I just published “Emotionally Unstable Sex Is Not Better”https://medium.com/p/emotionally-unstable-sex-is-not-better-a388807d8009 …
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This piece is in response to headlines like this one: attention-grabbing, interesting, and totally wrongpic.twitter.com/JpyPWLvsL7
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All the headlines are talking about the same study: a 1,000-couple survey of sexual function compared to a variety of personality traits https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2018.1491521?scroll=top&needAccess=true& …pic.twitter.com/OG0Us0Fs6s
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While this study found an enormous range of weak correlations - for example, women who scored higher on extroversion reported better sex - the media focused on one, fairly unimportant findingpic.twitter.com/VkKCDfek4b
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While the research does have some practical implications, the impact for the individual is, as the authors themselves admit, likely minimalpic.twitter.com/5uKjzdq0bt
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More importantly, the most significant predictors of sexual function were age, relationship satisfaction, and health Not emotional stability
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If you want good sex, this study points towards an open, conscientious relationship as being key (being young and healthy also helps)
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This is neither surprising nor interesting, which is why you get nonsense headlines like this perpetuating a misogynistic trope that women who are crazy are better in bedpic.twitter.com/swpWOxghue
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To end, my advice on the matter: talk to your partner, and try not to listen to either headlines or researchpic.twitter.com/V0zfkWQlEO
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