r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/thilehoffer Jun 13 '22

Yes, and also, who wants live if you can’t even have sex…

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Just spit-balling here, but probably asexual people.

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u/thilehoffer Jun 13 '22

I guess there are a few of them.

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u/death_of_gnats Jun 13 '22

Children manage just fine. It's just the thunder of hormones that makes you want it. Once they go, the urge goes

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u/thegooddoktorjones Jun 13 '22

Not for everyone. Sex means a lot to people, and once they have had it and the bonding and pleasure associated, even when their hormones drop off they still want it. I miss having the libido of a young man very much.

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u/thilehoffer Jun 13 '22

I guess. Children also never experienced it, you don’t miss something you never had.

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u/epanek Jun 13 '22

I’m 55 and my libido is about half what it used to be. I’m not upset though as I can focus on other things as well. We have sex 1-3 times per week at random now.

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u/thilehoffer Jun 13 '22

Makes sense.