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Having Regular Sex Can Delay Menopause

Women who have sex more than once a month go into menopause later.

Having regular sex during the perimenopausal and menopausal period can also help make sex less painful with time because it helps keep the vagina open, she points out — so sex sessions on the regular certainly can’t hurt.

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