Results for Men's Health and Women's Health's annual sex survey are out

The annual Men’s Health and Women’s Health sex survey results are in and it’s time to share South Africans’ latest bedroom secrets and wildest fantasies. The survey is in its fourth year running and is as revealing as ever.

So what were the results? No surprises that South Africans have sex on the brain. Over 3000 readers came clean on their sexual behaviours, fantasies, fetishes and some rather interesting trends.

Women’s Health editor, Kate Wilson, comments, “Our results show that women are kinkier than ever and not afraid to experiment in the bedroom.” Has the fascination with erotic literature played a role?

Some revelations from the Men’s Health and Women’s Health 2013 survey are:


- Cheating is rife. Out of the WH respondents, 30% said they had cheated on a partner and 43% said they’d have sex with a married man. 35% of women who cheated also said they had done it at home;
- The bare truth - When it comes to their ‘lady gardens’ 46% of respondents said they are shaved completely and interestingly 21% of men said the same;
- Women don’t like oral sex? It appears men like performing oral sex more than woman like receiving it - 59% of men said they enjoyed performing oral sex, whereas only 13% of women said it was most likely to lead to orgasm;
- Women are more likely to have sex with a married man than have sex while on her period – 57% said no to sex with a married man whilst 71% said no to sex while on her period;
- Masturbation shocker. 37% of women said they masturbate once or twice a week, compared with only 29% of men;
- Best sex positions? Women still rate the “cowboy” as their favourite positions (woman on top), while men’s favourite position went to “missionary with legs up”;
- Get out the wooden spoon - a whopping 45% of female respondents admitted they like being spanked;
- Surprisingly South Africa’s kinkiest city went to Upington – with 60% of respondents who said they had used handcuffs and 30% who had been tied up;
- East London got mixed reviews – while men rated themselves as having the most sex, they also had the highest rates of masturbation, and the most dissatisfaction according to women who said that 60% of them faked orgasms and 48% who said their partners rushed too much; and
- Bloemfontein were rated as the “hardest working” city with the highest percentage of sex in the office place, whilst Pretoria had the most sex in cars.

To read more, get the latest edition of the Men's Health and Women's Health magazine.