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I wasn't sure if this belonged here or in Old Wives Tales, but I thought it would be safer here. So my question is this: Does having a lot of sex/orgasms or any kind speed up the aging process in any way? Will it make you look older, give you wrinkles, bags under your eyes, or anything like that?
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Blind, hairy knuckles...I know all those myths. I'm asking this one for real though. Does the physical exertion or anything else related to orgasms have an effect on the aging process, appearance-wise?
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I've only heard that the more happy, healthy sex you have, the younger, happier, and healthier you will feel. I can't see how physical exertion and one of life's natural pleasures can age someone prematurely.
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Sure as heck shouldn't be a problem. Exertion and endorphins are good, remember?
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I wonder is the the idea comes (no pun intended) from the french phrase for orgasm "Le Petit Mort" which translates literally to mean "the little death"
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In some medieval medical texts sex was supposed to keep a woman well moistened and youthful. If she didn't have marital relations her womb was thought to dry up and go seeking moisture from other organs. This would cause all sorts of other problems. This was the explanation for why widowed and nuns were often "fevered".
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quote:Originally posted by LtColCarter, Handling the Truth: I've only heard that the more happy, healthy sex you have, the younger, happier, and healthier you will feel. I can't see how physical exertion and one of life's natural pleasures can age someone prematurely.
Hell, I look 10 years younger than I am >=)..and I won't comment on the frequency ...I can't see where it would make one older - just like LtC said.
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quote:Originally posted by sortaskeptical: I wonder is the the idea comes (no pun intended) from the french phrase for orgasm "Le Petit Mort" which translates literally to mean "the little death"
Nah, not really. The phrase comes from the fact that some people orgasm so hard, that they pass out.
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Well, thanks for clearing that up, fellow Snopesters. Now I can *ahem* continue in peace and quiet. Well, not so much quiet
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I think it does make you look older. I started having sex at 16 and now I'm almost 32 and I look a hell of a lot older now than I did back then! In fact, I think it causes weight gain too because I'm also 20 lbs heavier now.
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quote:Originally posted by MapleLeaf: I wasn't sure if this belonged here or in Old Wives Tales, but I thought it would be safer here. So my question is this: Does having a lot of sex/orgasms or any kind speed up the aging process in any way? Will it make you look older, give you wrinkles, bags under your eyes, or anything like that?
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I would imagine 'lots of sex speeds up the aging process' came from the notion that virginity is supposed to slow it down. At least that's what's depicted in Christian art when the virgin Mary is shown as basically the same age at Christ's death as at his birth.
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Mary's a special case. I heard it described this way - It's not just that's a virgin but that she did not progress from maiden to mother (even though she had a baby). That means she didn't make it to crone either and why there's this tradition that her body didn't decompose and she went directly into heaven. It goes way beyond state of her hymen or even whether she had sex or not. OTOH - I can think of plenty of art where Mary is shown older and rather haggard in cruifixtion scenes.
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That depends on whom you ask. The Catholic Church says that Mary was a perpetual virgin. I find it hard to believe that Joseph would still be married to her 12 years later if that were the case. OTOH, I can believe that she had normal marital relations with Joseph which did not produce any children. In fact, I would feel sorry for Jesus' brothers or sisters if He had any. "Mom always did like Jesus best."
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quote:Originally posted by Black Belt and Socks: Didn't Mary have other children?
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Yep - I think the whole 'virginity' thing refers to pureness of spirit rather than sexual status, but I guess the early church had to make people feel guilty about something and sex was the easiest thing. The main piece of art I think of is Michaelangelo's pieta, where Christ & Mary are depicted as the same age (I understand it was very controversial when unveiled for that reason).
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Reminds me of a little limerick I wrote last year for someone in our office:
There once was a virgin named Mary Who was told the Messiah she’d carry Thanks to Papal Decree, She Immaculately Now has a perpetual cherry!
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Bethany: Jesus didn't have any brothers or sisters. Mary was a virgin.
Rufus: Mary gave birth to CHRIST without having known a man's touch, that's true. But she did have a husband. And do you really think he'd have stayed married to her all those years if he wasn't getting laid? The nature of God and the Virgin Mary, those are leaps of faith. But to believe a married couple never got down? Well, that's just plain gullibility.
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Furious: Bethany: Jesus didn't have any brothers or sisters. Mary was a virgin.
Correction: Jesus didn't have any OLDER brothers or sisters. Mary was a virgin when she conceived Him, but went on to have "carnal knowledge" of her husband, and at least 2 other children, as UL would have it.
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quote:Originally posted by Marrya tyler more please...:
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Furious: Bethany: Jesus didn't have any brothers or sisters. Mary was a virgin.
Correction: Jesus didn't have any OLDER brothers or sisters. Mary was a virgin when she conceived Him, but went on to have "carnal knowledge" of her husband, and at least 2 other children, as UL would have it.
Actually this is much disputed, and is a point of division (albeit a minor one) between Catholics and Protestants. Catholic teaching holds that Mary is ever-virgin. According to Catholic teaching, all mentions of brothers and sisters of Christ in the New Testament refer to cousins (since the Hebrew word for brother is somewhat ambiguous and is often used to refer to cousins as well).
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Moreover, the assertion that Mary remained ever-virgin is not so much about "the shame of Mary having sex", as it is about it being an affront to Christ. St. Thomas Aquinas sums it up rather well. See Summa Theologiae IIIa, q. 28, a. 3
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Yup. But then, isn't it the catholic church who also believes Mary was herself a 'virgin birth' [or am I misunderstanding the immaculate conception idea?]
So, mileage varies, I guess.
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No, Mary was "immaculately conceived", i.e. she was conceived without the stain of original sin. Her birth was the result of her parents (Anne and Joachim according to Tradition) having sex.
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quote:Originally posted by Marrya tyler more please...: oh.
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That confusion you feel is the result of my Jesuit training. What was it Shakespeare wrote in Macbeth, "Knock, knock! Who's there, in the other devil's name? Faith, here's an equivocator, that could swear in both the scales against either scale; who committed treason enough for God's sake, yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come in, equivocator."
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OoooOOOOH, knock knock jokes... I got a good one!
Okay, you start...
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And the joke is...if I say "Who's there?"... You're screwed.
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quote:Originally posted by Jay Temple: That depends on whom you ask. The Catholic Church says that Mary was a perpetual virgin. I find it hard to believe that Joseph would still be married to her 12 years later if that were the case. OTOH, I can believe that she had normal marital relations with Joseph which did not produce any children. In fact, I would feel sorry for Jesus' brothers or sisters if He had any. "Mom always did like Jesus best."
In Dogma Jesus had siblings. Are you saying Kevin Smith ISN'T omnipotent?
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quote:Originally posted by sortaskeptical: I wonder is the the idea comes (no pun intended) from the french phrase for orgasm "Le Petit Mort" which translates literally to mean "the little death"
Nah, not really. The phrase comes from the fact that some people orgasm so hard, that they pass out.
Heeeyyyy! I wanna orgasm so hard that I pass out!!! No fair! LOL
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