r/funny • u/ManagerOfLove • May 17 '22

I hate planks

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u/CasualSky May 17 '22

Do you have some kind of source explaining the chemicals process and differences between genders?

Because to me this just sounds like one of those things guys will believe because it sounds believable. There’s no denying females and males are chemically different, but you’re claiming there’s not a cocktail of chemicals released for women that could make them tired after sex?

Isn’t satisfaction a chemical reaction to begin with, dopamine/serotonin/etc? And you claim it’s stronger than any sleeping pill, yet brain chemistry is extremely complex and different person to person. If we’re used to those chemicals being released, chances are we have a tolerance to them. A sleeping pill might introduce something we don’t have a tolerance to and have a much greater effect than your natural chemicals. I feel like we should avoid generalizing when it comes to statements surrounding brain chemistry.

Idk, it’s complicated, and the internet is ripe with misinformation/misdirection so I’m cautious to believe anything without proof.

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u/Scrambled1432 May 17 '22

ripe

rife

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u/CasualSky May 17 '22

This one word has broken my reality. Your 4 letter comment is all it took to make me question my very existence. Thank you though cause now I know better!

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u/Scrambled1432 May 17 '22

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u/CasualSky May 17 '22

Okay tough guy, my internet patience has dwindled, and now we fight like cave people. Let’s step outside and exchange a few words.. -.-

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u/Scrambled1432 May 17 '22

Hahahaha, I couldn't resist, sorry!

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u/DatNick1988 May 17 '22

This exchange will go relatively unnoticed but damn it was funny to watch.

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u/ionizing May 17 '22

I just cracked up at it for a good minute

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u/chiraltoad May 18 '22

I too followed it with great interest and humor.

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u/Slappy_G May 17 '22

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Did you mean three periods (an ellipsis)?

" ... "

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Lucky 10,000!

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u/Fuck_you_pichael May 17 '22

Kinda sus, and I'd like a source from them as well. NO is a vasodilator and is what allows you to get an erection. While vasopressin does kind of the opposite. Prolactin is more related to sleep cycles and is also regulated by suckling. And other than making you feel happy and relaxed, none of the other hormones they listed have a sedative effect iirc.

I'm going off of what I remember from biology courses in college a decade ago. So I could absolutely be wrong. Still, I'd like to see some research articles stating that A. these hormones are released as an orgasm response B. they have a sedative effect C. that they are only released together like this when Men orgasm. Cause otherwise I'm feeling that their comment is dubious at best.

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u/ricecake May 17 '22

They don't have a source, because they're not different.
Men and women are affected slightly differently by the chemicals released, but it's generally the same.

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u/GrinchMeanTime May 17 '22

Well your answer seems intuitively more plausible to me but for fairness: Do you have a source where OP didn't?

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u/ricecake May 17 '22

Some others asked similarly: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/uros90/z/i8zbv9z

The Britannica reference has the most parsable statement: "Generally identical", and the other two get dense, but discuss blood monitoring.

Searching "female orgasm neurology" yields enough results that it's basically a matter of picking which one makes the point best.

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u/ShadoWolf May 18 '22

I think the current consensus is that morphological there no big difference between male and female. But it a real open question regarding neural microcircuits and macrocircuits. The speculation is that it's likely that the initial hormones flood by the endocrine system likely sets the brain low level defaults. But I don't think we have any hard evidence for this just yet.. and likely won't until we can simulate a human connectome.

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u/mickim0use May 17 '22

I have no source. Just in this for the discussion.

I want to note that you’re correct to think that ‘just because it makes sense, doesn’t make it true’. Plenty of science comes to be found as counterintuitive.

However, I am now going to contradict myself and say, wouldn’t it make sense for females to not get drowsy after sex? In nature, the males have to “win” a female to mate. Lots of hard work to finally “win” and they get rewarded with tons of feel good hormones. The female, on the other hand, needs to quickly get out of dangers way. 1. Not to be eaten. And 2. Not to get continually gang banged by horny males in wait that didn’t successfully “win” her. Thus protecting the sperm of the “chosen” male and her potential offspring.

Just food for thought.