9: Sex Starvation

“Rev up your sex life!” Look familiar? That’s probably because this is the type of slogan posted all over magazines when you’re scanning the rack for something that sparks your interest. Just the other day I received my Women’s Health magazine in the mail and the first thing I saw was a cover title like that.  Low and behold when I turn to the page it is a full spread of why couples are having less sex than they should be. You’re in a rut, you’re tired, you’re stressed, overwhelmed… etc, etc and the list goes on. Relationships are being starved of sex because of other stresses and issues. Sex should be used as a release from all of these everyday stresses.

Another issue with the lack of sex is the lack of exercise and healthy eating.  Obesity is a major issue in Canada within children, teens, and adults. It’s hard to believe that these people are entirely comfortable in their own skin, which makes getting down and dirty a little bit unbearable for them to imagine.

Sex can help us! We need to start feeling more confident about ourselves and be willing to use this act as a way to help.  What a way to feel sexy. We don’t need magazines and television telling us we need to be having more sex in our relationships – we need to start acting now. Society is far too high strung, maybe we should all think back to the hippie days and relax a little bit – feel liberated.  Once we assess the real reason the sex numbers are soaring down, we can start to fix it.

What has your life or relationship come to when you are too stressed to do the one thing that should release your stress?