A 2013 Dutch study found that kinky sex24 practitioners “were less neurotic, more extraverted, more open to new experiences, more conscientious, less rejection sensitive, and had higher subjective well-being.” Nor are these benefits reserved just for the socially progressive. Minister Ed Young25 of the mega–Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas, exhorts his congregation of thousands to the “Seven Days of Sex” challenge, where they commit to sex every day for a week to deepen their spiritual union.
