“Sex” it is a part of human nature. Without sex all of us would not be here. To some it can be magical and to others a quite disappointment but studies have shown that people should have sex every day.
Today society desires and revolves around sex with most music, television shows, movies, and other entertainment promotes sexual promiscuity. From my research I have found that frequent sexual intercourse has many positives to it. For one sex helps with a person’s self-worth. For an example, if a woman is tired both mentally and physically after working, taking care of the children, cleaning the house, and preparing dinner day in and day out; then sex will help her to feel more appreciated. Same goes for if a man comes home from work after working a double, sex will help him feel more appreciated as will. Thus, sex every day is both stimulating for both men’s and female’s self-worth.
Another reason is you can turn arguments into love with sex every day is because you relationships and it is hard to find time for one another sometimes. So to have sex and to give each other one on one attention is beneficial to a relationship.
In addition, sex helps to relieve stress. All the worries you may have are temporarily disappeared when in the bedroom. Sex takes your mind off these things such as work and bills and transforms into positive sensations. Without question I am sure that lots of people would choose having sex to release stress over hitting a pillow to relieve stress and definitely over keeping the stress in.
However, a study done on sheep by the University of Sterling shows that too much sex can cause a decrease in sperm count in male sheep. This side effect can subside all the other positives in individuals. For an example, some people with an already low sperm count may think twice before having sexual intercourse every day.
In conclusion, I feel as though people should have sex every day because there are lots of good benefits that come along with it. For a college student the decrease in stress is definitely worth it. Also, I believe it is good form of exercise which may be good for someone without excess to a gym. Not to mention the fun out of having sex so I would suggest others to have sex at a higher frequency.
Maryann good information. From your facts you can burn about 288 calories from having sex in an hour but what is more interesting is in the same elapse of time you burn about 398 calories by jogging. So you burn about 72% of the amount of calories doing something that relieves lots of stress and what most people might find to be more fun. In addition, 557 calories running at a constant speed of 6 mph so if you combine other things that you mentioned would result in more calories burned. So how I view is going out on dates that includes all of these things is a healthy way to get in shape. Not to mention more sex will make you feel more better about yourself which is a plus because a lot of people with weight problems also have self-esteem issues. In fact, 23.3% of depressed people were obese and 15.3%were overweight.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100210/percentage-of-overweight-obese-americans-swells
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/advice/a29580/workouts-that-burn-more-calories-than-jogging/
As a college student, I always here plenty of jokes about this topic. It’s funny how sex really IS good for you. I found other research that provides information on why we should have sex everyday. Have you ever heard sex burns calories? Its true! According to Sarah Jios research, sex and other intimacies burn tons of calories per hour. Heres a list for fun:
Kissing: 68 calories per hour
Undressing: 8+ calories total
Massaging: 80+ calories per hour
Having Sex: 144+ calories per half-hour
Giving Oral Sex: 100 calories per half-hour
Using Your Hands: 100 calories per hour
Romantic Dancing: 103 calories per half-hour
Making Out: 238 calories per half-hour
Here is the rest of the article for you to learn more! http://www.womansday.com/sex-relationships/sex-tips/8-sexy-ways-to-burn-calories-110923
Adam thanks for your response. I agree sex should be special and that it increases your chance of std or pregnancy. However, I know of studies where couples were suggested to have sex everyday for a month to save their relationship and it worked. I believe lack of sex is more harmful than too much sex in a relationship. And sex can still be special even if you have it everyday because you can try knew stuff, switch things up like the location or role play to spice things up and it can just as special as the first time you had sex.
And benefit of the relaseing stress is super beneifial that it may outway the negatives that you mentioned in some cases (Not STD’s lol nothing is worth that) such as people in the military. With the daily overwhelming stress load that they have to deal with and no way to release it. Maybe the rates for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder would be lower if more access to sex was given to those in the military.
“The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that PTSD afflicts: Almost 31 percent of Vietnam veterans. As many as 10 percent of Gulf War (Desert Storm) veterans. 11 percent of veterans of the war in Afghanistan.”
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/issues/winter09/articles/winter09pg10-14.html
Kevin yes I think it is beneficial for college kids and professions with lots of stress. Actually firefighters have one of the most stressful jobs and the leading cause of death is not because of getting burned but because of heart attacks due to stress.
Colin that is a good question. Maybe I would say in the past when majority of people would get married and stay together so being in a relationship to have sex to release stress would be practical. But I think in today’s generation causal sex is happening more and it is so much available that people are not looking for relationships. In all actuality relationships bring stress, so to take the benefits of sex without the hassle of a relationship is what a lot of people in our generation is looking for.
I found this post to be very interesting but I disagree that a human should have sex every single day. Sex should be a very special and sacred event, not something that happens all of the time. Having sex everyday with your partner would ruin its symbolic meaning and special bond between the two of you. Also, if you have sex every single day, it could increase your chance of pregnancy no matter if your wearing a condom or not. The condom could break. It happens. Finally, if you are not having sex with the same person every day, it could increase your chances of getting STD’s, HIV/AIDs, or any other transmutative diseases. I would not recommend having sex every single day… sex must be special.
Click here for an interesting link: http://www.projectknow.com/research/sex-addiction/
ayd5332 thanks for the response with further information for me. I am glad that my post made you think and wonder. A man ejaculates close to 100 million sperm per ejaculation so it would be extremely beneficial for someone who has a defect in sperm count. Also, too much sex could cause a defect in your sperm count possibly because as males age their production of sperm drops and I’m guessing that as you keep on ejaculating so much losing sperm it may just start to catch up with you once you get older.
This topic is interesting because it questions our primitive instincts as humans. I agree that having sex everyday could be healthy after reading this article for one aspect, it does reduce stress and having high amounts of stress for a long period of time is known to not be healthy and can lead to further health problems. It makes me wonder if that’s why some people feel the need to constantly in relationships because when they are alone and not having sex the stress builds up. Interesting post.
This is a very interesting topic. After reading it, it made me wonder if the same goes for human males as it did for the sheep. Should men with low sperm counts also not be having sex daily? After wondering this, I decided to research what causes a low sperm count in human males and found this link which relates well and elaborates a bit on your topic…
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/menshealth/204816.html
Wow this is an interesting post. I didn’t know that sex everyday was recommended. I think this is helpful for a lot of us in the future. Relieving stress is something that is extremely important from where we are now to the future. College kids are extremely stressed, and being a parent could be even more stressful. So doing something like daily sex is a very good idea to relieve stress. Also, the correlation that you made with the sheep and humans is interesting. Great post!