Small world; I used to work in a bookstore, as well. (Managed a Borders, actually. Good lord, but that was a long time ago...!)
Lifelong SF buff, ever since first reading Flowers for Algernon in the 4th grade. Quickly got hooked on Silverberg, Asimov, LeGuin and (later on) Varley, among others. And yourself...? :)
Well, she'd managed to pick up a pair of Hugos and a Nebula over the years, although (as I said) the only work of hers I can recall ever having read was the aforementioned Kindred. That one, however, I can and do recommend unreservedly.
The research team led by professor Stefan Felder of Magdeburg University, Germany, also suggested that the effect of regular sex could be detrimental for women's longevity due to hormonal changes. The effect of the same on men was found to be beneficial.
No, you just made a correlation that might not be accurate.
You misread, then. "Bad politics" (i.e., preconceived notions, grounded in political cant, ideology or orthodoxy) most assuredly do make for bad science, when allowed to dictate the findings and conclusions of the latter. (E.g.: Lysenko)