Loud sex can be really annoying, especially when you’re not the one having it.
But according to Sweden’s health minister, it’s practically essential for a balanced life.
Speaking on Twitter, Gabriel Wikström replied to a comment about noisy neighbours which called for a ban on risqué sex after 10pm.
“We often discuss sex in negative terms, like, for example, we relate it to rape, we relate it to sexual abuse … but not to the positive thing that sex really is. I think we should really start to talk about sex as something positive.
He went on describe sex as a “political matter”:
“I think Swedes should have all the sex they want to have. Many Swedes feel they don’t have as much sex as they want to because of stress and work-related problems”
Wikström later told the BBC that he had intended to reply to the tweet in a humorous way, but did not expect it to go viral.
In a later statement to Swedish paper The Local, he declared that a lack of sex – not loud sex – is the problem, having caused a declining birth rate.
