41.4% of Spaniards agree that it is possible to have sexual relations outside the couple and a slightly higher percentage, 47.4%, believe that a person can have two or more affective-sexual relationships at the same time. This is reflected in the results of the third wave of the survey by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) on social and affective relationships after the pandemic, published this Wednesday.
In matters of love, the majority of those surveyed say they are very emotionally attached to their partner and almost seven out of ten agree to the question that love “can do everything”.
A slightly higher percentage, 79%, agree or strongly agree with the statement that “if you truly love, you are faithful to your partner”, although 47.4% also indicate that a person can maintain two or more affective-sexual relationships at the same time compared to 49.7% who maintain the exact opposite.
There is also a high number of Spaniards who agree that the members of a couple can maintain their affective relationship without living together to preserve their independence (66.4%).
41.4% agree or strongly agree that the members of a couple can agree to have sexual relations with other people outside the couple without there being a sentimental bond with them, while 30% are against .
In addition, about 70% believe that you can have sexual relations with someone without wanting those people, compared to 29% who are against this statement.
As for the importance that respondents give to different aspects when starting a relationship, physical attractiveness and economic status are not the most prominent, while the most relevant -according to them- are their involvement in the tasks domestic relations, satisfaction in sexual relations, economic independence and the desire to have children.
80% of Spaniards reject having a partner who “is not involved in housework”, for almost 70% another important aspect in a relationship is having satisfactory sexual relations, while 91.5% confess that they do not care that your partner has less money.
The survey also asks about sexual orientation: 90.9% declare themselves heterosexual; 1.9% homosexual; 3.7% bisexual, 0.4% asexual and 0.8% “other orientation”.
The CIS also detects that on a scale from one to 10, only 0.4% declare themselves “completely unhappy”, compared to 20.2% who maintain the exact opposite, and 18.5% who place number 9 .
On the other hand, only 16.5% say they are practicing Catholics, 36.2% non-practicing Catholics, 2.7% believers of another religion; 13.1% agnostic; 13.3% “indifferent, non-believer” and 17% atheist.
30% never attend mass or other religious services (not counting ceremonies of a social nature, such as weddings or funerals); 20.5% almost never, 21% several times a year, 10% two or three times a month, 13.2% every Sunday and public holiday and almost 5% several times a week.
Regarding the use of the Internet, there is a mixed perception of its impact on human relationships: 73% believe that communication in the family decreases and 81% that it isolates people more, but 82% maintain that new technologies have close to relatives with whom you do not live.
In this context, most agree that online relationships compared to “face to face” do not generate more trust, affection, sincerity or fidelity.
In case of difficulties, 60% of Spaniards maintain that their family would surely help them, followed by their partner (58.8), friends (31.1%), neighbors (17.1%) and lastly co-workers and/or students.
In the last six months, almost a third say that their dedication to household chores has increased, as well as meeting with friends and family and being with their partner.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project