the study.

Equality between men and women may boost sex lives, as per the research report of the University of Chicago.  Its team has surveyed about 27,500 people, ages 40 to 80, in 29 countries.

The study has different effects in Western Countries and people living in East Asia and Middle East countries among others.  The couples who live in Western countries and who have gender equality feel more satisfied with their sex lives.

On the contrary, the people in countries where men have a dominant status over women -- such as East Asia and the Middle East have less satisfaction with the physical and emotional quality of their sex lives.

Sexual satisfaction was highest in four countries -- Austria, the United States, Spain, and Canada -- and lowest in Japan and Taiwan. Countries such as Turkey, Egypt and Algeria ranked in the middle as per survey.

Sex is such an urge that a sexually satisfied person is likely to lead tension free and long life.  It applies to both the genders. Sexually starved people suffer from various diseases and live a short life.

The findings from the "Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors" appear in the April issue of the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, states:

"Male-centered cultures where sexual behavior is more oriented toward procreation tend to discount the importance of sexual pleasure for women," lead author Edward Laumann, the George Herbert Meade Distinguished Service Professor in Sociology at the University of Chicago, said in a prepared statement.

But in relationships based on equality, couples are more likely to have sexual habits that meet both partners' needs, he noted.

The study findings include:

• In Western nations, two-thirds of men and women reported satisfaction with their sexual relationships and 80 percent said they were satisfied with their ability to have sex. About half of men and one third of women said sex was extremely or very important in their lives.
• In East Asian countries, about one quarter of men and women said they were satisfied with their sex lives, while two-thirds of the men and half of the women reported satisfaction with their ability to have sex. Twenty-eight percent of men and 12 percent of women said sex was important to them.
• In the Middle East, 50 percent of men and 38 percent of women said they had satisfying sex lives and about 70 percent said they were satisfied with their ability to have sex. Sixty percent of men and 37 percent of women said sex was important to them.
  

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