About sex being good for you.

[edhopper]

I see studies from time to time that say having sex "blank #" times a week helps this or that.
My question is;
Does that mean intercourse, or does oral sex and masturbation work as well for these healthy side effects?
Would say, lesbians with an active sex life benefit as much as a hetero couple?
Strangely, I never see this addressed in the main stream media.

[Sky Masterson]

1. I have heard that for men

The act of climaxing relieves pressure from the prostate and can help lower a mans risk of colon cancer.
I think sex contributes to well being and relieving stress.

[Dr Morbius]

2. Sex should incorporate some exercise.

If it does, it increases your heart rate. One becomes all flushed. Sex is good cardio. I would say, sex which does not incorporate any exercise (for you, while perhaps the one who's servicing you is exercising a bit!) is likely not as healthy. Mind you, there are endorphins released during sex, and the occasional release of these endorphins is healthy. Orgasm, to put it simply, does a body good, but healthy sex should involve some exercise.

A little more exercise than just a workout for the lower right arm, anyway.

As to whether lesbian sex can be as healthy as heterosexual sex, I don't see why not. I don't mind thinking about it, though! :D

I should mention before I depart that my title is an entirely self-imposed honorific. Dr. Morbius is a character from an old science fiction movie; I am not a real doctor but I play one on the internet.

[muffin1]

3. An ex-boyfriend (who's still a friend),

constantly tells me that sex (with him, of course) is good for: my depression, my toothache, my headache, even my anger towards repukes. I don't know...I think he could be shining me on...:P

[Xipe Totec]

4. Sax is good for you

but, frankly, blowing any instrument works equally well.

[asdjrocky]

5. I gotta think all of the above.

[miscsoc]

6. i'd imagine that a lot of the supposed benefits

have less to do w/ sex than with the fact that the average person who is having a lot of sex is probably in decent physical/mental shape - people want to fuck them, after all.

[miscsoc]

7. actually

there are many ways in which that sometimes might not be the case, but in general this is prob. true.

[applegrove]

8. I read somewhere ages ago the semen has some antidepressant properties for women. Don't ask me to

post a link...I have no idea where I read that.

[miscsoc]

9. thx

just adding that to my list of lines to use on women who have trouble realising their need for miscsoc

[applegrove]

10. I'm surprised it isn't used more often as a line.