Intercourse Better Than Masturbation?

Is intercourse better than masturbation

 
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(abstract of a scientific article)

As known the secretion of prolactin after orgasm induces the fatigue and the sleepiness after orgasm. Prolactin is believed to induce the relaxation after orgasm. It is reported that prolactin release after intercourse induced orgasm is fourfold more than the masturbation induced orgasm. Is intercourse induced orgasm more satisfactory or not, it is not certain yet:

The post-orgasmic prolactin increase following intercourse is greater than following masturbation and suggests greater satiety

Stuart Brodya, , and Tillmann H.C. Krügerb

aDivision of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley, Scotland, UK

bInstitute of Behavioral Sciences, Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland

Received 20 May 2005; accepted 21 June 2005. Available online 10 August 2005.

Abstract
Research indicates that prolactin increases following orgasm are involved in a feedback loop that serves to decrease arousal through inhibitory central dopaminergic and probably peripheral processes. The magnitude of post-orgasmic prolactin increase is thus a neurohormonal index of sexual satiety. Using data from three studies of men and women engaging in masturbation or penile-vaginal intercourse to orgasm in the laboratory, we report that for both sexes (adjusted for prolactin changes in a non-sexual control condition), the magnitude of prolactin increase following intercourse is 400% greater than that following masturbation. The results are interpreted as an indication of intercourse being more physiologically satisfying than masturbation, and discussed in light of prior research reporting greater physiological and psychological benefits associated with coitus than with any other sexual activities.

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