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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 1 Jan 2019
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    "The effect of sex with multiple partners is positive and, in particular, men who engage in such sexual activities have higher happiness levels (but not women)." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/kykl.12196 …pic.twitter.com/omzrDHzhBr

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      1. Ben Taylor‏ @ElGee35 1 Jan 2019
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        The next sentence says the effects are transitory and dwindle in the long run!

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      2. Jonathan Moloney‏ @jonathan_wcm 1 Jan 2019
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        I find that assertion hard to believe. From everything I've witnessed/experienced, the common factor has been one of unhappiness in people when they've been engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners

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      3.  👤‏ @awholeassburger 1 Jan 2019
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        The paper mentions diminishing returns. The boost in happiness is brief.

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      1. Natasha Badenov  🐾‏ @NatashaBadenov 1 Jan 2019
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        I’m focusing on the findings on alcohol, which I have to give up because of a health condition. It doesn’t seem possible right now that giving up a G&T or four on the weekend will increase my happiness, but at least I can approach it as an experiment rather than damn bad luck

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      1. John Neophytou‏ @JohnNeophytou 1 Jan 2019
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        Yep! The difference between men & women is, men prefer to copulate with 100 women in one position; women prefer to copulate with one man in 100 different positions.

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      2. Straight Man’s Burden‏ @SafeSpaceDenied 1 Jan 2019
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        The law of hypergamy: Women go for the alpha and the alpha goes for the women. Uncontrolled hypergamy leads to haremisation. I bet that the percentage males that are having regular sex has shrunk in the west, but certain high status males are having more of it?

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      3. Straight Man’s Burden‏ @SafeSpaceDenied 1 Jan 2019
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        "For women, the soul-mate represents that nigh unattainable combination of arousing Alpha dominance matched with a loyal providership for her long-term security that only she can tame out of him" - @RationalMale

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      2. Clare‏ @clare_nomad_geo 1 Jan 2019
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        The increase in happiness is only temporary... I think he’s wrong about women not@enjoying sex with multiple partners - they just might not admit it

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      3. Andrew Lockley‏ @andrewjlockley 1 Jan 2019
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        I was a correlation. They didn't ask what makes them happy. They looked at how happy they were.

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      2. Parapapaderapper van der Meer‏ @PietervanderMe2 1 Jan 2019
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        that's fascinating. but i'd expect open relationships and communes to be a lot harder to manage than 1-on-1 relationships. there's always a lot of jealousy and boundaries have to be explicitly and repeatedly stated.

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