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FromTheAshes777
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yes I would, if it wasn’t a sin to do so and not harmful to my health in any way.
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Carina20
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Well, I don’t see how increasing it would solve the problem.If other words, if there’s ever a libido related problem the solution is to simply reduce the sex drive
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AngryAtheist8
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Originally Posted by AngryAtheist8
If other words, if there’s ever a libido related problem the solution is to simply reduce the sex drive
How about if a man has a normal sex drive and wants kids but his wife has virtually no sex drive and finds sex dirty?
Or a woman desires her husband but he has no desire (at least for her), so the couple has no sex and no children?
If other words, if there’s ever a libido related problem the solution is to simply reduce the sex drive
Really…
How about if a man has a normal sex drive and wants kids but his wife has virtually no sex drive and finds sex dirty?
Or a woman desires her husband but he has no desire (at least for her), so the couple has no sex and no children?
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VeritasLuxMea
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I get it, but I don’t think this is an entirely accurate statement.
You say that, for example,
…and I would have to disagree there, historically. I do not know much of the far east, but sexual sin was quite glorified, in. for example, the ancient Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Polygamy (hence, adultery) was a fact of daily life for the upper class in the ancient Middle East, as noted frequently throughout the Old Testament.
Orgies were common enough and quite accepted among the Mediterraneans. Religious rituals often included sex acts.
Homosexuality was also prevalent among the Greeks. Note that, by “Greeks,” I mean in territories that extend far beyond modern day Greece, but among the entirety of Greek civilization which was spread throughout the Mediterranean.
Sexual slavery was rampant (and accepted!) throughout the ancient world, including the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Sexual slavery was also common enough during the age of exploration, and accounts for much of the race-mixing in South and Central America.
In many cultures, stretching from the ancient Middle East and on through the pre-Industrial era in the America’s (and elsewhere), wives were viewed as the sexual property of their husbands. Marital rape was, well, it was nearly impossible to rape your own wife as a matter of law, though that in fact occurred frequently.
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fbl9
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Robert Sock.
Personally i despise anti-depressants.especailly the one’s my wife uses. She’s still here but the person i married left.And i basicaly told her that within the first three months, its been way too long for her to be on these drugs iow she’s addicted to them and it seems the doctor feels she has to stay on these indeffantly.(sic)
Eating is really icky especially some hours after yet everyone eats and enjoys it,
In feeling this way about sex you have reduced it to the level of the lower kingdom, a mere physical act.You leave out the spiritual bonding of man and wife. You see one ought to be askings themselves, does the deading of one’s spirit outweigh the benifets of the drug.
Personally i despise anti-depressants.especailly the one’s my wife uses. She’s still here but the person i married left.And i basicaly told her that within the first three months, its been way too long for her to be on these drugs iow she’s addicted to them and it seems the doctor feels she has to stay on these indeffantly.(sic)
Eating is really icky especially some hours after yet everyone eats and enjoys it,
In feeling this way about sex you have reduced it to the level of the lower kingdom, a mere physical act.You leave out the spiritual bonding of man and wife. You see one ought to be askings themselves, does the deading of one’s spirit outweigh the benifets of the drug.
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Robert_Sock
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As I stated before, I suspect that the people who do not wish to take the drug to reduce the libido are those who are married. However, you’re leaving out all the men and women that remain single, along with the clergy.
The drug is not for everyone! Why would I endorse the drug for married couples?
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AngryAtheist8
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In order to keep married couples from lusting of course!
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AngryAtheist8
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If single men and women had their lust/libido reduced to little or nothing with drugs, why would they be interested in sex or marriage in the first place?
This cure would be worse than the problem it supposedly solves (at least if it was used on a wide scale).
This cure would be worse than the problem it supposedly solves (at least if it was used on a wide scale).
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epan
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There are drugs which reduce libido. This is the most common complaint from patients on SSRI’s. It has to do with the effect on dopamine levels, when you mess around with serotonin levels, and also there appear to be some potentially long term changes which may occur in a small number of patients to some neurotransmitter receptor sites.
The long term phenomenon is not well studied yet. It may be that there is a permanent change in libidinal drive for a small number (perhaps 10%) of people on these drugs. The short term one (while using the drugs), appears to affect about 60% of patients on this class of anti-depressant.
Testosterone levels may be reduced, along with sperm count, and sperm morphology sometimes changes in some men on SSRI’s. So, not only can libido be affected, but also fertility.
Personally, unless there was some great benefit, I would not mess around with the hormone and neurotransmitter levels in my body.
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epan
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The best known way, right now, is to reduce dopamine levels in the brain. There are drugs which do this. But… the hormones and neurotransmitters in your body do form a delicate balance to keep things in optimal shape. When the level of one changes, then the levels of others may change. In addition, there are sometimes physical changes which occur.
For example, in some men, reducing dopamine levels also reduces testosterone levels. Reducing testosterone levels too far, can result in all sorts of health issues, including heart disease, low energy, depression. Well, then you can tinker with testosterone levels, but then what happens is that if you raise testosterone levels artificially, the testes atrophy because they receives signals that the testosterone levels in the blood are sufficient, and they shut down.
My point is that this is fairly complicated stuff, and every person is different within some range. I really don’t think it is a good idea to be modifying the levels of these hormones, unless there is a very good reason to do so. The benefit should outweigh the risks and costs.
I could see it for a child molester, who simply can’t control his or her own behavior, no matter what other treatment modality is tried. Something like that, where there is a clear cost/benefit. But for someone who just has a normal sex drive, and is not harming anyone… I don’t see the benefit compared to the risk.
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round2
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With all due respect this is like asking if one should lose weight by exercising or taking drugs. Do you really believe that the best answer is to take drugs!? Peace.
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epan
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There are very clears cases where the risks of medical intervention are outweighed by the benefit of weight reduction, in cases of morbid obesity. In the case of sexual libido, I would think that the same standard may apply.
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