This week in our Sex and the Brain series, we explored the differences of arousal between men and women.
While it may be obvious to some that men and women don’t get aroused the same, many still have not acquired this piece of knowledge. Men are like frying pans, and women are like slow cookers – so let’s get down to the science behind the kitchen appliance metaphors.
Yet another lesson in the wonders of the sexiest organ of all, the brain.
In the previous article, I introduced some of our main pleasure chemicals. In this one we’ll be focusing on the more familiar estrogen and testosterone, with a more in-depth look at the previously mentioned dopamine, and the well-known serotonin.
If there’s one thing we can agree on, it’s that sex feels pretty great.
The movement, the closeness, the sensation-filled surge of things firing in every direction. It’s a true cocktail of chemicals released throughout the brain and body delivering pleasure in the purest sense.
As it turns out, our brain is one big bulbous druggie. Not the kind you find in dark alley ways when the sun goes down, nor the drugs that line the neon alleys of CVS.
Alas our crafty brain has it’s very own pharmacy of pleasure from which it releases its unique brands of intoxicating hormones according to each appropriate (or inappropriate) occasion.
Anyone who’s ever cracked open a Guinness Book of World Records can vouch there’s one for almost everything. Longest pizza, tallest couple, most people shoved inside a car… virtually every topic is covered, even when it comes to sex!
Hello and welcome to our new exciting series all about the biggest sex organ you have.
What is it, you ask?
Our big beautiful brain. Technology has allowed us an ever expanding look into our internal universe, and respectively, how it shapes our experience of reality, the meaning we give it, and of course how this applies to our very favorite subject: Sex.
When it comes to sex, we all come to our own conclusions on how to deal with certain situations.
According to science… A new survey says… Research reveals…
These days it seems the only thing more plentiful than a Kardashian-laden headline is a web page covered with the latest and greatest studies about our behavior. Especially when it comes to sex!
When it comes to sexual surroundings, most encounters happen in the bedroom, or at least a room of some kind. Sometimes, though, we yearn for something a little more… dangerous, so to speak.
Why do you think so many people want to join the Mile High club?
I can tell you, it’s not for comfortability. It’s for the thrill!
Here at Sex With Emily, our goal is to create a sex positive environment where no matter how you love or who you love, there’s a place for you to feel free and happy.
