Posted on 02/17/2005 8:14:15 PM PST by freedom44
The gentle buzz of snoring is among the most annoying sounds known to woman.
Especially when it happens shortly after a passionate encounter.
Yesterday scientists explained exactly why it is that men have a tendency to nod off after making love.
Apparently, it's nothing to do with wanting to avoid a cosy chat with their partner. According to the scientists, they are simply tired out.
'As frustrating as it is for most women that their male partners just roll over and fall asleep after sex, men aren't entirely to blame,' said Dr Neil Stanley, director of sleep at the University of Surrey.
'Humans are the only animals in which sleep and sex are linked and while often seen as just a poor excuse, there are scientific reasons why men feel tired after sex.
'The blood rush after climax depletes the muscles of energy-producing glycogen, leaving men feeling physically drained.
'Because they have more muscle mass than women, men become tired after sex and this subsequently leads to them feeling sleepy.'
Eighty per cent of men said they felt more relaxed and were able to drift off without any problems after making love, compared with 46 per cent of women.
They were among 10,000 adults surveyed by organisers of The Vitality Show, Europe's largest health and beauty exhibition.
Birmingham was found to have the highest number of men who fall asleep after sex.
Men in the city managed on average to stay awake for just three
to four minutes, according to the survey.
In Glasgow and Liverpool, meanwhile, men claimed to take up to 20 minutes before falling asleep.
For women unwilling to relocate there, however, Dr Stanley offered some tips on keeping men awake long enough for a cuddle and chat.
'Have sex out of the bedroom, away from the usual sleeping environment, or play uplifting music - not the usual romantic sounds,' he suggested.
'Try I Feel Good by James Brown, Elvis Presley's A Little Less Conversation or Britney Spears's Toxic.'
Dr Stanley also recommends his
patients to 'talk sex'. 'There is no better time to communicate with one another than after a mutually gratifying sexual experience.
'Discuss all the things you enjoyed and found arousing, try to avoid talking about the negatives,' he said.
He suggested the more adventurous could videotape their lovemaking sessions - so they have something to watch afterwards.
Not everyone nods off after sex. The survey found 48 per cent of men had actually fallen asleep during the act itself.
A mere 11 per cent of women admitted being guilty of this.
A woman should be glad that a man falls dead asleep. Men who jump up right after are usually up to no good *lol*
I think he's referring to "position", not life in general.
Men are on top more often than women. "on top" is more work than on bottom...get it?
Whoa...I don't recall Dr. Stanley addressing this "problem"... :-)
"Honey -- after this cigarette, come over here and be my little Circus Animal..."
Good grief, now that would be depressing, for both of 'em!!
And you can jump at the chance to recover the remote control!
Nope, NOT usually good omen.
Neither is checking out the watch or working on a salami sandwich during the festivities.
The survey found 48 per cent of men had actually fallen asleep during the act itself.
That's one Major Drunk Man...
The old-fashioned term for that is 'holing up'. Makes for some great weekends. :o)
It's better than a sleeping pill.
I was wondering why you stayed up so late!!!
I think you might have wanted to address your post at 202 to another person (I don't understand it in context with my other posts on this thread).
I don't know about a premature histamine release, but was wondering if the combined physiological effects of endorphins and histamines in differing doses had anything to do with nodding off after the O.
Histamines among other things, are a vasodialators, so I'm guessing premature histamine release might cause you to lose your woody. Now that I think about it, maybe that's the reason why the body releases histamines after the O.
Otherwise all men would end up with one of those 4-hour rods the Levitra TV commercials warn about, LOL. I guess the same goes for women's vaso-erectile functions and their histamine release.
As Gazoo said in talking about endorphins: different people get different doses and feel lethargic or focused or can go win the world.
This whole thread is kinda pointless to me, except for the fact that it involved sex (know the every 3 seconds rule?), and I was mainly interested in the chemical aspects.
The ex would damn near pass out after all her O's by the time I was done, so she wouldn't have heard a thing I said anyway.
I don't either really, but that's why I put the Wikpedia endorphin definition link in post 128
After my first boink I did get interested in the whole chemistry/physiology of the whole thing, so I read as much as the library had to offer.
I'm not a doctor, don't play one on TV or FR, but do have a brain that likes the "hard sciences".
I was first a Physics major, then an EE major, after I was finally able to transfer an in-state (cheaper) school that offered EE, so I have a solid background in the hard sciences (did 4 years, but never finished, DOH!)
The odd thing is that I only got ever A's in chemistry, not Physics or EE, specifically stoichiometry (mostly lab work).
I love Chem and would have stayed in Chem but they were mostly sorta strange people. Couldn't imagine working the rest of my life with them. One Chem roommate in college had a nervous breakdown and dropped out mid-semester, LOL
His brain couldn't handle the test stress. My brain loves test stress. It's weird people (liberals, homos, etc) that my brain can't handle.
LOL.
Um...well you might want to check for a pulse first! ;-)
Good morning, Happygal.
Well, the pulse was there when I started! :-)
hehehe
Good morning, Larry ;-)
Well, I'm relieved to hear that necrophilia hasn't taken off your side of the pond! *L*
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