Sex is bad for older men, and even worse when it's good

Correlation does not imply causation

........ I hope

Who wants to live forever?

When love must die?

Maybe

Maybe it's by design so that you go at the peak of satisfaction.

Are there any data...

about a possible correlation with wealth and inheritance?

Did they check

for the consumption of "supplements" by the men involved?

Bad for men and good for women?

From my, purely anecdotal, non scientific, discussions with friends on the subject, it may be that men frequently put more energy into making the beast with two backs than the ladies.

Which men?

This sounds like lifestyle would have an impact. Where were the test subjects sourced? Were they all from one country?

Bugger; I hope that they're wrong.

If not, I could drop dead anytime soo

I Knew It

Hugh Hefner only has those "girlfriends" for show. He doesn't do anything with them.

Knew it. Knew it knew it knew it.

Evolution

So nature have deemed, men having sex at an old age as unsound and have put in a failsafe, kill the man who have sex, when he is to old to care for his ofspring.

bah, happy to die with a smile on my face

or maybe a grimace.

To be on the safe side i might start to lie back and think of England <EU, insert as applicable>

I call bull.

Yet more anti-man, pro-feminist agenda shoving to make us all feel utterly worthless as we get older. There's no evidence here at all, just a correlation, but because its so utterly PC its going to be repeated by popularist press and other agenda led organisations ad nauseum until it becomes accepted fact.

Bullshit.

So ?

Well.. if we correlate this article and the one on robot sex together are we to conclude that the older men having sex with robots that never tire will all die ? Is this a women's supermacy group's doings ? Will we see men getting exterminated by female robots in masse ? In fact is this the rise of the machines that we all so feared , to eliminate the male population and make solyent green of them ? hmm ..

Guess i had too much coffee :)

Bah!

Prediction: Correlation and causation artifact. I believe this the same way I believe being a nun causes cervical cancer (real headline from my long-lost youth).

Young people and their "datas" and "quantums". In my day they'd have been given a good thrashing!

Next Weeks Headline

Linux users enjoy an average 5 extra years of life

Surely this article should have been titled

"Men with heart disease more likely to lie about sex"

More bollox from the Register.

We are to assume their staff are drawn from which age group? Teenagers?

If this rubbish had any grain of even half sensible research in it, like eg,- the immune system how come the French live longer than mostly anyone else?

Sound like sour grapes to you?!

So having sex increases the chance of heart attacks, not having sex increases the chance of prostrate cancer?

What a load of bullshit, we're all going to die and I know which way I'd rather go!

Doesn't anyone proof read anymore?

The study found that older men who had sex once a week or more were “much more likely to experience cardiovascular events five years later than men who were sexually inactive.”

So here it's saying that a horny old duffer will have an extra 5 years before problems arise compared to a droopy old git that cant get it up.

The rest of the article goes on to say that the randy old bugger is the one in danger. So which is it?

Does relative fitness make a difference?

I would like to know how this correlated with the measured fitness of the study cohort. For a gent who does the typical life progression and lets himself get weak as he ages, enthusiastic sex is an increasing strain on the system. Some guys instead work to stay fit and strong as they age. Do the above-average fitness guys suffer this effect as well?

This matters to me, since I'm working hard on being fit (not merely not-fat) with a mind to handling age better. Being a gnarly and strong old dude I hope to have good luck with the ladies (or lady, if I'm in a good partnership). Shame to think that would KILL ME.

I think it's time to return to the sea or the trees...

So, what? Stay single, and avoid heart attack at some point during rumpy pumpy but heap stress on due to lack of emotional support during lifes roller coaster and possible prostrate death? Or marry with usual inevitable offspring stress, spouse stress, inlaw stress but semi regular sex to maybe reduce chances of your prostate going all mutant but satisfying the relationship might eventually kill you...?

Good grief, all these types of articles are a prime source of stress most likely to lead to an early death from one thing or another IMO.

Think I'll give up reading and take up a moderate drinking habit instead.

Waht about

Vaz?

Am I worried? Nah!

Question. If Sex is likely to kill me with a Heart Attack and Avoiding Sex is likely to kill me because of Prostate Cancer, what is Morris Dancing going to do for me?

Given how many OLD Morris Dancers there are around the country who are over the age of 75 and who keep themselves fit by dancing Morris and also - one assumes - servicing their wives, then clearly the research is flawed.

Sex is the equivalent of a Five Mile run. An hour's worth of Morris Dancing also gives your heart an equal workout, according to my Heart Specialist. Either way, I shall Die Happy!

Bah!

What about older men having it off with these new sex robots?

Sex with a partner who just wants to jump one's bones no matter what is, I would hazard a guess, something that would promote health and happiness.

Mine's the Cherry 2000 in the shiny clothing. Don't tell the wife.

I've been living in Thailand for the last 16 years... see you on the other side, suckers!

Fairy lasts twice as long

So it turns out that the human body is just like a bottle of washing up liquid.

Once you have squirted out the contents, the bottle is just waste. And the faster you use the contents the quicker the bottle is finished.

Or something like that....

My wife is considerably older than me

So good news for her, bad for me. I think she must have been tipped off to this, she recently asked me to write down where I've got any money "just in case something happened to me". She's planning on wearing me out early and living to a ripe old age. Oh well, I suppose I'll have to accept my fate.

Hey, do you know where this so called all singing all dancing "survey" bollox comes from,

The country* where:- Nearly three-quarters of men and more than 60% of women are obese or overweight.

No wonder they pop their clogs only 5 years after getting frisky.

They probably damage the floor at the same time.

The author*?

Comes from the ONE and only country in the world with a giant demographic timebomb, shaped like:- "ONE COUPLE ONE CHILD!"

If you're European, physically fit, and eat properly, all the opposites are obviously true.

Thought so!

*Copyright © 2016 by American Sociological Association

**Hui Liu Associate Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University.

Before joining MSU in 2008, she received her B.A. and M.A. in economics from Nankai University, China

in Sparta

"May you live forever" is a curse (as used by Leonidas to Ephialtes in "300").

Dying gloriously is the way to go!

This doesn't explain...

...how my mother in law is still going strong at 90+. Thank God she's not frisky.

Anyone remember Private Benjamin

...and the famous last words of her dying husband! "I'm coming"

Cant be a bad thing.

Pillow talk...

Me: "Honey, fancy a shag?"

Mrs: "Hmm, I'm a bit tired."

Me: "Ok. Oh, I doubled my life insurance today, by the way."

Mrs: "Honey ... fancy a shag?"

Can't find the actual paper, but from the description it sounds like a data dredge. You can bet that they split the original sample up into smaller and smaller pieces until a spurious correlation popped out.

Did the study look to see if sex was the only form of exercise they engaged in? If you don't regularly exercise when older, any form of exertion can cause a heart attack (such as shoveling snow from your driveway).

Life is a terminal disease...

Please remember this.

Me: I'd rather "go out on top".

Maybe the problem is the 'just' once a week thing.

A limited study will give you limited results. This more specific study proves the opposite!

http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/04/rampant-sex-is-the-secret-to-living-past-the-age-of-100-6109269/

Meaningless

Even if taken at face value, there are a lot of things that are bad for you but you choose to do them anyway knowing they may shorten your life. Why would anyone skydive or race cars? Why would anyone drink beyond a medically "moderate" amount? Why would anyone visit countries with higher rates of terrorism or violent crime higher than one's own? Why would anyone drive?

There are a lot of things that will reduce average life span, and I imagine few men are willing to give up sex in exchange for living a bit longer. If it cut your life span in half that might be a different matter (at least for some) but this is surely at the margins or it would have been previously observed.

This is exactly why I am old, ginger...

...and work in IT. I knew science would eventually vindicate my life choices.

AC, because well - I might live forever now. And science has stated I am quite a catch.

Actually it's a well known fact that sex with one's mistress is more likely to cause heart attack than sex with one's wife/partner. I wonder if the study took that into account.

Anyway,

is there a more pleasant way to die?

But married men live longer than unmarried men .........

Hmm, yes...

.. they might be right. Last time I had a nookie was 25 years ago and I still do cumulative 240 push-ups every day no problems.

Doesn't matter - had sex.

pre-conditions?

I wonder if they controlled for other conditions such as obesity, hypertension, cardio-vascular disease, diet (vegetarian vs. non), lifestyles, socio-economic status....

My Hope ...

was always to die in bed - shot by a jealous husband.

Sex is bad for older men, and even worse when it's good

They had to post this on RUOK Day? I was till I read this! Thanks Register!