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Sex with a partner is 400% better
22 February 2006
From New Scientist Print Edition

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.

From issue 2540 of New Scientist magazine, 22 February 2006, page 21


This is for all those abstinent people out there, the worlds at 6.5 billion people so get your bunnin on!

So that means if you masturbate 4x more, you'll be as satisfied as a person who had intercourse?

Too heterocentric.

So that means if you masturbate 4x more, you'll be as satisfied as a person who had intercourse?
i like that logic

Too heterocentric.
Fass, I'm sure you can get a grant to do your own study. It's about time you published something...

Ah but getting sex is 10x harder:p

Fass, I'm sure you can get a grant to do your own study. It's about time you published something...

I actually have something published already. :p

Ah but getting sex is 10x harder:p

Nah, that's a sliding curve depending entirely on standards.

Well, location too. Hermits don't get much.

Ah but getting sex is 10x harder:p

Speak for yourself.

I actually have something published already. :p
But is it a study about sex?

But is it a study about sex?

As far away as you could come from sex, actually: paediatrics.

But sex with left hand is 500% better than sex with a partner.

As far away as you could come from sex, actually: paediatrics.
That's the problem.

You need to do a sex study. Now, of course, that means you won't be participating... that would be bias...

In an obvious study: Sex with partner 400% better than sex with right hand.

I always knew lefties had the edge.

So that means if you masturbate 4x more, you'll be as satisfied as a person who had intercourse?
I was about to suggest that, but you beat me to it.

Skaladora, we need to find volunteers for Fass' new study

You need to do a sex study. Now, of course, that means you won't be participating... that would be bias...

But I don't need a study to know gay sex is better.

But I don't need a study to know gay sex is better.
You may think so, but you'll have to prove it scientifically.

Ah but getting sex is 10x harder:p

Nuh uh. All I have to do is say "hey love?" in the right tone of voice, and I don't even have to undress myself....

You may think so, but you'll have to prove it scientifically.

I'm not as insecure as breeders are, and I have all the evidence based guides I need.

I'm not as insecure as breeders are, and I have all the evidence based guides I need.
What about the folks that go both ways?

I think they get it all.

this certainly pertains to the "anything and everything" theme....

What they fail to note, is that having sex with someone else's right hand can be 600% better, provided that they don't notice.

So that means if you masturbate 4x more, you'll be as satisfied as a person who had intercourse?


hmm never thought of it that way. good logic there

What about the folks that go both ways?

They tend to be fakes, and swing to the better, i.e. gay, side if males once they manage to stop kidding themselves. If females, well, when they can no longer garner attention...

They tend to be fakes, and swing to the better, i.e. gay, side if males once they manage to stop kidding themselves. If females, well, when they can no longer garner attention...
I still think you'll need a study for that one.

You may think so, but you'll have to prove it scientifically.


how would you prove that gay sex is better than straight sex? besides the whole getting someone pregnant, that is the one edge gay sex would have over straight that i can think of

I still think you'll need a study for that one.

"You're either gay, straight or lying."

Who needs studies when you have pithy retorts?

I still think you'll need a study for that one.


Booty is in the eye of the beholder.

What they fail to note, is that having sex with someone else's right hand can be 600% better, provided that they don't notice.

What if they notice, but are cool with it?

how would you prove that gay sex is better than straight sex? besides the whole getting someone pregnant, that is the one edge gay sex would have over straight that i can think of

Playing with equipment one has access to 24/7 tends to ensure better acuity.

Playing with equipment one has access to 24/7 tends to ensure better acuity.
I don't know about you, but if I started "playing with [my] equipment" on the subway, I'm pretty sure I'd get some funny looks from the other passengers.

What they fail to note, is that having sex with someone else's right hand can be 600% better, provided that they don't notice.


and they forgot sex with 2 hands at once (for those larger people in the study)

I don't know about you, but if I started "playing with [my] equipment" on the subway, I'm pretty sure I'd get some funny looks from the other passengers.

What subway are you on where that doesn't already happen all the time?

Too heterocentric.
hows it heterocentric?

What subway are you on where that doesn't already happen all the time?


true just got to NYC and do it all you want, no one will notice

I don't know about you, but if I started "playing with [my] equipment" on the subway, I'm pretty sure I'd get some funny looks from the other passengers.
you might luck out and get a helping hand...and then some.

and they forgot sex with 2 hands at once (for those larger people in the study)

Well thats a thought provoking sentence. hmm....

What subway are you on where that doesn't already happen all the time?
Just because the NYC Subway system is a hellhole of sexual deviancy, criminal activity, waste, and moral decay, deoes not mean that we never notice it. We do, we just don't do anything about it.

So that means if you masturbate 4x more, you'll be as satisfied as a person who had intercourse?wrong

It can be as good as penetration sex if you mix it with penetration..
It is also nice to let "the other partners" do it.

But if all you sex in wanking all year round.. (no partners).. then it can become really boring.. not even close to 25% pleasure

Well thats a thought provoking sentence. hmm....


well my saying always goes as: You got 2 hands....use em both;)

Just because the NYC Subway system is a hellhole of sexual deviancy, criminal activity, waste, and moral decay, deoes not mean that we never notice it. We do, we just don't do anything about it.

Well, what are you bitching about, then? Bring a buddy along if you need support and a hand.

Just because the NYC Subway system is a hellhole of sexual deviancy, criminal activity, waste, and moral decay, deoes not mean that we never notice it. We do, we just don't do anything about it.


When I went to NYC, I was so excited about riding the subway. Then I got on it and was afraid to touch anything.

Well, what are you bitching about, then? Bring a buddy along if you need support and a hand.


LMAO

Ah but getting sex is 10x harder:pwrong..

it can be as hard as 1000x specially if you don't maintain a "black book".
(it is not hard at all to Wank).

wrong..

it can be as hard as 1000x specially if you don't maintain a "black book".
(it is not hard at all to Wank).


or if you got a couple hundred bucks on you

Well, what are you bitching about, then? Bring a buddy along if you need support and a hand.
Interesting. If sex makes orgasm 400x better, I'd think it makes a subway ride atleast 10000x better.

(it is not hard at all to Wank).

There is medical help for that.

Well, what are you bitching about, then? Bring a buddy along if you need support and a hand.
Because, I like the assurance that the people who are staring at me are undressing me with their eyes (or admiring my sylish hot pink speedo), if I start doing extra things it just cheapens the effect.

if I start doing extra things it just cheapens the effect.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

You know, I'm of the opinion that "elevated prolactin levels" arent the only reason sex with a partner is better than masturbation.:rolleyes:

or if you got a couple hundred bucks on youSex with a "stranger" is at least 500% better than with a Prostitute.

and it is better than with your wife/hub. (Unless you are just married).. other % factors are age, health (phy and psy), etc

You know, I'm of the opinion that "elevated prolactin levels" arent the only reason sex with a partner is better than masterbation.:rolleyes:

You're right. You need to be pretty agile to perform what a partner easily does.

When I went to NYC, I was so excited about riding the subway. Then I got on it and was afraid to touch anything.
Touching things isn't nearly as bad as being touched. I've been molested by at least 5 different European tourists (apparently in Europe the concept of "grab on to the fucking rail so you don't fall on the guy behind you when the train stops" is completely unheard of) and have gotten more assplay then I can remember.
It isn't that playing slap and tickle bothers me, I'm just pissed off that I'm playing for free. T3h Fiddles ain't no slut, he's a whore, follow me?
And if I were to play with my equipment, I'd be giving even more away for free.

And if I were to play with my equipment, I'd be giving even more away for free.

That way, someone might accept it.

But sex with left hand is 500% better than sex with a partner.

I always knew lefties had the edge.

As a fellow lefty, I'd like to shake you two fellows' hands...but considering where they've been, I think I'll pass :D

There is medical help for that.Are you offering me your proffesional help?
You are too expensive for me.

As a fellow lefty, I'd like to shake you two fellows' hands...but considering where they've been, I think I'll pass :D

Sowibi has cooties. Thus she's a girl.

As a fellow lefty, I'd like to shake you two fellows' hands...but considering where they've been, I think I'll pass :D
That's okay, I think Neo-K's got other things he might appreciate a shake for.

You say that like it's a bad thing.
Fass, that shot was cheaper than you.

Are you offering me your proffesional help?
You are too expensive for me.

I'll do the exam for free.

Fass, that shot was cheaper than you.

Pretty cheap, then.

I'll do the exam for free.or maybe I am too expensive for you ;)

I'll do the exam for free.
free exam? deal.

or maybe I am too expensive for you ;)

I have a way of eroding self-worth.

free exam? deal.

*snaps gloves, gets the lubricating jelly*

*snaps gloves, gets the lubricating jelly*
hmm...thats not...wait..you meant. but I thought...and...but...then...

ah screw it. how often do you get a gay swedish doctor offering you a prostate exam?

*drops trou*

edit: does this count as a followup to the Sissymas date?

how often do you get a gay swedish doctor offering you a prostate exam?

More often than you'd think, but they do tend to be massages on my end.

edit: does this count as a followup to the Sissymas date?

As habitual to things and people I've done, I have little recollection of it. So, if you want it to be, yes.

As habitual to things and people I've done, I have little recollection of it. So, if you want it to be, yes.
I see how it is. I'm just a cheap trick. You're just going to throw me out with the latex gloves, aren't you. AREN'T YOU?!

*shrug* oh well. It could be worse.

*shrug* oh well. It could be worse.

Speaking of, I hear Fiddlebottoms may be in the market for a new handjob aide.

Speaking of, I hear Fiddlebottoms may be in the market for a new handjob aide.
that might be more your field than mine...I could be wrong tho.

Sowibi has cooties. Thus she's a girl.

(leers at Sowibi)

that might be more your field than mine...I could be wrong tho.

Sissymas is starting to get back to me, and with it more sordid details. I'd say you'd be in your element.

(leers at Sowibi)

Don't waste your time. She likes other people who also have cooties.

Who knew actual sex worked better then masturbation, :eek:.

I don't understand why somebody would do a study on this...WHY

Don't waste your time. She likes other people who also have cooties.

Leering is never a waste of time. Leering at girls who like girls, in fact, is one of my favorite pasttimes.

(leers at Sowibi)
I both appreciate that and take it as a sign that you are ready to take orders, yes? Why don't you fetch that guy in the corner, then, the one with the gloves? I think I may want a word.

Leering is never a waste of time. Leering at girls who like girls, in fact, is one of my favorite pasttimes.
Women, please. On both accounts. Thanks. On both accounts.

Leering is never a waste of time. Leering at girls who like girls, in fact, is one of my favorite pasttimes.

Can't have leered at that many, then, if you still have something to leer with.

Sissymas is starting to get back to me, and with it more sordid details. I'd say you'd be in your element.
you didn't seem to be complaing much...nor were you unwilling to return with your own "sordid" actions.

you didn't seem to be complaing much...nor were you unwilling to return with your own "sordid" actions.

I never do and never am.

I see how it is. I'm just a cheap trick. You're just going to throw me out with the latex gloves, aren't you. AREN'T YOU?!
Oh, this is getting sweet. You're the one who admitted to the boycrush earlier today, no?

Oh, this is getting sweet. You're the one who admitted to the boycrush earlier today, no?

*nod*

I think I remember that on the fantasizer thread.....

Oh, this is getting sweet. You're the one who admitted to the boycrush earlier today, no?
haha...yes, however, boycrush =/= wanting to bang (atleast not always)...perhaps I should have gone with "friendcrush"? hmm...

*nod*

I think I remember that on the fantasizer thread.....
yep, that would be the place...although, it can't be a full on fantasy, as I have no clue what he looks like.

yep, that would be the place...although, it can't be a full on fantasy, as I have no clue what he looks like.

None of us do. In my mind he looks like Stewey from "Family Guy"

haha...yes, however, boycrush =/= wanting to bang (atleast not always)...perhaps I should have gone with "friendcrush"? hmm...
Well, you can start with the exam and see how it goes from there, eh?

Besides, it would appear that Fass's standards have been pretty clearly established. *nods*

BTW, it's kinda cute how DK held on there a while, kinda like a pit bull ... where'd he go off to, enquiring minds would like to ... oh, hmmm, maybe not. He'll tell us when he's ready.

None of us do. In my mind he looks like Stewey from "Family Guy"
I see a cross of Stewey and http://www.hollywoodcultmovies.com/assets/images/JohnStamos1.jpg John Stamos in this picture (and only this picture)

Straughn-youre late to the thread. You missed my "Booty is in they eye of the beholder" joke.

yep, that would be the place...although, it can't be a full on fantasy, as I have no clue what he looks like.
Making the fantasies even more interesting, you know.

haha...yes, however, boycrush =/= wanting to bang (atleast not always)...perhaps I should have gone with "friendcrush"? hmm...
*gets the nutella and settles back, waiting for the elaboration to begin*

This is starting to be real fun.

Straughn-youre late to the thread. You missed my "Booty is in they eye of the beholder" joke.
huh...I think I might have missed it too *flips back a page or two*

I see a cross of Stewey and http://www.hollywoodcultmovies.com/assets/images/JohnStamos1.jpg John Stamos in this picture (and only this picture)


Well I'm kind of torn between Stewey and Gunther from friends. He's got to look like one of those. My mind is seldom wrong at blindly guessing what people look like.

Making the fantasies even more interesting, you know.
huh...could be correct.


*gets the nutella and settles back, waiting for the elaboration to begin*

This is starting to be real fun.
May I offer you some chocolate covered strawberries? A drink perhaps?

huh...I think I might have missed it too *flips back a page or two*

Thats ok. The moment has passed. sigh.

Well I'm kind of torn between Stewey and Gunther from friends. He's got to look like one of those. My mind is seldom wrong at blindly guessing what people look like.
So YOU'RE that person who keeps looking in my window!

Straughn-youre late to the thread. You missed my "Booty is in they eye of the beholder" joke.
I didn't miss the joke, i just couldn't top it!
I figured i'd chime in when it was necessary. You KNOW this is the kinda thread that'll twist like a curly fry or taffy, so a little energy can go a long way.
As soon as Sarkhaan offered up that particular instance, i'd recalled the "beer" mention, and ya know, the thread's not over. *nods*

So YOU'RE that person who keeps looking in my window!

I have satellites. I'm a modern kind of peeping Tom-ette.

huh..could be correct.
Is correct.
May I offer you some chocolate covered strawberries? A drink perhaps?
I think you missed the point that this kind of pleasure I already provided for. It was an elaboration I hinted at wanting. Men really aren't quick to the cue, hmm?

I didn't miss the joke, i just couldn't top it!
I figured i'd chime in when it was necessary. You KNOW this is the kinda thread that'll twist like a curly fry or taffy, so a little energy can go a long way.
As soon as Sarkhaan offered up that particular instance, i'd recalled the "beer" mention, and ya know, the thread's not over. *nods*
you two and your taffy...

I didn't miss the joke, i just couldn't top it!
I figured i'd chime in when it was necessary. You KNOW this is the kinda thread that'll twist like a curly fry or taffy, so a little energy can go a long way.
As soon as Sarkhaan offered up that particular instance, i'd recalled the "beer" mention, and ya know, the thread's not over. *nods*

LOL....

Welcome to the sex vs masturbation debate.

*looks for snacks that compliment this thread*

*looks for snacks that compliment this thread*
You may share my nutella. And I think Sarkhaan left some strawberry-somethings somewhere. You are most welcome to those, too.

LOL....

Welcome to the sex vs masturbation debate.

*looks for snacks that compliment this thread*
*offers chocolate strawberries again*

You may share my nutella. And I think Sarkhaan left some strawberry-somethings somewhere. You are most welcome to those, too.

Thanks SoWi:) .......*offers her some Twizzlers and CornNuts*

*offers chocolate strawberries again*
I was quicker, the lady's mine. Shoo.

LOL....

Welcome to the sex vs masturbation debate.

*looks for snacks that compliment this thread*
As for getting all the right chemicals going in me ...
"Listen folks, there's no magic formula. I just follow the three "c"s: clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin 'church!' "
-Ned Flanders

*offers her some Twizzlers and CornNuts*
*doesn't know either, but digs right in*

*offers chocolate strawberries again*


A most gracious host. ;)


So I was maturbating the other night and.....



Umm...not really. I was attempting to get back on topic. A little TMI there. oops.

*doesn't know either, but digs right in*

lol.....

http://secretcomics.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/corrrrnnuts

http://www.thenutfactory.com/photos/seeds-corn-toasted.jpg (my god those look gross up close)

http://www.davefrank.net/images/web_hersheys_twizzlers.gif (strawberry liccorice)

there you go my sweet.

Can't have leered at that many, then, if you still have something to leer with.

You "misunderestimate" the charm with which I leer.

I was quicker, the lady's mine. Shoo.
:( Sorry Ma'am.

*walks away with tail between legs*

A most gracious host.

I was raised well
So I was maturbating the other night and.....
You two? That's so weird because I was totally...oh wait, whats that next line say?


Umm...not really. I was attempting to get back on topic. A little TMI there. oops.

oh...yeah, I was just kidding two. I swear. Yeah.

Women, please. On both accounts. Thanks. On both accounts.

Well, at least in my experience, it's always best to underestimate a woman's age than to overestimate. Hence why I call females "girls" until otherwise corrected.

Also, since I'm 32, I tend to think of 20-somethings as "girls".

But I will abide by your preferred form of address, as that's simply the civilized thing to do.

-snippage of dubious pictures-
I think..I'll..stick with the Twizzlers.

You "misunderestimate" the charm with which I leer.
You misunderstand the seriousness with which I post demands. You are an outright failure at fulfilling them. Not very charming.

Sorry Ma'am.

*walks away with tail between legs*
Where did you have it before, son?

Well, at least in my experience, it's always best to underestimate a woman's age than to overestimate. Hence why I call females "girls" until otherwise corrected.

Any woman you can leer at without me getting worried should not be addressed as 'girl' no more.

And that was a very gentlemen-y post.

Where did you have it before, son?
would seem to imply not between my legs...which is either really awkward, or...well no, pretty much just really awkward.


*sigh*if only it was true.

I think..I'll..stick with the Twizzlers.


You misunderstand the seriousness with which I post demands. You are an outright failure at fulfilling them. Not very charming.

So I take it that you're not after my lucky charms?

:D

(no worries, I'm very rarely serious...but I am doing a heck of a job)

Speaking of, I hear Fiddlebottoms may be in the market for a new handjob aide.


LOL should put out a want ad for that position. Would it be full time or part time?

A most gracious host. ;)

So I was maturbating the other night and.....

Umm...not really. I was attempting to get back on topic. A little TMI there. oops.

:confused: