Actually this is the 1st exercise she's given us that has directly involved sex. She's never instructed not to ML, but she's never given us an assignment that directed us to have it either, until now.
I believe she's doing this for a couple of reasons.
#1 See if his SD increases #2 See if increasing the frequency will kind of push him past some of the barriers he's resisting. #3 Try to help restore some of the EC that took a serious nose-dive for me (but I believe this is a minor reason).