One of the most common questions associated with sexual activities is in regard to the relation between frequency of sex and happiness. Does more sex lead to greater happiness? Although this looks like a simple question at first, it has been the center of numerous studies and debates for many years, and it is proven to be a complex and often fascinating matter to be investigated. For a very long time, the traditional point of view offered a simple “yes” answer to this question – by saying that more sex will definitely have a positive effect on happiness –, but many recent studies have challenged this common notion, and offered a new and more broader perspective on the subject by shedding light on depth and complexity of the matter. This paper attempts to investigate this question in a comprehensive and factual manner to find out if more frequent sex will lead to more happiness. In order to find a reliable answer, this paper looks at more than just the frequency of sex by mentioning other factors associated with sexual activities that can ultimately increase happiness and lift mood. The involvement of such factors could be direct, indirect, or both, and each could have their own effectiveness rate. More sex and better quality sex will boost happiness. This is one of the findings of Cheng Zhiming, and Russell Smyth in their article “Sex and happiness”. Based on the methodology of this study, the quality of sex is being defined and measured by different factors such as
Sexual health is defined by the World Health Organisation as “a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality in a way that enriches and enhance the life of the person” (World Health Organisation, 2006).
Lyubomirsky focuses on social psychology and the “development of ‘sustainable’ happiness” (179). She brings the idea of genetics into happiness and different aspects of happiness. She determines that there are three factors to happiness, and she also has a Subjective Happiness Scale to measure happiness. According to Lyubomirsky, the three aspects of happiness are
In the article, Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says, “Researchers such as Cummins et al. (2009) go as far as to suggest that individuals are happier when whole society’s functions better” (Flynn and MacLeod 452). This shows that without happiness, people could not work well together. It is why so many people work together, and keeping the economy well. In the article Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says, “It is well known in the positive psychology literature that increased happiness is related to multiple benefits including better mental and physical health, (see Lyubomirsky et al. 2005)” (Flynn and MacLeod 452). This is why people that are happier have a better life in their jobs and schools. It also shows that people have better eating habits if they are happy. In the article Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says that, “The individual benefits can pale in comparison to the potential societal gains of having a population comprised of such happy and therefore “successful” individuals” (Flynn and MacLeod 453). This is why people who like their job are better at their job. People that are fortunate are ones who usually like their job. People are happier if what they are doing is what they like, and it helps them to be happier than they
Happiness is one of the most significant dimensions of human experience. Many people can argue that happiness is a meaningful and desirable entity. Studies indicate that everyone pursues happiness in various aspects of their life. Our four fathers saw happiness as a need, so they made the pursuit of happiness as one of the three unalienable rights branded in the Declaration of Independence. There is a sense of complexity behind the meaning of happiness; its definition is not definite. Think of happiness as a rope; there are many thin fiber strands bonded together to become the strength of the rope. Like the analogy of the rope, there are numerous factors that can contribute to an individual’s overall happiness in life. This study is going to
According to the classic sense, a life full of happiness is a life that manifests wisdom, kindness, and goodness. However happiness has been twisted by a secular culture and the classic sense has given away to “pleasurable satisfaction”. Pleasurable satisfaction depends on external circumstances going well. Moreland points out that because of this the modern sense of happiness, “pleasurable satisfaction”, is unstable and varies with life’s circumstances. Pleasurable satisfaction becomes increasingly addictive and enslaving if it becomes the dominant aim of one’s life. By contrast, classical happiness brings freedom and power to life as one ought, as one increasingly becomes a unified person who lives for a cause bigger than one’s self. Western culture has been disillusioned into seeking happiness as their main priority in life. Although, happiness is important, when its importance becomes exaggerated, it leads to a loss of purpose in life, and even depression. What Western cultures need to realize is that true happiness can never be achieved. Over the past 50 years, levels of health, wealth, and liberties have increased, but levels of happiness haven’t.
Forget the Jane Fonda workouts and the Richard Simmons DVDs - if you want to get in shape just turn on the Barry White and do what comes naturally. It turns out that healthy sex has benefits that go well beyond simply burning calories, and can improve your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Although many of these benefits are seemingly obvious, few people have taken the time to think about them. As Joy Davidson, PhD, a New York psychologist and sex therapist, said in an interview with WebMD "Of course, sex is everywhere in the media. But the idea that we are vital, sexual creatures is still looked at in some cases with disgust or in other cases a bit of embarrassment. So to really take a look at how our sexuality adds to our life and enhances our life and our health, both physical and psychological, is eye-opening for many people." Scientists have been studying the physiological effects of sex - presumably one can only study the feeding habits of fruit flies for so long - and their studies have shown a wide range of benefits both obvious and surprising. Of course these studies all looked at safer-sex within committed relationships, thus avoiding the many health risks associated with more casual encounters. Among the many benefits: 1. That Healthy, Happy Glow: Researchers at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital wanted to test the theory that regular sexual activity creates a noticeable improvement in one 's appearance. A group of volunteers were asked to guess the ages
He states "The surprising finding is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships has a powerful influence on our health. Tending to your body is important, but tending to your relationships is a form of self-care too. That, I think, is the revelation." The study also revealed that close relationships (more than money, or fame) are what keep people happy throughout their lives. Close relationships assist by offsetting mental, and physical decline. They are also better predictors of longevity, and overall health (better than societal class, IQ, or genes). This was found to be the results, across the board. Other studies also support this by showing that men's relationships in their 50's are a better predictor than cholesterol levels for a person's overall health. Stunningly, it also showed that marital satisfaction can have a protective effect on people's mental health. Those who had good standing marriages into their 80's reported that they had less change in their mood, secondary to them having physical pain. Those with unhappy marriages were more susceptible to more physical, and emotional
Even if we use the word “happiness” on daily basis, has anyone ever tried to define it? It’s harder than it seems. When do you feel happy? How is it when you feel happy? Is there any way to understand how much happiness to you experience? This is the main hypothesis of this paper – Can happiness or wellbeing be measured? And if it can be measured, how do we measure it? Happiness is feeling pleasure and enjoyment because of your life, situation (Meriam Webster). Pleasure and enjoyment are very subjective and means different things to different people. This is where the term subjective wellbeing comes from. There are a lot of things that can be included when measuring wellbeing. Various studies have been conducted to assess wellbeing and how does it affect other factors. For example Earlstin(1995) and later on Ferrer-i-Carbonell(2005) have examined the relationship between income and happiness. Gruber(2004) studies the relationship cigarette taxation and happier smokers. Richard, Clark, Gerogellis and Diener(2004) analyze the effect of unemployment on wellbeing.
In order to seize even a minuscule moment of bliss, some people can turn to the wrong source of satisfaction. As stated by Dr. Susan David, a profound psychologist at Harvard Medical School who wrote Don’t Worry, Be Gloomy: Negative Feelings Have Benefits Too, “An excess of freewheeling giddiness and a relative absence of more sober emotions can even be a marker for mania, a dangerous symptom of psychological illness (2016).” Individuals may confide in drugs, excessive spending, and even sexual intercourse to convey a happy facade. This prolonged cheerful exterior is damaging because they are distancing themselves from authenticity. The work of the sampling tools become undependable when producing credible information. Measuring happiness is not a definitive action, but that does not deter positive psychologists from instituting a dynamic force in the lives of
Happiness does not solely depend on external things, but rather on how those particular things are used.
According to authors Kottler and Chen, domains for enhancing happiness are relationships, environment, physical state, productivity, recreation, and distressing emotions. In addition, strategies that are related to these enhancements of happiness are finding a romantic partner, securing reasonable physical and financial safety and comfort, periodically enjoying fine weather, living in a stimulating environment (based on one’s value), eating healthy, engaging in regular physical exercise, achieving success and approval at work that is interesting and challenging, working towards a coherent set of goals, making leisure activities a priority, diversifying one’s life with multiple interests, experimenting with new and exciting options, avoiding distressing situations when possible, focusing on the positive as much as one can and practicing compassion and empathy toward others.
Satisfaction with life is oftentimes highly correlated with happiness, but it is not by inherently the same as happiness. One may be satisfied with one’s life outcomes or satisfied with external factors, without being very happy. Once discovering a satisfaction with life rating, one may be able to determine if satisfaction with life is something one can control, and if it is, one may be able to maximize one’s life satisfaction. For instance, if one is typically not searching for a mate, and he or she scores low on this scale, one may be more willing in the future to seek a partner if he or she knows that statistically speaking, people with partners are more satisfied with his or her life.
A sexual optimism is bringing two people together in a sexual way or not.The sexual optimists are how humans can control their impulses and their desires. The people base it on judgment on what sexual act and activity are good or bad. The optimist also look is the sexual act moral or not. Humans are described as for being animals like when they act to their impulses and cannot control themselves. The optimism also says there can be dangers to have sex like the partner can physically harm themselves, can be a connection of bonding, agreements of being moral or immoral. There are moral reasons, that the husband or wife have to feel obligated to please their spouse. The act or
Sex, the process of creation of any human alive. When sex is used as an action is usually addressed as sex activities to avoid confusion with meaning of gender. Mankind had spent thousands of years to research about sexual activities, the psychological factors that drives people to want to have sex, enhance pleasure for sexual activities, and what is the actual meaning of sex etc. undoubtedly sexual activities are pleasurable in most scenarios, as mentioned human has been trying to enhance pleasure for sexual activities, one of the most natural ways to enhance sexual pleasure is by love. A recent study From Penn State University show how women believe love enhances physical pleasure of sexual activities. From the intimacy and trust between a loving couple a women would be more comfortable to conduct sexual activities with her partner. However, why is sexual pleasure enhanced when there is love? From the article it is suggested that sexual pleasure is enhance because the media portrays women having affairs outside a relationship negatively, hence, women may think it would be better to have sexual activities with their partner, which enhanced sexual pleasure. However, this may just be one of the factors that leads to enhanced sexual pleasure from love, factors such as biological psychology, history of love and sexual activities, social-cultural psychology etc. will also be examined about how love enhance sexual pleasure. In addition, the article suggested that sexual activity
In conclusion, sex is meant to unite a married couple as one loving body in consummating a marriage, to leave the possibility of procreation open and to and to educate a child. The previous information has shown sex to only be moral and truly worry free in a marriage.