Why Men Love Oral Sex

My female friends can’t quite understand why men love oral sex, even though some of them are more than willing to oblige. A few believe that it’s a male fantasy we want played out because we’ve watched way too much porn; some others believe it’s a part of foreplay and crucial to the entire sexual process; the rest think we’re being greedy. While each of these answers have some truth to them, it’s actually simpler than that; it’s a different feeling.

To quickly go over your High School sex-ed class, women and men are biologically built differently. Women can be aroused many different ways and have more than one type of orgasm. Men have slightly less options. While there are many ways to arouse us, we generally have an orgasm, not multiple. Oral sex is a very different feeling than “traditional” sex, tongue just feels different and can be used in a very different manner. While we will still reach the same type of orgasm, it’s more memorable.

On the subconscious level, some men love oral sex as a way to reassert their power or dominance. Put simply it makes us feel “like a man” the same as steak and football. Oral sex is clearly a submissive sexual act, it’s scripted in our language, but also in our DNA. There is something about being reassured you’re a guy, a reassurance that cannot be completely filled by steak, mashed potatoes and touchdown celebrations alone. Sexually, oral sex is a different sort of assurance, an assurance that we crave (and need.)

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