Monday, June 25, 2012

Our lusty behaviour: Science tries to explain sex and love

from the article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/our-lusty-behaviour-science-tries-to-explain-sex-and-love/article1357595/

 . . . A few surprises from the book: More women have orgasms with partners they aren’t seriously involved with, this from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior.
Isn’t that crazy? Here you have women reporting they have more orgasms with novel partners. We have a lot of biases when it comes to relationships. In the past we’ve used little bits of science we picked and chose to reinforce those biases: The idea that women are more emotional and men are players. That’s not necessarily true and the science doesn’t back that up. An Australian researcher did a longitudinal study on menopause looking for a hormonal smoking gun as to why women at this age are less interested in sex. What they found was that the women who were having the most sex were the ones who had a new partner.

... One study found that activation in male and female brains during climax is fairly uniform, aside from some mechanics. Same for passionate love, which triggers the same parts of the brain across the board, for straight and gay men and women alike.
For me it proves that love is love no matter who happens to be in love.

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