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Are promiscuous females becoming victims of depression

According to a group of researchers from Syracuse and Brown Universities, women who indulge in promiscuity from an early age go into a deep depression, which turns their lives up side down. Researchers are still trying to find out the links between promiscuity and mental health. They questioned 483 undergraduate women from a reputed college of the NYC University to understand the relation between the sex life of young women and their mental health.

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Depression can become a chronic and severe mental disease. A lot of young women and men have destroyed their personal relationships and career due to depression. Researchers have found that promiscuousness in young women can lead to depression but they have not been able to shed light on the effects of promiscuousness on the male psyche.

The research from the team of scientists shows that only women who indulge in casual sex with several different members of the opposite sex run the chance of becoming depressed.

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Women who have regular sex with their romantic partner are unaffected by sex. This means that sex in a romantic relationship will not affect a woman’s mental health negatively.

Many feminists have opposed the research on the grounds of discrimination. They are questioning why only women undergraduates were asked questions and had to participate in the 13 month long survey. They have also questioned why the researchers directed all their energies towards women and did not consider doing a similar survey for men.

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The women participants had to answer a questionnaire used for finding the level of depression they are suffering from. These women also had to answer questions about non-consensual sexual activities they were forced into and sexual victimization. Promiscuousness often makes a woman vulnerable and leads to victimization by a sexual manipulator. Results of the research have been published in The Journal of Sex.

The reason of depression among women who sleep around can be different. The lack of stability in life and relationships is probably the main reason. Women crave social sanction and a fulfilling romantic relationship. Sexual relationships more than often end in the bed room rendezvous. This type of casual and sexual relationships fails to satisfy a woman’s emotional needs and hence they become depressed.

Summary:

Researchers think that having too many casual, sexual relationships can lead young women to depression. They are still trying to establish firm links between promiscuity and depression in women.

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