Smart Sex: 10 Reasons to Take It Slow
1. You’re not as detached as you think.Call it the curse (and blessing) of "Sex and the City." Guys finally got the message that women don’t always see hookups as a step toward a marriage proposal.
But the TV series and movies also advanced the idea of unemotional sex, which, according to science, is more difficult than it seems.
Sex releases a different set of brain chemicals in women than men, says Laura Sessions Stepp, author of Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both (Riverhead Hardcover).
Women get a large dose of oxytocin, the hormone that makes you want to bond and create relationships.
Men don’t get the oxytocin rush because of testosterone, making it easier for them to “love 'em and leave 'em.”
