• Religion And Sexual Satisfaction  PRO

  Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 18, 2014 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Song of Songs 1:1-8:14, 1 Corinthians 7:3

  Tags:  Sexuality, Pleasurable, Biblical Sexuality, Religious People

  Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

RELIGION AND SEXUAL SATISFACTION

Several years ago, Redbook magazine did a computer survey on sexual attitudes and practices (not surprising). What was surprising in the survey was they sprinkled questions about religion in with the study. The survey of about 19,000 women showed that "strongly religious" women reported more sexual satisfaction than with "fairly religious women." At the bottom of the satisfaction scale were non religious women; they are the least satisfied. Redbook editors admit to being "astounded" by this correlation. The editors' could hardly offer an explanation.

The "teaching" that physical pleasure is a necessary