Why do women have sex-list of reasons

Cindy Meston, a professor of psychology at Texas Tech University, and her colleague, David Bass, in his book Why Women Have Sex (Why do women have sex) presented a list of reasons why women have sex.

Among them are the most common - the desire to lose weight, get rid of a headache, or even simple politeness.



Excerpt from the new book publishes The Daily Mail.

In this excerpt from the book are amazing scientific facts behind the most common motives, wrote korrespondent.net.



Thus, the first cause of the writers called headache. And indeed: in the course of a sexual act of the head and neck muscles are often tense, and at the moment of orgasm raises blood pressure, which could aggravate the headache or cause it to rise. From a scientific point of view this is called koitalnoy tsefalgiey.



However, as noted by Meston and Bass, in their own research they were able to establish that some women are just trying to have sex to get rid of a headache.



As described 62-year-old woman: "I suffer from migraines, and I noticed that during sex. Especially if I reach orgasm, they are. Another woman said that the doctor recommended that she have sex to relieve the suffering from migraines.

The author explains how the sexual act can simultaneously, and cause, and cure headaches. In intimacy, our body produces hormones joy endorphins, chemically similar to morphine, they are something and act as a powerful analgesic.



Another common cause, which is called many women turned out to be surprisingly simple: a man just having a good kisser. Meston and Bass wrote that kissing escorted intercourse in 90% of cultures.



The fact that our lips were thickly studded with sensitive neurons, which are there more than anywhere else in the human body. Moreover, the connecting tongue, nose and cheeks.

In one study has found that kissing leads to lower levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, and it calms and relaxes. Kiss also transmits information about the health of the partner, as well as bad breath can be a sign of illness.



Women tend to use the kiss as an emotional litmus test that shows whether or not to move to the next level.

Men kissing definitely do not have such a great value.

Polls showed that 53% of men are ready to have sex without kissing, while only 13% of women agreed to this option.



At the same time, a bad kiss - sexy switch. Another study showed that 66% of women's sexual attraction fizzles out after such a failure kiss.



Some women admit that they used sex to avenge his wrong partners.

"My husband cheated on me a couple of years ago. Then I gained weight after the birth of our daughter, and in general felt incredibly useless. Six months later, after I found out about his affair, I dropped the weight and betrayed him with his best friend. It was cool, "said one of the women.



As the authors write books, sex can help people lose weight, and some women increases the rate of having sex for this reason.

According to various studies, one of intercourse burns from 100 to 250 calories. Naturally, the gap is due to athletic component: pirouette worthy of ballet, burn more calories than just lying on his back.

According to a survey conducted among 1,400 women aged 18 to 59 years, the average woman has sex 6.3 times a month. For 20-30-year-olds, this figure is somewhat higher (7.5), for 50-60-year-olds, respectively, below (4).



Given that a kilogram of fat - that's about 7000 calories, the average woman burns in this way 1,7 kg of fat per year, in other words, if it ceases to have sex, saving habits and diet, ten years her weight grows to 17 kg. On the other hand, if a woman is having sex, rather than two to four times a week, and 18.3 and 36.6 minutes, it will burn the extra 2 kg of fat per year. Or, keeping the same weight, eat 17 chocolate desserts, 23 of sweet dumpling and 14 truffle per year more.

Many women, especially married women, called in as a reason for sex, even if they are not in the mood, the obligation to do so.



"I'm married for 32 years. And it seems natural after so long, that from time to time are you doing with my husband having sex just because you feel it my duty," said one 53-year-old woman.



For some, the authors point out, the conviction that sex - marital duty, rooted in religious beliefs, but for most of it comes from a cultural context where men are traditionally seen as the breadwinner of the family, in response to which the wife is the responsibility of raising children, household economy and the satisfaction of her husband. Despite the fact that today many wives also work, these ideas are still passed down to younger generations.



The authors also write that the fair sex with children are taught compassion and sympathy, worry about the feelings of others.

Several women in our own study, the authors admitted that they use sex as a tool of comfort. Many women younger than thirty years, was told that they had sex out of pity, because a man desperately trying to lose their virginity or could not invite anyone to visit.



In other cases, middle-aged women had sex with the same age, going through a hard divorce, while others did so to create a partner, feeling that he is loved and safe.



How to remind the authors of the book, to people as a social being constantly threatened by potential competitors, ready to seduce our partners in the affair or even a permanent relationship. Also, we are continuously faced with the threat that our partners will tear us hoping to find someone better.



The study showed that women often use sex to protect relationships. They carry out the wishes of the partner so that he remained happy.

According to Bass and Meston, many women, especially the young, among the reasons to have sex call and desire to improve their skills. Some said that they sought sexual experience, to avoid the humiliation of the fact that they will be seen as sexually inexperienced.



"When I first had sex, largely the reason was that I was 19 years old, and had the feeling that it is time to learn how it delaetsya.Ya wanted to know what to do next time," said one woman.



The authors add that from a scientific point of view, the more experienced woman in the sex, the greater the likelihood that she will reach orgasm.



This is confirmed by the classic study of Alfred Kinsey conducted a half-century ago, during which it was found that women reach their sexual peak between the ages of 30 to 40 years.