TOO MUCH SEX = UNHAPPINESS

(August, 2015) When it comes to sex and happiness, it’s about quality, not quantity, according to a new study. In fact, too much sex can actually make you less happy. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University wanted to see if there was a “positive correlation between sexual frequency and happiness.” What they found was that happy people are happy by nature – whether they are having frequent sex, or not. In fact, the study found that, for some couples, frequent intercourse actually decreased happiness and lowered their sexual desire and enjoyment. The researchers recruited 64 married, heterosexual couples and told half of them to double the frequency of sexual intercourse for 90 days. The other group went about their lives as usual. In their daily journals, the group that increased the frequency of sex reported a decrease in happiness and sexual pleasure. Both men and women said the “additional intercourse wasn’t much fun.” Lead researcher George Loewenstein told the New York Times, “It seems that if you’re having sex for a reason other than because you like and want sex,” you may undermine the quality of that sex and your resulting mood. The study was published in this month’s Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
* So, the researchers were bored with economic studies, then?
* If you’re going to put sex under “Economic Behavior” then it has to be sex you pay for.
* Meanwhile, over at the Journal of Sexual Behavior they’ve got a great new study on how Puerto Rico defaulted on their debt payments.
* Wait – define “too much sex” for me. I just don’t get that.
* They actually told the couples to double the frequency of sexual intercourse? Well, that’s going to give you some genuine results.
* How about if you include with other people?