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‘FALLING Asleep After Sex Is A Good Thing Because It Shows You Are In LOVE’
So much for pillow talk.
Dropping off to sleep straight after sex is a sign that you and your partner are truly in love, a new study has shown.
Research by evolutionary psychologists at the University of Michigan and Albright College in Pennsylvania, found the tendency to fall asleep first after sex is associated with greater partner desire for bonding and affection.
Daniel Kruger, a research fellow at the University of Michigan, and lead author of the study, said: ‘The more one’s partner was likely to fall asleep after sex, the stronger the desire for bonding.’
The study was published in the Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology.
The research team examined 456 participants, who completed anonymous online surveys assessing experiences and desires with one’s partner after sex.
Participants then indicated ‘who falls asleep after sex?’ and ‘who falls asleep first when going to bed not after sex.’
Participants whose partners nodded off immediately after sex had stronger desires for post-coital cuddling and chatting.
‘Falling asleep before one’s partner may be a non-conscious way to foreclose on any commitment conversation after sex,’ says co-author Susan Hughes, associate professor of psychology at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The study also looked at who were more likely – men or women – to fall asleep first.
Despite the common stereotype, the researchers did not find it more common for men to fall asleep first after sex. Women, however, were more likely to fall asleep first when sex hadn’t taken place.
‘Perhaps men stay awake longer as an artifact of mate guarding – making sure the woman doesn’t leave them for another partner,’ says Hughes. ‘Men may also stay awake longer in an attempt to entice their partner into having sex.’
Research on post-coital behaviours are few, the study authors say. ‘The vast majority of the research on the evolutionary psychology of human reproduction focuses on what’s before and leading up to sexual intercourse,’ says Hughes.
‘But reproductive strategies don’t end with intercourse; they may influence specific behaviours directly following sex.’
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on January 31, 2012. Filed under LIFE & STYLE, STYLE.
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Phebby Chiwama SA
February 1, 2012 at 8:45 am
@munzi Kubotu, mind your language limbi banoko ebakwata icinyo canunka kabiliwaliba tombapo wembwawe iwe. mucikanwa ukununka imbwayakantu.
sleeping after sex doesn’t mean you love each other what of if you have sex in the morning and you are suppose to go to work can you still sleep.Ma Rubbish ya boza aya
Kiya
February 1, 2012 at 8:45 am
Wat abt taking a shower.dnt u get o sweaty n sticky..?
Hajata Kumbuyo
February 1, 2012 at 8:48 am
How bout gays & lesbians? Do they also fall asleep after bonkin each each?
Segula GigO!!!!
February 1, 2012 at 8:53 am
ok me iliko bad after ka round one na two me ni flat but my Girl always complaning ati I sleep too much that sex crap is tiring and when you come she wants to cuddle and what me all I do turn pa side thumb in mouth and sleep like a Baby,wake up 2 hours later groggy realisze am next to a beautiful naked woman shag and sleep again ahh good times!!!!
Segula GigO!!!!
February 1, 2012 at 8:59 am
Oh plus na venue plays a key role in how much sleep you can get,after a round mu motoka sleeping is not an option mu guest house ****** check out time always gets in the way of some shut eye,at a friends place the fools start drinking and make noise disturbing you ka sleep,in your room best place!!at girls place there you can also sleep nicely and even to ka breakfast in Bed!!!
Emmeubs
February 1, 2012 at 9:17 am
now ba tumweko…wat if a prostitute sleeps.hahaha its fun.
kibuye wa kosama
February 1, 2012 at 9:53 am
Ba Tumfweko elo mupwile. Are these topics to talk about!
chambwinochilipo!
February 1, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Walasa, All i want is to ejaculate and sleep!
chambwinochilipo!
February 1, 2012 at 1:22 pm
@Segula GigO!!!!, ya and u better eat that breakfast very fast before her next man comes along!
papa p
February 1, 2012 at 6:42 pm
After a hard work one should sleep. Janet try me, I will make you sleep one time.
Ponyoponyo
February 2, 2012 at 8:49 am
yaaba iwule lyena kuti lya kwibila amahafu, if you fall asleep