Sex with a partner is 400% better
LOVERS know only too well that men usually need a "recovery period" after orgasm, and that sexual intercourse with orgasm is more satisfying than an orgasm from masturbation alone. Now scientists think the two phenomena might be linked.
Following orgasm, the hormone prolactin is released into the bloodstream in both men and women. The hormone makes us feel satiated by countering the effect of dopamine, which is released during sexual arousal.
Stuart Brody of the University of Paisley, UK, and Tillmann Krüger of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, measured blood prolactin levels in male and female volunteers who watched erotic films before engaging in masturbation or sexual intercourse to orgasm in the laboratory.
Surprisingly, after orgasm from sexual intercourse, the increase in blood prolactin levels is 400 per cent higher in both sexes compared with after orgasm from masturbation (Biological Psychology, vol 71, p 312).
This explains why orgasm from intercourse is more satisfying than masturbation, says Brody. Since elevated levels of prolactin have been linked to erectile dysfunction, this may also explain why most men need a recovery period after sex. (New Scientist)
3 comments:
Yeah it's no big surprise sex is better with a partner (duh!) but isn't 400 percent better a bit of a stretch? I mean the end result is the same...an ejaculation for men, orgasm(s) for women. I wonder if that chemicals released stuff is just more scientific gobbledegook. At 65 I 've had lots of experience with both activities (masturbation and fucking) and I feel mighty fine after both. Just my most humble and most ancient opinion!
I'm going to need to agree with you, from the female perspective. Doesn't matter how I get there, as long as I do. :)
I would prefer 400% better... but I take what I can get...
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