S-èx changes everything.” It’s the cliched advice that our friends love to give us after the fact, when it’s already too late. But what exactly does s-èx change? And why? As luck would have it, there is extensive research on the topic. Here’s the breakdown of what happens to you, chemically, when you have sè-x and what it means.
1. òrgasm makes you lose control of your rational mind. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the lateral orbitofrontal cortex. It’s the part of your brain that’s responsible for reason and self-control. And guess what? When you òrgasm, it shuts off. Completely. In both men and women. So, at the moment of òrgasm, you are not thinking rationally.
In fact, you can’t. So all of the rules of engagement that you’ve been holding yourself to with this stranger/friend/person you’re dating fly temporarily out the window.
