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Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 8:16 pm
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-stronger-r...hare-modal
Haven't had a chance to read the whole article but it seemed like tinder for a fun conversation. It seem very counterintuitive that adhering to a belief system that has very strict sexual prohibitions would improve the sexual satisfaction of the believers...on aggregate anyway.
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RE: Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 8:22 pm
If theists can convince themselves of a god that doesn't exist, maybe they can also convince themselves that they're engaging in satisfying sex when they're not.
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RE: Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 8:31 pm
Yes, faith is an aphrodisiac, a conjecture that I have made repeatedly on this board over the years.
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RE: Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 8:56 pm
I only get it once a month, but damn do I enjoy it when I do!
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RE: Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 8:57 pm
(August 31, 2022 at 8:56 pm)Fireball Wrote: I only get it once a month, but damn do I enjoy it when I do!
That's way more than me. Haven't had it in years.
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RE: Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 9:05 pm
(August 31, 2022 at 8:16 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-stronger-r...hare-modal
Haven't had a chance to read the whole article but it seemed like tinder for a fun conversation. It seem very counterintuitive that adhering to a belief system that has very strict sexual prohibitions would improve the sexual satisfaction of the believers...on aggregate anyway.
Does this mean that guilt is a turn on?
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RE: Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 9:08 pm
(August 31, 2022 at 9:05 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (August 31, 2022 at 8:16 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-stronger-r...hare-modal
Haven't had a chance to read the whole article but it seemed like tinder for a fun conversation. It seem very counterintuitive that adhering to a belief system that has very strict sexual prohibitions would improve the sexual satisfaction of the believers...on aggregate anyway.
Does this mean that guilt is a turn on?
...or the allure of what is forbidden.
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RE: Sexual Satisfaction Correlated with Religious Belief
August 31, 2022 at 9:11 pm
(August 31, 2022 at 9:08 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: (August 31, 2022 at 9:05 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Does this mean that guilt is a turn on?
...or the allure of what is forbidden.
I was thinking in that direction too...forbidden fruit and all that.
We were taught that the only reason for sex was for procreation. I don't recall anything about wanting it or enjoying it. It was just your job - go forth and multiply.
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