A good sex life is good for your heart. Besides being a great way to raise your heart rate, sex helps keep your estrogen and testosterone levels in balance. “When either one of those is low you begin to get lots of problems, like osteoporosis and even heart disease,” Pinzone says. Having sex more often may help.
What influences Sexual Health?
How we define sexual health will be different for each person. The reason is that sexual health is influenced by many personal and social factors such as:
Our values and beliefs
Upbringing
Culture
Religion
Indigenous Status
Spirituality
The people around us
Our personal experiences
Societal expectations
Legal and/or sexual rights