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Good Sex and Happiness - Proof That There's a Connection

October 12, 2009 - 1:09pm 510 reads 0 comments

Do happy women have better sex? Are women who have great sex happier than others? A new study sought to find the answer.

Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Sonia Davison of the Women's Health Program at Monash University in Australia recruited 295 women of all ages in order to see whether or not there was a correlation between a satisfied sex life and happiness. Seems like we don't need a study to know the answer to this, but given how many myths and unknowns still exist about women's sexuality, it's important to research these sorts of questions in order to then advise women on the best ways to have a health sex life and life in general.

Researchers made sure to have a balance of pre and post menopausal women, and had 140 women who stated that they were dissatisifed with their sex life. The women who reported this dissatisfaction had lower percentage scores on the ranking their well-being. The women who reported being satisfied with their sex life reported higher scores.

Here's where the study gets tricky.

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