What causes the sharp sudden disinterest in anything remotely sexual for a while after an orgasm?
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Good answers here around the evolutionary reason for it. I think the physical mechanism is largely related to prolactin release (in men at least).
Are you asking for scientific backing behind post-nut clarity? Lol
This is not a universal experience. I mean there’s a refractory period in my, ahem, performance abilities
But I’m still interested
I assume you’re only talking about men and maybe some women. After an orgasm, many women continue and have more orgasms.
This is what is wrong with evolutionary psychology. Is this true though or are we just making things up to fit some narrative? Women don’t lose a sense of sexual desire right after an orgasm as obvious by multiple orgasms. All the answers here just focus on the penis and no one even thinks that women have a sexual desire too. Similarly, many men remain horny and ready to go after orgasm.
Post sex/orgasm we produce a chemical called prolactin that works as a dopamine inhibitor & gives us feelings of satisfaction.
[https://sites.tufts.edu/emotiononthebrain/2014/11/18/postcoital-neurochemistry-the-blues-and-the-highs/](https://sites.tufts.edu/emotiononthebrain/2014/11/18/postcoital-neurochemistry-the-blues-and-the-highs/)
Here is an article explaining it it more detail
I’ve always imagined it was a survival thing. Like your guard is down when youre plowing and you’re more prone to predators eating you. Once the seed is sown you gotta be alert and make sure no lions heard the ruckus and decided to investigate.
Sorry to not answer your question but are you referring to the refractory period? I believe that is typically a thing in males, not females, which is about physiological arousal (as opposed to being emotionally “turned on”).
Your usage of “disinterest” seems to be about an emotional effect rather than physiological effect. I won’t say that doesn’t happen, I just don’t think I’ve ever heard of that happening, especially on a universal scale. If anything, that sounds like the person had an unsatisfactory sexual experience.
Am I the only one who doesn’t get this way? I hear all the time how people are repulsed after the fact. For me it’s always just been like eating a good meal. It still looks good but I stop when I felt like I had enough. The stuff that repulses me later is the same stuff that repulses me in the moment, no difference.
Worth noting as well that like everything, it’s not universal.
There are men who have no refractory period.
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