{"id":120197,"date":"2026-03-23T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/?p=120197"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:11:45","slug":"sex-intimacy-loneliness-a-global-survey-launching-at-the-end-of-march-will-examine-how-people-experience-intimacy-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/sex-intimacy-loneliness-a-global-survey-launching-at-the-end-of-march-will-examine-how-people-experience-intimacy-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex, Intimacy, Loneliness: A global survey, launching at the end of March, will examine how people experience intimacy today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row nav_skin=&#8221;light&#8221; consent_include=&#8221;include&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Flensburg, March 2026<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Are people having less sex these days or are we simply talking more openly about intimacy than ever before?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\">This question is at the heart of an international industry initiative that will launch one of the largest global surveys on sexual wellness from the end of March. <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\">The timing is no coincidence: there is a growing global discussion about a possible \u2018sex recession\u2019, rising loneliness and new forms of intimacy. The organisers therefore want to learn about current attitudes across different countries to better understand how people view sexuality, intimacy and personal well-being today.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row nav_skin=&#8221;light&#8221; consent_include=&#8221;include&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The survey focuses on questions such as: <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">How do people today define desire, intimacy and sexual health?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">What role does emotional well-being play in a fulfilling sex life?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">And how do people discover products related to sexual wellness?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row nav_skin=&#8221;light&#8221; consent_include=&#8221;include&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Real voices. Real needs. Real change.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\">Between dating apps, mental health, growing self-determination and new relationship models, attitudes towards intimacy are noticeably changing. <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\">The sex-positive platform zandora.net is therefore launching a global online survey in collaboration with the companies ORION, Lovehoney, ONE\u00ae\u00a0and pjur, as well as the PR agencies Little Leaf Agency and Modality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 16px;\"><i style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cSexuality is a central part of our well-being, and yet we know surprisingly little about how people really feel about it today\u201d<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\"><em>says Thomas Kj\u00e6r \u2013 founder of zandora.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 16px;\"><strong><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cWith this survey, we want to give people around the world a voice and gain a better understanding of what intimacy means to them today.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The official launch of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zandora.net\/sexual-wellness-survey-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">survey<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> is scheduled for 23<sup>rd<\/sup> March 2026. It will be available in several languages, including German, English, French and Spanish. People worldwide can participate in the survey, which takes just a few minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\">The aim is to reach as broad a community as possible through the partners\u2019 international networks. The survey will run until the end of July 2026. <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.03px;\">All the results will then be analysed anonymously and published in a comprehensive Sexual Wellness Insights Report. The report is intended not only to provide the industry with valuable new insights, but also to lay the foundations for a more open and informed discussion about sexuality and intimacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row nav_skin=&#8221;light&#8221; consent_include=&#8221;include&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Flensburg, March 2026 Are people having less sex these days or are we simply talking more openly about intimacy than ever before? This question is at the heart of an international industry initiative that will launch one of the largest global surveys on sexual wellness from the end of March. The timing is no coincidence: there is a growing global discussion about a possible \u2018sex recession\u2019, rising loneliness and new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":120193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,157,114,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-center","category-sexpert-knowledge","category-ueberregionale-pressemeldungen-en","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120209,"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120197\/revisions\/120209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}