« It’s also possible that men and women have different reasons for taking GLP-1 medications, and perhaps men are more likely to try these drugs with the goal of improving their intimate lives. »
He added that the study findings revealed a very ‘nuanced story’, adding: “How these drugs impact your sex life will depend on a variety of factors, including drug dosage and drug type, speed of weight loss, starting and ending weight, and how much you changed your health and fitness habits at the same time.
“Se*ually speaking, it appears that men are experiencing more positive and more negative impacts of GLP-1 medications. »
A scientific study has look into the impacts on your mental health of having casual sex while single, versus swearing off any sexual partner and sticking to solo fun.
You can probably count of dozens of hands how many times you’ve heard your single friends complain after engaging in a casual sex scenario gone wrong and then resolve to swear off sex altogether – but is casual sex as a singleton always as negative as it seems?
Reflecting on how partnered sexual activity is ‘most often studied in the context of romantic relationships’, a study has looked into how having sexual relationships with others in a casual capacity can impact people’s wellbeing.
The study, published in the journal Personal Relationships, looks at how people’s mental health can change when they’re single and not interested in any sort of sexual relationship, versus when they’re single and engaging in casual partnered sex.
But what can impact you wanting to have casual sex in the first place?
What can impact casual s*x?
Well, the study looks at motives such as ‘pleasure, attraction, connection and stress reduction’ as being core drivers for singles to ‘pursue sex outside of romantic relationships’.
Attachment style can also play a strong part too in whether or not people want to engage in it and whether it actually boosts your psychological well-being and is better than being single and focusing on self-pleasure instead.
