Some of you may find this comforting.
Link to abstract: Different Ways to Get There: Evidence of a Variable Female Sexual Response Cycle
Excerpt:
Not all women need to experience high levels of arousal throughout the sexual experience or to have desire at the outset in order to have positive sexual experiences and sexual outcomes.
I have the full paper if anyone would like to read it.
https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/1126483169069469696
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031938418310709
The role of body odors and olfactory ability in the initiation, maintenance and breakdown of romantic relationships – A review
demonstrating that our "sexual biology is geared toward reproduction." I'm surprised the % is so low. Certainly pre-experimentation with karezza, I would have felt like a very bad lover if my partner didn't ejaculate.
But what use is research in this area that doesn't also specifically ask about a karezza-type approach? And then implies so much about satisfaction in its title?
Chimp males go for older females, who are more likely to conceive in promiscuous situations. Human male preference for women with a longer fertile window ahead of them may be related to human male tendency to pair-bond.
Fascinating, although not directly on topic for this website.
https://neurosciencenews.com/oxytocin-alcohol-use-disorder-11091/
Summary: Administering oxytocin blocks the enhanced motivation for drinking alcohol that fuels alcohol use disorder by blocking GABA signaling in the central nucleus of the amygdala.
Source: PLOS
These researchers do interesting work. Below is the abstract of this study, and this tweet shows an excerpt: https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/1113820115043258381
As I commented on Twitter: