5 Reasons Sex is Good For You!

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cant decide between the following thoughts:

"OMG i hope this is real!"

"couples propaganda?"

5 Reasons Sex is Good For You!
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By Laura Snyder
Better sleep. A sexier physique. Stronger immunity. Sound like the effects of the latest wonder drug? Nope, it's just the many physical benefits of having a satisfying sexual relationship.
And all this time you were just making love because it was fun! If you're looking for more reasons to get romantic, consider the following:
1. You're getting a good workout. Would you rather run 75 miles or have sex three times a week for one year? While both burn the same number of calories (about 7,500), one is decidedly more pleasurable than the other. Regular sex - which burns approximately 150 calories in a half-hour -- is regular exercise. You'll have all the same benefits of spending that time in the gym, including improved circulation, lower cholesterol and the release of feel-good endorphins.
2. You won't get sick. According to research by Dr. Carl Charnetski, professor of psychology at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa and co-author of Feeling Good is Good For You, people who reported one or two sexual episodes per week enjoyed higher levels of Immunoglobin A, the antibody that helps fend of illness.
3. You'll feel happier. In addition to the obvious boost in satisfaction, feeling secure in your relationship leads to a greater sense of well-being. Women in particular may see even more benefits. Researchers at the State University of New York at Albany found that women who regularly came into contact with semen were significantly less depressed than those who didn't get a dose of those potent sex hormones and naturally occurring opiates.
4. You'll reduce stress. People who get it on regularly report that they handle stress better. The release of climax will get even the most anxious lover totally relaxed, and you know you'll sleep better.
5. You'll live longer (and look younger!). A British study of 1,000 men found that those who had at least two orgasms per week had half the death rate of those who indulged less than once a month. Sex can make you look younger, too, according to neuropsychologist David Weeks, who found that men and women who reported having sex an average of four times per week looked approximately 10 years younger than they really were.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

omg, forward the email to everyone you know!!! quick!!! i love forwarded emails!

― absolutego (ex machina), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

A British study of 1,000 men found that those who had at least two orgasms per week had half the death rate of those who indulged less than once a month.

This seems more like an argument for the joys of masturbation than anything else.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

wow, me too! let's have sex and reduce stress!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

"Researchers at the State University of New York at Albany found that women who regularly came into contact with semen were significantly less depressed than those who didn't"

I'm putting that on a shirt.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

and what about lesbians? i kind of doubt semen's magical...

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

Results 1 - 10 of about 137,000 for magical semen. (0.27 seconds)

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

well, then, allow me to change thought #2 "propaganda for hetereosexual couples?"

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

Let's say, hypothetically, you're a man, and sex is basically you lying there for anywhere from five to fifteen minutes while your partner primes your pump, so to speak, after which you do her for maybe two minutes, tops. Does that still burn 150 calories? (And is that an abnormal routine?)

― richard smoker, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

Mr Richard Smoker, you're a poopie poker.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

I'm putting that on a shirt

Isn't that what got Monica Lawinski in trouble?

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

and that burns many, many calories.

xpost NO NOT THAT - I've done that enough.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

Last year there was some study that said men who ejaculated more often were less likely to have prostate cancer.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)

Uh wtf..."found that women who regularly came into contact with semen were significantly less depressed than those who didn't get a dose of those potent sex hormones and naturally occurring opiates."

Dont those hormones come from teh orgasm, not teh spoooge?

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

Twice daily masturbation = eternal life?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

maybe thats what the pope forgot to do.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

::spits beer on monitor::

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)

1. You're getting a good workout. Would you rather run 75 miles or have sex three times a week for one year? While both burn the same number of calories (about 7,500), one is decidedly more pleasurable than the other. Regular sex - which burns approximately 150 calories in a half-hour -- is regular exercise. You'll have all the same benefits of spending that time in the gym, including improved circulation, lower cholesterol and the release of feel-good endorphins.

Uh, this is a bit misleading. Running 75 miles A YEAR would mean running less than two miles a week. Not quite "regular exercise"

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)

"Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I have a favor to ask." (xpost)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Not quite "regular exercise"

better than no running, I guess. And other exercise raises your (my) sex drive.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

Isn't sperm fattening? I'm asking for the ladies.

― richard smoker, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

People keep telling me I look 25. Now I know why.

Ahem.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Uh, this is a bit misleading. Running 75 miles A YEAR would mean running less than two miles a week. Not quite "regular exercise"

do you think the average american even runs one mile a week?

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

sperm might be fattening, but you'll be so happy from getting fucked regularly that you wont care!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

whoa, that last post was even coarse for me!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

we're all appalled.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm still not convinced.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:24 (twenty years ago)

i am too. i re-read that comment and blushed.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

I was going to say I'm glad my daughter doesn't read ILX, but who am I kidding? She writes p0rn of her own.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:40 (twenty years ago)

: (

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

really?

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

the last item is more of an endorsement of marriage i suspect as married men are more likely to have two orgasms in a week than single men and married men live longer than single men.

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

ok hang on a second, do you really think what you just said is true? I mean yeah the statistic about married men yatta yatta that's supposedly true but the first part? Let's be serious here.

― Allyzay Subservient 50s-Type (allyzay), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

Uh, I probably shouldn't have told that on her. She writes a lot of fanfic, and some of it is kinda slash-y. Good for her for being a writer, I say. (xpost)

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

I think there may be some confusion of cause and effect here. I mean I don't know about you, but I'm more likely to have sex with happy, young-looking, non-stressed people. Not that I have lately since someone dumped me recently. Goddamnit. I miss sex. Think I can get a hooker covered by health insurance?

― mouse (mouse), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:59 (twenty years ago)

apparently in the netherlands you can, but only if you're disabled. well, according to a Shack song anyway

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

"women who regularly came into contact with semen were significantly less depressed than those who didn't"

yeah but regular contact with semen = unplanned pregnancy = reason to be MORE depressed

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:05 (twenty years ago)

more reasons for me to feel lonely unhealthy and inadequate!

\m/

― latebloomer: strawman knockdowner (latebloomer), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:06 (twenty years ago)

"found that women who regularly came into contact with semen were significantly less depressed than those who didn't"
Dont those hormones come from teh orgasm, not teh spoooge?

yeah but regular contact with semen = unplanned pregnancy = reason to be MORE depressed

You are assuming that the jiz, in this scenario, is being delivered through intercourse. Clearly these are professional researchers and they probably had the foresight to eliminate any outside factors. Who's to say how the women "came into contact" with the semen? Maybe they added a little something to their shampoo. Or maybe they fed it to them.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:03 (twenty years ago)

fuck- you know what I mean.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

Again, I find the thesis advanced here shocking and I will await further evidence.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:07 (twenty years ago)

Well why don't you come over?

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)

so no one has cleared up here yet whether masturbation counts or not....didnt them people in charge say it leads to bad things happening just a century ago?

A British study of 1,000 men found that those who had at least two orgasms per week had half the death rate of those who indulged less than once a month.

doesn't this seem to be only including orgasm through intercourse? since don't most men cum a lot more than just twice a week, if we count wacking off...and how many guys do you know that only "indulge" in that way less than a month? members of the clergy excluded...

― Vic in LA, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

If sex be excercise, then I be at least somewhat in shape (which I am not).

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)

I've read before that semen battles depression in women, but again no one said how it was, um, delivered. Maybe among women using the rhythm method, this is a popular method of curing depression.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:51 (twenty years ago)

Isn't sperm fattening? I'm asking for the ladies.

The Straight Dope says no. Although this does assume that you haven't been rushed to the emergency room and had spooge from 23 different guys pumped out of your stomach.

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

the real question is what percentage of people are in a LT satisfying sexual relationship? i'm sure having a great, fulfilling job does wonders for your health too. as does having a loving, supportive family.

they might as well tell me exercising in zero gravity will get rid of my back pain. so i say dud.

― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i suspect a ploy to make people who aren't having scads of sex feel bad. Three times a week is a bit demanding most weeks, even and maybe especially if you're in a long-term relationship.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

It's clear the article is too vague to be truly informative, but interesting enough to get hits. Hence, "5 Reasons Sex Is Good For You!". This is such an MSN.COM/Cosmopolitan byline.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:18 (twenty years ago)

who found that men and women who reported having sex an average of four times per week looked approximately 10 years younger than they really were

Maybe, but on average? Four times a week? That must mean that some weeks, they do it every single day. THat's a whole lotta fuckin'. Jeez... leave me some time to jerk off, will ya?

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)

I've read before that semen battles depression in women

Can't wait for the cartoon reenactments.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

Yar, Spermidor Thee Fighter!

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

who decided that the heavily-sexed people looked ten years younger than they were? how would you measure such a thing?

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

Well, if semen is a base, then it can possibly dissolve all those nasty wrinkles!

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

wouldn't the acidic vag eaters be better off then? like a natural face peel?

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

Next time, put aside the sun tan lotion, girlfriend! Get that younger skin straight from the Y chromo source!

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

This sounds like a party I don't want to be at.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Obviously the entire article is a big pile of steamy dog shit.

― Kate / We'll always be together in electric dreams (papa november), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Yeah... but I do tend to get depressed if I go too long without.

In addition to the obvious boost in satisfaction, feeling secure in your relationship leads to a greater sense of well-being.

They seem to take for granted in that sentence that more sex = feeling more secure in your relationship, which... is true.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:26 (twenty years ago)

Dude the entire article is an exercise in the obvious.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

I mean, we moved on to dog shit and cooter juice a long time ago.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

They seem to take for granted in that sentence that more sex = feeling more secure in your relationship, which... is true.

well, assuming the person you're having sex with is your actual significant other... (doh!)

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, sorry. I've been asleep.

xpost

― Kate / We'll always be together in electric dreams (papa november), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

Does cheating make you look younger? Somehow I doubt it.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

anything can be true in the world of terminally annoying forwarded emails, don't you know...

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

Cheating is the natural order in much of the animal kingdom. Some scientists have shown that female sparrows get some on the side actually inherit the cheating dude sparrow's sperm, while the sucker nice dude sparrow ends up fostering the cheater's chicks.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

The stress of the lying and deceit undoubtably ages you.

xxpost

― Kate / We'll always be together in electric dreams (papa november), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

You assume all cheaters have consciences?

Well, if cheating's not the order, than full on sexual barbarism is... Crabs and lobsters being the glowing exception! They have a very devout and intimate mating experience.

(Yes, I'm trying to derail this thread, can you tell?)

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

(Donut, can you sign on AIM? No emergency, just wanted to pass on info.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)

I don't think it's a matter of conscience at all.

xpost

― Kate / We'll always be together in electric dreams (papa november), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

*somebody cue the Onion article "Study Finds Sexism Rampant In Nature"*

I don't think it's a matter of conscience at all.

Well, it can't be stress. Exercise involves stress, which is supposed to make you younger.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:37 (twenty years ago)

you forgot one thing: c on ts

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 07:34 (twenty years ago)

ts eliot?

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 07:38 (twenty years ago)

Just fucking do it.

― Jack Ass (Jack Ass), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 07:41 (twenty years ago)

I think this explains why I keep getting colds.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 07:47 (twenty years ago)

"Researchers at the State University of New York at Albany found that women who regularly came into contact with semen were significantly less depressed than those who didn't"

Having spent three miserable semesters at that uni, I can honestly say that that is more to do with the environment than with women.

There honestly *is* nothing else to do in Albany. You'd damn well be depressed if you were stuck there without even getting laid.

― We Are All Full Of Kate (kate), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 10:30 (twenty years ago)

The article = teh stoopid

this thread = teh funney

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 11:15 (twenty years ago)

i'm moving to albany

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

A British study of 1,000 men found that those who had at least two orgasms per week had half the death rate of those who indulged less than once a month."

doesn't this seem to be only including orgasm through intercourse?

the word 'British' is key here.

― N_RQ, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

"MASTURBATION!! I'm gonna live forever..."

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

Masturbation takes coordination,
Masturbation, a game we all can play...
First you take a partner's hand,
Then you dip it down your pants...
Dip their hand!
Down your pants!
OH!

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

^Repeat to the point of stupidity.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Or until you get smacked by your mother.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

masturbation is NOT a game we can all play, yo. A hand job is not masturbation.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

I think you're doing it wrong, Kenan!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

5 Reasons Sex Is Good For You!

1. IT'S SEX
2. IT'S SEX
3. IT'S SEX
4. IT'S SEX
5. See #2

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

It's not masturbation unless you do it to yourself!

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

(haha I was originally going to make Daver's post)

Main Entry: mas·tur·ba·tion
Pronunciation: "mas-t&r-'bA-sh&n
Function: noun
: erotic stimulation especially of one's own genital organs commonly resulting in orgasm and achieved by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse, by instrumental manipulation, occasionally by sexual fantasies, or by various combinations of these agencies

The operative phrase "especially of one's own" does not preclude describing the manipulation of someone else's genitals as "masturbation".

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

(hahaha I like to manipulate genitals into doing my chores.)

― The Ghost of Are Those Dishes Clean? (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

xpost No, I suppose not completely, but it discourages it. Masturbation by someone else would be something of an obscurity in this case.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

It says that people most often use "masturbation" to talk about self-pleasure but it is also correct to use "masturbation" to describe pleasuring someone without using your genitals. It doesn't discourage anything.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:57 (twenty years ago)

I like the replacement of the schwa with an ampersand.

― Alix with an I ? (alix), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:57 (twenty years ago)

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:57 (twenty years ago)

by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse, by instrumental manipulation, occasionally by sexual fantasies, or by various combinations of these agencies

This is a silly argument, of course, but I think the "especially" is especially important. Otherwise, according to this definition, any time you do anything besides put a penis inside a vagina, it's "masturbation."

― happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

who decided that the heavily-sexed people looked ten years younger than they were?

I suspect the researchers have it the over way around -- those people who look younger than they are have a better chance of getting LOTS OF HOT SEX.

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Otherwise, according to this definition, any time you do anything besides put a penis inside a vagina, it's "masturbation."

DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

let's get back to the crustacean mating rituals, k?

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

This is a crustacean mating ritual!

― The Ghost of The Ringclawed Dictionary Crab (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Show us your pincers, stud.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/islands01/log/sep29/media/crab_600.jpg

― The Ghost of Clack Clack PHWOAR (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

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