First No Condom, Now Only Penile-Vaginal Intercourse?

The 03 August 2009 edi­tion of the Scots­man stated, “Pro­fes­sor Stu­art Brody con­cludes that unpro­tected het­ero­sex­ual sex can sig­nif­i­cantly boost men and women’s men­tal well­be­ing. Con­versely, Mr. Brody claims that het­ero­sex­ual sex with a con­dom is asso­ci­ated with poorer men­tal health, prob­lems with deal­ing with stress and even con­di­tions such as depres­sion.” No con­doms are an option for a totally monog­a­mous, infer­tile cou­ple such as Still Here Too and me, but just not an option for many, many cou­ples (or multiples).

Accord­ing to CNN, as part a soon-to-be-published arti­cle in the Jour­nal of Sex­ual Med­i­cine Stu­art Brody con­cludes that penile-vaginal inter­course — and not other types of sex­ual activ­ity — con­fer the most health ben­e­fits. I find it dif­fi­cult to believe an open-minded study would not find sig­nif­i­cant health ben­e­fit from most forms of sex­ual inter­ac­tion. My per­sonal expe­ri­ence would strongly sug­gest so.

I have not had per­sonal access to the for­mal reports, so I must admit my com­ments may be out of line. But as reported, the con­clu­sions sound sus­pi­cious. Stu­art Brody may be under­tak­ing real sci­en­tific research. But I sus­pect his work is look­ing at too lim­ited a por­tion of human life to make such broad statements.

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