back to article Success in the bedroom breeds success in the boardroom – research

A healthy sex life at home is apparently linked to better performance at work, according to a study by Oregon State University. Researchers found that regular action makes staff more stimulated and satisfied with their day-to-day grind, according to the survey of 159 married employees. Sexual intercourse triggers the release …

  1. Sgt_Oddball
    Coat

    further research required.

    I'll ask the wife......

    Mines the white lab coat with the durex I the pockets.

    1. Matthew Smith

      Re: further research required.

      She says that sounds about right.

    2. Schultz
      Boffin

      Causation or correlation?

      Just asking.

  2. Gordon Pryra

    Catch 22 really

    There is a direct correlation between reductions in dopamine and length of marriage.

    Just add dopamine to the fluoride in our water so EVERYONE gets some

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    elevated mood

    I'm not convinced the effects last 24 hours....

    No matter how cheerful I feel in the morning, as soon as I am in the office, my mood is as if I have been mainlining Red Dwarf despair squid chemicals.

    AC .. obv

    1. Voland's right hand Silver badge

      Re: elevated mood

      My exact thought.

      Now, the level of testosterone required to get to the dopamine point is likely to be something that is with you 24x7 and long after the dopamine has subsided.

      Unless you are somewhere in Scandinavia, the boardrooms are predominantly male and your aggression level is in a good correlation with your chance of climbing further up the ladder (once you get on it).

      The whole paper is a classic example of correlation != causation.

    2. Little Mouse
      Coat

      Re: elevated mood

      I'm not convinced the effects last 24 hours....

      It just Kinda Lingers...

      (Coat with NTNON DVD in the pocket)

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: elevated mood

      I'm not convinced the effects last 24 hours....

      Nah, it seems about right for a dopamine regulator. No clue about whether it applies to actual, regular sex. But a 24-36 hour halo effect seems about right.

      It's not a period of time where you feel "good" good. It chops off the panicky, overwhelmed feeling that comes with modern life, though.

    4. macjules

      Re: elevated mood

      Know the feeling. MIne tends to start a bit closer to home with, "now you have had your way with me can you fix [insert ridiculously unnecessary household chore here] please?"

      1. werdsmith Silver badge

        Re: elevated mood

        You are doing OK, I find that those deals have to be done in advance.

  4. wolfetone Silver badge

    Does "sex life" include solitary masturbation?

    Asking for a friend. Obviously.

    1. Paul Crawford Silver badge

      As Woody Allen once remarked - at least it is with someone you love!

      1. frank ly

        But I hate myself :(

        1. Paul Crawford Silver badge
          Gimp

          Then use some grinding paste instead of lube

    2. Phil O'Sophical Silver badge

      Asking for a friend

      Is (s)he a successful board member?

  5. Warm Braw

    Intercourse triggers the release of dopamine

    Never heard it called that before.

    1. TitterYeNot
      Coat

      Re: Intercourse triggers the release of dopamine

      "Never heard it called that before"

      Hmmm, if I lied to the missus and told her it contains dopamine and triggers the reward centres in her brain, somehow I don't think she'd swallow it...

      </Fnarr>

      1. wolfetone Silver badge

        Re: Intercourse triggers the release of dopamine

        "Hmmm, if I lied to the missus and told her it contains dopamine and triggers the reward centres in her brain, somehow I don't think she'd swallow it..."

        I found that providing a jar of Nutella to be used upon said act worked wonders for the acceptance of said product.

  6. Your alien overlord - fear me

    So about prostitutes...

    "a healthy sex life will help employees stay happy and engaged in their work" - they never look happy or have a spring in their step.

    1. Paul Crawford Silver badge
      Joke

      Re: So about prostitutes...

      Other way round, if they have a quiet night of answering polite emails and drinking coffee with co-workers...

    2. Roj Blake Silver badge

      Re: So about prostitutes...

      "they never look happy or have a spring in their step"

      Not the ones you've paid, anyway.

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      a healthy sex life will help employees stay happy

      And then they get all upset when you're in the middle of the act.

  7. Your alien overlord - fear me

    Also...

    did the survey say board members were having sex with their wives or with their young PA/interns?

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Also...

      Oh well, having a board-level salary usually helps a lot to find someone willingly to have sex with you... not for the money, of course.

  8. Scott 53

    "daily grind"

    I see what you did there. Fnarr.

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    In my experience, the most productive nerds...

    ... were those who couldn't have sex at all. And substituted it with programming/learning.

    If that meant they were promoted or the like, that's another story....

  10. Tony S

    Success breeds success...

    1. P. Lee

      >Success breeds success...

      and you end up with lots of little successes running around...

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Got it backwards

    It is the boss who can afford to trade in the wife for a newer horny model that gets the sack time.

    The plebs that have been dumped on all day, that go home to empty house or wife that is at work too.

  12. Banksy
    Unhappy

    Forever alone

    What if I'm an unlovable mess of a human being?

    1. Chemical Bob

      Re: Forever alone

      Don't worry, Cthulhu will take you just as you are.

    2. Tom Paine

      Re: Forever alone

      Then I think you've come to the right place, b'dum tish.

  13. Martin Summers Silver badge

    Its alright saying that but I can't see HR providing this somehow...

  14. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Bullshitters bullshit about their sex lives ? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked.

  15. macjules

    To counter that one: why is Donald Trump such a grumpy bastard then?

    1. Allan George Dyer

      Do you have to ask? All talk...

    2. Tom Paine

      Melania's living in New York. He reportedly spends his evenings stalking the empty, darkened White House in a bathrobe and watching cable TV.

      Could be worse, I suppose -- at least he isn't drinking...

      1. Oengus

        What, no interns in the White house these days?

  16. Tom Paine

    So not only am I living the dream as the stereotypical single nerd, but the lack of hot sex action is why my career's going nowhere, as well?

    You really know how to cheer us up...

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