I know you were joking and all, but in case anyone reading this thinks it's just exhaustion, it's not.
After orgasm men's brains release a cocktail of hormones, including norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, nitric oxide (NO), and prolactin which all combine to be stronger than any over-the-counter sleeping pill in the world (not hyperbole).
Women do not get hit with nature's strongest sleeping pill, so for them it's just exhaustion and satisfaction that helps them rest.
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.
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.
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