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Thursday, October 26, 2006

"Is Sex Necessary?"

"Is Sex Necessary?" Forbes (via Viviane's Sex Carnival)

Fans of abstinence had better be sitting down. "Saving yourself" before the big game, the big business deal, the big hoedown or the big bakeoff may indeed confer some moral benefit. But corporeally it does absolutely zip. There's no evidence it sharpens your competitive edge. The best that modern science can say for sexual abstinence is that it's harmless when practiced in moderation. Having regular and enthusiastic sex, by contrast, confers a host of measurable physiological advantages, be you male or female. (This assumes that you are engaging in sex without contracting a sexually transmitted disease.) ...

Sex, if nothing else, is exercise. A vigorous bout burns some 200 calories--about the same as running 15 minutes on a treadmill or playing a spirited game of squash. The pulse rate, in a person aroused, rises from about 70 beats per minute to 150, the same as that of an athlete putting forth maximum effort. British researchers have determined that the equivalent of six Big Macs can be worked off by having sex three times a week for a year. Muscular contractions during intercourse work the pelvis, thighs, buttocks, arms, neck and thorax. Sex also boosts production of testosterone, which leads to stronger bones and muscles.



While I found this an interesting article overall, I can't help but think that there are way more emotional components to sex that will affect this as well. They do talk about sex reducing depression but it's so much more complicated than just the physical act. Now, that's not what the article was looking at, but I don't really know if you can properly separate the two. And it's not really as simple a decision for most of us as "have sex" or "not have sex." For some people it is, but it's not for me and I imagine for most people, and I think that's where the lines get tricky. Most of us don't just want to "have sex" but to "have sex with" - either with a given person or a fantasy crush object or our partner or whoever. Yes, Michael Malice, I'm much more of a "prude" than some may believe. I say that jokingly cause he teases me about it, but while I'm as sex-positive as anyone else, I don't think that means having sex is always better than not having it, or that we can even agree on what "sex" or "having sex" really mean. I would imagine that most of this data is based on certain kinds of sex, and not others (and I don't believe "sex" necessarily equals "intercourse.") Still a worthwhile read though.

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