How Does Sex Benefit Women?
As the title suggests, in what ways does sex benefit a woman, or how does one use it to her benefit? For men it seems fairly obvious to me. For women the only positive effect I’ve seen in real life is babies, but I can’t imagine that is a complete list.
Great question! Well, the more she understands her body, the more pleasure she gets from sex (and masturbation), and God gave both men and women the gift of pleasure. It's rather sad that in many cultures and over the eras the pleasure of the woman was not always considered. From Song of Solomon, it is clear that God desires both to enjoy the pleasure of sexual activity.
Second, I'd say it's beneficial to health. Of course, being single, I've not yet experienced sex, but masturbation is a close second and a great way to prepare for real sex. Masturbating has often relieved me of headaches and occasionally period cramps. There is a big physical benefit to releasing those pleasure chemicals.
I'm waiting for actual sex with my future husband, but I know it's going to be an amazing journey.
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There is no one answer to this question. The fact is every woman is different. Sure you might have similarities but overall just like men we are all different. We've been raised in different environments we've got different hormone levels and different mental outlooks.
I have gone through stages in my life we're sex was not a very big issue at all and we're my faith limited how much I enjoyed sex.
Now, for the last few decades or sex life is ramped up and opened up to the point where sometimes I think of it way more than somebody in my age should.
There was a point when I didn't want him to even go down on me because it felt too intense. Back then I didn't even want more than one orgasm.
Now I absolutely love him going down on me and it's not uncommon for me to have three or more orgasms in one sexual experience.
Over the years I have had girlfriends who have had different outlooks on sex. I think we all know someone or at least have heard of someone who complains about their husbands wanting sex all the time. For some their libido is virtually non-existent.
There are things on the market for that, such as Addyi among others.
I've had friends who never fantasize to me that's unbelievable, but it's true.
So in answer to your question it depends on two things. First,The woman and her overall makeup as far as mental/emotional and physical.
The second being the person who is her lover.
Which leads to another point. I have had friends who had never had satisfactory sex. The man in their life was all about themselves and didn't have much understanding or a care or patience to continue until she has found satisfaction.
Open and honest sexual communication without fear of judgment or loss. and each party learning what the other wants and needs is the key.
When a woman has a kind understanding and open-hearted lover she can enjoy sex every bit and even more than a man.
Lady L.💋
Your point about selfish men is sad but altogether true. I, for one, believe that a woman’s full sexual capacity should be thoroughly explored. Carefully examining each of her erogenous zones, stimulating her mind, and wholly arousing the vast expanse of nerve endings in her vagina and surrounding her clit should be the goal and most definite pleasure of every husband.
How does sex benefit women? I'd say in essentially the same ways it benefits men, at least as regards the most important ways.
As you mentioned, children are sometimes a wonderful result of sex, even though most sex doesn't result in children. I'd say creating and raising children is a responsibility and privilege that is shared (or at least should be shared) jointly between husbands and wives. It's not primarily the domain of one or the other, even though they may have differing amounts of time and attention to spend on children in different seasons of life, and they may have different roles in that child-bearing and -rearing.
I would say that some even more important and fundamental results of sex are the love, intimacy, closeness, unity, oneness and pleasure shared by a husband and wife through sex. That's one of the biggest benefits I can think of that applies to both men and women!
The only benefits bigger than that are the greater spiritual realities that sex points to! First is the overwhelming love of God, who would create such an amazing gift for his people to enjoy. There's also the fact that an act of such pleasure, love and intimacy, secured within a marriage covenant, is how God chooses to symbolize the relationship we as the Church are destined to have with Christ, once we are at home with him! (See Ephesians 5:32.) As of yet, we are still only betrothed to him (2 Corinthians 11:2, with Revelation 19:7 to be realized whenever the events of Revelation play out), but that's a bit of a tangent for a different discussion.
I’d second everything said in the above comments. As a retired scientist here are some other answers: I think the endorphins are very important for us all to experience in sex. Semen has some oxytocin & serotonin plus prostaglandins – which help improve mood. Studies have shown that women who have sex, w/o a condom involved, have lower rates of depression.
The act of sex & orgasm releases endorphins, oxytocin, & dopamine into the bloodstream. These create a sense of well being, pleasure, relaxation,& intimacy with your spouse.
Specifically oxytocin is called the “love hormone” because it promotes feelings of security and bonding. That bonding between husband and wife help stabilize society. And of course that bonding helps to stabilize marriage. That is certainly good for a married woman, (& the husband and children).
Endorphins help relieve pain. For example, I’m in pain much of the time but sex with my Melody is my drug of choice. Sex helps me with the pain. My wife helps me to orgasm every day- & we have full sex every 3 days or so. She also gets pain relief from sexual activity.
Semen in the vagina helps prevent preeclampsia during pregnancy. However it has to be the fetus’ father. Semen from another man is actually detrimental to the fetus/baby. Exposure to the future father’s semen for six months before pregnancy also helps prevent preeclampsia.
Even oral sex or fellatio with semen ejaculated into the mother’s mouth and swallowed helps prevent preeclampsia and leads to those feelings of well being. So sex can not only start a pregnancy- it can help with a successful pregnancy! That is certainly good for the woman!
Some women are capable of multiple orgasms during a sex session. That intense pleasure of orgasms is often a peak experience for women, (& men too)! That intense pleasure helps married couples face the challenges of marriage, family life, work, finances, etc.
Some fascinating stuff there LM!
For us we've always been a touchy-feely kinda couple. I will touch her, kiss her, hold her, stroke and Squeeze her many many times a day. It's one of the ways we get to be the exclusive married couple we are. It's a way I get to show her I love her, cherish her, desire her. I will tell her how gorgeous she is, give her pet names, it makes her feel she is mine. When we are looking in each others eyes we are safe. It's a deep relationship built over decades.
Sex is an extension of all that. Yes it's a way for me to feel aroused and pleasured, for her to give me that. But it's my chance to lavish physical care, love, tenderness and raw sexual energy on every part of her body. We are a 1 to 2 times a week couple. We are very happy with that and very rarely have a quickie. We love to spend a long time doing it, she always cums first, usually twice or three times before me. I absolutely love watching and listening to her orgasm, giving that to her. It is the ultimate physical gift. Cuming together does not always happen, it is a beautiful thing when it does, giving us a closeness that's different to all other things. But she is very happy to give to me too.
It is her gift to me as well, her chance to give me pleasure. Sometimes it's raw, sexual, erotic, at other time's tender and soft. Maybe both! I've found that my wife's body is a myriad of wonders, far more complex than a mans, and exploring ways to pleasure her takes decades to discover it's incredible complexities. I'm still finding new things after 30+ years of marriage that gives her that sexual pleasure. It's so soo much more than a simple valve release thing. Sex is (or should be) a way to GIVE love to each other, to express it. Anything else is a distant second. So much more to say but I'll finish there!
I’m curious to hear what your purpose / thoughts are behind this post and what has led to believe such limited view on woman’s sexuality. I’m trying to practice curiosity instead of taking this as a rage bait 😄