Sep 29, 2025 09:40 PM
(This post was last modified: Sep 29, 2025 09:44 PM by C C.)
The very idea that there is any non-invented and non-reactive protocol to sex is farcical, aside from the actions tied to the physiological basics necessary for a species to reproduce and survive. But the latter doesn't derive from society-dependent recreational and emotional relationship contexts.
"How it should or shouldn't be" experts themselves are just indulging in another creative process subject to changing trends over time (like philosophy or art). Even the data of studies is interpreted by existing presuppositions, as well as how the research is set up. Those biases aren't always traditional canon. They can alternatively be the rebellious motives of someone who wants to challenge and shake-up the status quo (yet still just as much present beforehand in the human agent).
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You should be having more sex, and other myths, debunked
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationsh..._permalink
INTRO: A young newlywed recently confided to me that he’s worried about his sex life: “I know we’re supposed to do it at least every other day,” he said. “But we can’t keep up.”
Who wants to tell him?
Some of the most commonly held beliefs about sex are incorrect, according to a growing body of research. Recent studies reveal new insights about desire—how to spark and maintain it. Others are overturning long-held ideas about the ideal frequency for physical intimacy.
Misconceptions about sex are often passed along between friends, parroted in chat rooms or spread by uninformed social-media influencers. Even well-meaning doctors and therapists who lack specific training in sexual issues sometimes pass along misleading advice.
“We have a sexual literacy problem in our culture,” says Justin Garcia, executive director of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. “And in the absence of good information, we create a mythology and treat it as gospel.”
We shouldn’t be surprised. Sex education and research are perpetually underfunded and often under attack from politicians and religious groups, Garcia says.
Our own reticence plays a role, too. Many people are uncomfortable talking about sex.
Yet good relationships benefit from good information. With that in mind, here are several commonly held beliefs about sex that recent research has debunked... (MORE - details)
"How it should or shouldn't be" experts themselves are just indulging in another creative process subject to changing trends over time (like philosophy or art). Even the data of studies is interpreted by existing presuppositions, as well as how the research is set up. Those biases aren't always traditional canon. They can alternatively be the rebellious motives of someone who wants to challenge and shake-up the status quo (yet still just as much present beforehand in the human agent).
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You should be having more sex, and other myths, debunked
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationsh..._permalink
INTRO: A young newlywed recently confided to me that he’s worried about his sex life: “I know we’re supposed to do it at least every other day,” he said. “But we can’t keep up.”
Who wants to tell him?
Some of the most commonly held beliefs about sex are incorrect, according to a growing body of research. Recent studies reveal new insights about desire—how to spark and maintain it. Others are overturning long-held ideas about the ideal frequency for physical intimacy.
Misconceptions about sex are often passed along between friends, parroted in chat rooms or spread by uninformed social-media influencers. Even well-meaning doctors and therapists who lack specific training in sexual issues sometimes pass along misleading advice.
“We have a sexual literacy problem in our culture,” says Justin Garcia, executive director of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. “And in the absence of good information, we create a mythology and treat it as gospel.”
We shouldn’t be surprised. Sex education and research are perpetually underfunded and often under attack from politicians and religious groups, Garcia says.
Our own reticence plays a role, too. Many people are uncomfortable talking about sex.
Yet good relationships benefit from good information. With that in mind, here are several commonly held beliefs about sex that recent research has debunked... (MORE - details)