Why do we kiss?
Let your tongue do the talking.
Physical intimacy comes in lots of different forms, but there's something particularly powerful about kissing.
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But why do we kiss? What makes kissing such a turn-on? How does kissing deepen our sexual connection?
One interesting observation is that not everyone kisses. Anthropologists at the University of Nevada studied 168 cultures around the world and found that only 46% use lip-to-lip kissing in a sexual context.
It's always helpful to contrast human behaviour with animal behaviour but it seems that there doesn't seem to an equivalent of kissing in animals - even in our closest biological ancestors in the ape family.
So kissing is a human thing, but not a universally human thing.
Researchers suggest that kissing is an effective way for us to instinctively gather a lot of information about a prospective sexual partner. Scent plays a key role here, also taste. Our bodies are looking for signals that we're going to be sexually compatible. The theory is that cultures that don't kiss on the lips have found other ways to create intimate closeness and gather this information.
Some studies have suggested that our cortisol levels drop when we kiss - cortisol is linked to feelings of stress. It might be that kissing helps us feel safe, connected, seen, and desired.
Ultimately, it's probably best not to overthink it. If you're into kissing, make the most of it - enjoy it, suck on his tongue and swap some spit. Not everyone gets to do it.
Can you taste him on your lips?
There's something really horny about smearing your cum over a guy's face and then making out with him so that you're both sharing the taste of your load, right?
Or maybe some other dude has painted your husband's face with cum and then you're making out with your man and sharing that experience with him? Hot.
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