‘I felt like I was his carer’: why straight women in relationships lose interest in sex
In unequal households – the majority of heterosexual homes – domestic and emotional pressures on women can have a direct effect on libido
Zoe and her husband, Charles, can’t keep their hands off each other. They were like this in the early stages of their relationship, too – “there was something wrong with us” – Zoe jokes about their prolific lovemaking. But this new, “giddy” phase is different.
“It feels like we’ve just started again. But with all this history, and this amazing child, and all this other stuff that binds us together,” she says.
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