Aside from providing a means for procreation and a form of pleasure, it seems there may be more benefits of sex to women than what we already know.
A study conducted in the US has shed light on how good sex can be for our overall well-being. This study found that women who had sex less than once a week could be more likely to die early compared to those who get ‘active’ more frequently.
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The researchers through a national health survey investigated 2,267 people who gave detailed accounts about their various sex lives. 94.4%of these people claimed to be having sex at least once a month while 38.4 claimed they get themselves some action more than once a week.
The 2,267 participants, aged 29-50, were split up into two groups – the people who have sex more than once a week and those who have sex less than once a week.
The study found that the women with a low sexual drive were 1.7 times more likely to have died from any cause by the end of 2025, compared to their female counterparts who would have sex more frequently. It was also discovered that the less sex a woman had, the higher her risk of mortality was.
Another discovery from the study was that sex had a ‘modifying relationship’ with depression in both sexes – and those suffering from depression were around three times more likely to die during the follow-up period if they weren’t having frequent sex.
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“Individuals with depression but high sexual frequency don’t feel harmful effects of depression as much,” Dr Srikanta Banerjee, lead author of the study, told DailyMail.com.
“For instance, sex releases endorphins that may prevent severe health outcomes,” Dr Banerjee added.
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