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![]() Anything for the sake of procreation, right?Īs LiveScience reported, a team of researchers set out to test if sexual arousal can minimize our natural disgust response. So it makes sense that our brains would find a way to help us get over it, and get to it. Bodily fluids in general are a little gross. Sex, fun as it is, can be a little gross at times. Being horny makes things seem less gross. Symptoms of postcoital dysphoria include melancholy, tearfulness, anxiety, irritability or feelings of restlessness immediately after intercourse.Ĥ. Michael Krychman described the feeling as “buyer’s remorse.” told Everyday Health, “There’s no doubt that many men and women swear that they have these negative feelings after sex, and occasionally after masturbation.” Dr. It’s called “postcoital dysphoria” and it’s more common than it sounds.Ī 2011 Australian study published in the International Journal of Sexual Health found that one-third of women said they’ve felt depressed, “even after satisfactory sex.” The researchers went on to claim that the condition affects around 10 percent of women regularly.ĭebby Herbenick, associate director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. If you’ve never experienced the post-sex blues, consider yourself lucky. Ever get depressed after sex? There’s a name for that. But too much of it can interfere with sperm production.ģ. ![]() The reason? Testosterone can lower voice pitch. The sperm collected from the deep-voiced men were “perfectly motile” and fertile, "but had fewer sperm cells in the ejaculate," National Geographic reports. Using a computer-assisted sperm-analysis system, Simmons found that men with “more attractive” voices didn’t have better sperm quality than those with “less desirable” voices. The male volunteers were then ask to collect a semen sample and return it to Simmons for lab analysis. The women, unsurprisingly, gravitated toward the deeper voices. She later played the recordings for the female volunteers, and asked them to rate the voices in regards to masculinity and attractiveness. Simmons and her team recorded the voices of the male participants. But as it turns out, that might not be as desirable as it sounds (pun intended).Įvolutionary biologist Leigh Simmons of the University of Western Australia located 54 heterosexual men and 30 heterosexual women to participate in a study. One feature that tends to accompany those traits is a deep, commanding voice. Tall, dark and handsome are three qualities some women look for in an “ideal" man. Deep voices don’t equal high sperm quality. Dildos without the ridge only displaced 35 percent.Ģ. They found that dildos featuring a coronal ridge (like that of a real penis) displaced 91 percent of semen present in the vaginal canal. Gordon Gallup’s “semen displacement theory” suggests the distinctive mushroom-capped glans, and the coronal ridge that forms underneath it, are actually designed to remove rival semen from the vagina.īack in 2003, Gallup and a team of researchers from the State University of New York-Albany conducted a study using different dildos, artificial vaginas, and yes, a homemade semen recipe to help demonstrate the theory. Then again, most of us aren’t evolutionary psychologists. Most of us simply accept the “mushroom tip” as a fact of life a little weird looking but nothing worth talking about. If you’ve ever had the opportunity to examine the human penis, you’re probably familiar with its unique shape. The penis may have evolved to scoop out rival sperm. ![]() Here are five interesting theories and factoids about why human sexuality developed the way it did.ġ. Thanks to some enterprising scientists out there, we now know a lot of interesting things about the mechanics and evolution of sex. This article originally appeared on AlterNet. ![]()
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