More sex leds to people feeling more sexier in the long run. One more excuse for more sex.
[TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0] [TBODY] [TR][!-- column [ page content ] --] [TD style="WIDTH: 428px" vAlign=top align=left width=428] [H1][SPAN class=primeColor]Study: Sex Makes People Feel Sexier[/SPAN][/H1] [DIV class=byline]Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News[/DIV][!-- ## font shift / digg / del.icio.us --][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE]
March 1, 2007 — Sexual activity for men and women, straight or gay, raises testosterone levels, which, at least in women, fuels the desire for intercourse, increases the likelihood of experiencing an orgasm and heightens the individual's belief in her own sexiness, recent studies have found.
The findings are among the first to suggest that men and women can alter their own hormone levels based on how often they cuddle or copulate, both of which can lead to testosterone rises.
The hormone testosterone usually is associated with the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics, but all women possess this secreted compound too. Extremely high or low amounts can lead to health concerns, but the detected rises were within acceptable ranges.
"Our (first) paper does suggest that there might be sexual benefits to higher levels of testosterone," lead author Sari van Anders told Discovery News.
Van Anders, a researcher in the Department of Psychology at Canada's Simon Fraser University, and her team conducted two separate studies. Both have been accepted for publication in the journal
Hormones and Behavior.
The first examined how cuddling, intercourse and exercise affected testosterone in 49 women before and after these activities. "After" included directly following sex as well as the next morning, when the test subjects also answered a questionnaire that included questions about orgasms, levels of sexual desire and feelings of sexual attractiveness.
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