{"id":147915,"date":"2015-09-01T08:32:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T08:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=147915"},"modified":"2015-09-01T08:32:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T08:32:17","slug":"the-science-behind-great-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=147915","title":{"rendered":"The science behind great sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The romantic woo: the flowers, the dinner, the compliments. Maybe you hold the door open. Maybe you have perfected some Casanova moves in the boudoir that makes your lover swoon. But if you really want to leave a lasting impression, the most important thing may be what you do immediately <em>after<\/em> sex.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not saying you\u2019re the kind of cad who loves and runs. You just might have been better trained in foreplay than the after play. And science is telling us the denouement and subsequent cool-down matter.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to a pair of new studies published recently in the Archives of Sexual Behavior journal. Academics from two universities near Toronto queried more than 450 adults about their post-love-making actions and general relationship happiness.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cduration of post sex affection was associated with higher sexual satisfaction and, in turn, higher relationship satisfaction,\u201d reads the abstract. \u201cThe findings suggest that the period after sex is a critical time for promoting satisfaction in intimate bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not all couples view cuddling equally \u2014 stereotypes say women want it, and men don\u2019t. But stereotypes are meant to be broken. And sometime it\u2019s the men who want the snuggles. Whatever your inclination, the truth seems to be that taking a few extra minutes to bask in each other\u2019s glow will do wonders for your relationship.<\/p>\n<p>This worked over the course of three months of lovemaking \u2014 no word on if it matters after years of marriage, but at least, it still matters after the first blush.<\/p>\n<p>So if nothing else, she\u2019ll be more likely to think fondly of your romantic time together if you take some time afterward for a little more togetherness. And she\u2019s sure to make the rest of us say, \u201cI\u2019ll have what she\u2019s having.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: OZY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The romantic woo: the flowers, the dinner, the compliments. Maybe you hold the door open. Maybe you have perfected some Casanova moves in the boudoir that makes your lover swoon. But if you really want to leave a lasting impression, the most important thing may be what you do immediately after sex. We\u2019re not saying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":147918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-147915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}