Reasons You're Not Having Sex

Your bed isn’t sexy anymore -We hear it over and over again: The bed should be used for sex and sleeponly. So why do so many of us insist on bringing third parties—laptops, PDAs, Law & Order—into the boudoir?All that technology and distraction can cause insomnia and put a damper on your sex life. After all, it’s harder to initiate sex if your spouse ishiding behind a newspaper or glued to the TV or if your hands are busy exploring the Web rather than his body.

You're not alone Not getting any? You’re not alone: Women today have less time for sex than their 1950s counterparts. And it’s estimated that 40 million Americans have what experts call a sexless marriage (having sex less than 10 times a year).A regular sex life is good for your health. It can satisfy all sorts of emotional- and physical-intimacy needs and help partners stay close, says Anita H. Clayton, MD, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia and author ofSatisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy.