# Is having Sex every day a Good thing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-sex-every-day-a-good-thing/229975>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-sex-every-day-a-good-thing/229975 "2004-02-19T06:59:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-sex-every-day-a-good-thing/229975/41 "2004-02-21T07:23:12Z")

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I can’t help it, this thread really makes me laugh.

**Starguard** , I really think you should get yourself checked out by a doctor. I’m pretty sure that it isn’t sex that is affecting your health.

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**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-sex-every-day-a-good-thing/229975/42 "2004-02-21T07:47:32Z")

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Noticed that the people with higher post counts are the ones getting less sex…  
**Starguard** , fuck yourself to death and die a happy happy happy man, sure it’s not possible but it’s worth a try isn’t it 😃

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**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-sex-every-day-a-good-thing/229975/43 "2004-02-21T19:35:08Z")

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> [@scotandrsn](#):
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> Yes it is a good thing!
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> [A recent study](http://www.mindfully.org/Health/2003/Masturbating-Prostate-Cancer16jul03.htm) concludes that men who ejaculate at least five times per week greatly reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer, because some naturally occurring seminal fluids can be carcinogenic if they stay in the body too long.
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> Yes! Men really DO “gotta have it”…

Heh, that could be reworked into a fine pickup-line. “do me! I dont want cancer!!”

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-sex-every-day-a-good-thing/229975/44 "2004-02-22T00:10:55Z")

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> [@](#):
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> getting physically fit will go a long way to improving the hellish nightmare that is your life.

Live longer, pay more taxes.

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