10 reasons to make love

News Type: Other — Seeded on Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:19 AM EST

Article Source: parenting.ivillage.com

health, body, soul, benefits-of-sex, healthy-sex, strong-bones

Evidence points to the many health benefits of an active sex life. Sex Made Easy, an article published in Men's Health Magazine, gives 10 healthy reasons to hop into bed -- a reminder that making love is good for both body and soul.

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rwarner

I guess some folks need reasons.

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5 votes

#1 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:20 AM EST

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Brad Leclerc

Sounds more like excuses to convince someone else. "honey, you don't have to go jogging this morning, we don't even have to get out of bed and you can still get the exercise....it's healthy!"

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5 votes

#1.1 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:45 PM EST

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rwarner

Rukh, the above comment alludes to way to much about you.

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#1.2 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:22 AM EST

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Arrrf JohnsonDeleted

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rwarner

In jest I hope.

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#1.4 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:06 AM EST

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Brad Leclerc

It alludes to what about me? That I'd rather have sex then go jogging...I'd freely admit that :P

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2 votes

#1.5 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:49 AM EST

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rwarner

Actually , the way that you phrased the comment originally sounded as though you needed to be talked in to it occasionally. Lol.

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#1.6 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:51 AM EST

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Brad Leclerc

OH, well that's definitely not how I meant it! :P

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1 vote

#1.7 - Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:27 AM EST

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lauracle007

Sex...the healthy indoor sport. It's just what the doctor ordered :-)

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6 votes

#2 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:32 AM EST

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rwarner

I concur. I'd bet I could find a Dr. to actually write a prescription.

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1 vote

#2.1 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:23 AM EST

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medme

Any idea of 10 reasons not to make love?

Mr Med
www.myname.md

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1 vote

#3 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:16 PM EST

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rwarner

medme, I am sure there are times when everyone can come up with ten, or more, depending on the company they are keeping at the time. I went to the site you named and didn't see anything there that corresponded with this thread. Can you clarify you reason for it or was it a self-promoting plug?

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2 votes

#3.1 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:26 AM EST

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vicaxp

They used to say sex, good sex, is like running six miles! Well I love running triathalons! What does that equate to? LOL!

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1 vote

#5 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:56 PM EST

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agio

Doing it once in a swimming pool, once on a bike, and once in the backyard?

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4 votes

#5.1 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:49 PM EST

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vicaxp

ding, ding, ding, ding! agio, you're the next contestant on the sex place is right! (not real romantic though. I was thinking more along the lines of the Potomac river, the moped, and the playground behind the school!)

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1 vote

#5.2 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:46 PM EST

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rwarner

Moped? How in the world... nevermind I don't want to know. A Harley I can imagine but a moped? And my goodness I would sure hope that at the playground behind the school was when you were in attendance or when the school was vacant. Don't make me think you are a giant weirdo all of a sudden , Vic.

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1 vote

#5.3 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:33 AM EST

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vicaxp

No, when school ISNT in session. Giant weirdo? NOPE, but um...nevermind!

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1 vote

#5.4 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:13 AM EST

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Dwight Overturf

I was foolishly looking for at least one like:

"An intimate reaffirmation of the love you feel for your partner."

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7 votes

#6 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:45 PM EST

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frotzed

Dwight, you're SO naive! HAHAHA. :D

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2 votes

#6.1 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:05 PM EST

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rwarner

Dwight , while that reason is a fantastic one I think these people were thinking along the lines of physical benefits. Sounds to me like you should write your own list of reasons and their benefits, you are definitely on to something. I am not surprised.

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1 vote

#6.2 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:35 AM EST

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lauracle007

Do it for your country!

he he he

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5 votes

#7 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:12 PM EST

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rwarner

I know I thought the same thing.

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1 vote

#7.1 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:36 AM EST

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Alpha Dog

Why is it that reading this article just gave me a headache.

Just kidding! :-)

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1 vote

#8 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:33 PM EST

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rwarner

Alpha I am glad you are kidding . I thought for a moment that I was going to have to drag out my notes on the research that cites all of the physiological findings that verify why sex and orgasm are actually good for headaches.

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1 vote

#8.1 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:38 AM EST

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Alpha Dog

Robin, there's one thing you can count on from the Alpha community -- play (in any form) always comes before work. The thought that you would go to such lengths for a reply makes you all the more endearing.

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1 vote

#8.2 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:04 AM EST

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Chello

No. 11....It just feels so good

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4 votes

#9 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:40 PM EST

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rwarner

Indeed.

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1 vote

#9.1 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:39 AM EST

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C_Dizzle

Hahahaha aren't we having so much fun.

And in the meantime, if a girl has sex she is still going to be called a "slut" if she has too much of it.

It's true, men don't need excuses to have sex.! Never have! WHY did they feel the need to write this article?

What a horsesh*t, pointless article.

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1 vote

#10 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:20 AM EST

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rwarner

C, aren't we a little negative. The article states facts derived from research. It is valid. If a "girl" has sex yes she probably is going to be called a slut, but if a woman does it with her partner she is not. Often men do need excuses to have sex because they are uneducated or they have partners who are. They felt they need to write the article to state some facts related to the physiology of lovemaking. Your cynicism and naivety is showing.

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1 vote

#10.1 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:44 AM EST

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rwarner

By the way, one question, How's that working for you?

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1 vote

#10.2 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:46 AM EST

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C_Dizzle

Often men do need excuses to have sex because they are uneducated or they have partners who are.

Maybe for couples who come from a more conservative background; but for the more seuxally aflluent couples whom I can actually see reading Mens Health, I can see these physiological findings as old news. I know all the facts are valid, but thank you for labeling MINE as naïve judgment...I think of it more as shedding light on an issue no one else would have bothered to notice, whereas 3 years ago I probably would have simply let it slide and chuckled a bit. I'm sure your intentions in publishing the article were good and fun and just live with the fact that I'm a sensitive effing dick when it comes to gender-norms. Pun intended.

By the way, one question, How's that working for you?

What, exactly? ...someone doesn't like criticism from a naïve cynic?

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1 vote

#10.3 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:23 PM EST

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rwarner

Your comment was a very negative one to start. I wasn't at all trying to rile you up or anything. There are plenty of people who are intrigued by new information and just because the information wasn't new to you doesn't mean it wasn't new to someone. The article I feel was not pointing fingers especially in the gender norm direction. It seemed to me that you took it upon yourself to introduce the words slut and dick into the conversation. The fact of the matter is that the article is not pointless. You sound like a very unhappy individual to which I am sensitive, hence my question; How's that working for you? If you got nothing from reading the article why would you proceed to throw out these negative comments instead of just passing it by. I never felt that your criticism was towards me, I felt that you were criticizing valid research as "pointless horse @!$%#". The only naive thing here is that you assume that someone wanting to learn more about themselves wouldn't turn to a magazine such as Mens health , I disagree. I also think that you assume that everyone accepts the gender norms that you have presented above. You are certainly not attempting to speak for your entire race or gender; are you? I do not mind a civil debate but I really hate to subject others to negativity and malicious profanity when it is unrelated and not necessary. I wish you peace and love, my friend. I hope you have a Happy New Year.

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3 votes

#10.4 - Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:58 PM EST

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C_Dizzle

Oh dear. I'm not at all unhappy and I'm sorry that my feminism does come out in a very bitter tone. This is not an inner working of a sad, depressed mind. I really just wanted to point out the underlying issue that was not at all endoresed nor hinted at by the article. Really. I rained on your parade, and I'm sorry. Should have found another more blatantly pointed article to do this for, but honestly...this was one of the first ones I saw.
Cherio.

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2 votes

#10.5 - Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:24 AM EST

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Ryan Stolte-Sawa

C, there is a time and a place for everything. This article was geared, I suspect, toward heterosexual couples who are getting on in their relationships and are starting to succumb to that "dying spark" mentality.

Not all discussions about sex are fair game for this type of feminist agenda, nor are they invalid simply because they address heterosexual intercourse in a healthy and positive way, instead of labelling all men as patriarchs who employ sex as a tool of oppression. I don't think your observations are appropriate to this article.

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4 votes

#10.6 - Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:23 PM EST

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C_Dizzle

I'm sure rwarner appreciates you sticking up for him, but if you read carefully, I already apologized.

Not all discussions about sex are fair game for this type of feminist agenda, nor are they invalid simply because they address heterosexual intercourse in a healthy and positive way, instead of labelling all men as patriarchs who employ sex as a tool of oppression.

I don't believe I did label all men as patriarchs, etc. etc.. If I had, then what would that make me? I just harped on the article because I wanted to raise a different issue for debate. You ARE right, however, that this was not fair game. NOT the time to raise an issue (and not the crowd for this kind of debate, either). My mistake.

To rwarner... FYI: there's no "feminist agenda" in my repertoire: I just call it as I see it. I've always had the habit of picking arguments where/when I shouldn't, though. So fair 'nuff.

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2 votes

#10.7 - Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:09 AM EST

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Arrrf JohnsonDeleted

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Dwight Overturf

Robin, your new au naturel avatar is quite lovely...

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1 vote

#12 - Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:44 PM EST

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rwarner

Thanks Dwight.

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1 vote

#12.1 - Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:51 PM EST

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Arrrf JohnsonDeleted

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