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Does oral sex help prevent female infidelity?

A recent study suggests cunnilingus is a mate retention strategy

By Emily Shire | July 5, 2013

A rather spicy new study has received some major blowback.

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pparently, if you're a guy who wants his chances of evolutionary survival to go up, you should be going down.

According to a new study published late last month in the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, heterosexual men perform oral sex on their partners as a "mate retention" strategy — in laymen's terms, to keep the ladies coming back for more.

This, in turn, reduces the likelihood of infidelity and increases the chances that your female partner will stick around long enough to carry your baby and advance your genes into the next generation.

Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., surveyed 243 adult men in committed, heterosexual relationships regarding their sexual behaviors. Researchers sought to test the hypotheses that men perform cunnilingus to: 1) promote sperm retention, since uterine contractions during female orgasm pull sperm further into the reproductive tract and, therefore, make it more likely for a pregnancy to occur 2) promote mate retention by deterring competition from other sperm sources, since men who bring their female partners to orgasm are presumably more sexually satisfied and, thus, less likely to turn to other men for sex.

http://theweek.com/article/index/246512/does-oral-sex-help-prevent-...

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Permalink Reply by T2Friends on July 6, 2013 at 4:31pm

ya know, occasionally when I observe the behavior between couples, I think gee, he or she must be really good in bed for him or her to put up with that....never really considered any particular activity in the bed, but perhaps that is the ticket...be really good at going down and you will get and keep the mate of your dreams...I assume it works both ways...a woman who gives good head is more likely to keep her man from straying, or is that presumptuous? :)

Permalink Reply by blithe spirit on July 6, 2013 at 4:32pm

oooo....I'm sure this study is correct....it's feels right, doesn't it? LOL..

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on July 6, 2013 at 4:38pm

i'm thinking maybe it is the person who WANTS a happy partner and enjoys it that makes the difference...but what do i know?

Permalink Reply by flippr 2.0 on July 6, 2013 at 4:59pm

^^^ this doesn't work.

Permalink Reply by T2Friends on July 6, 2013 at 5:28pm

I have always been of the opinion that you have to really like doing something to be truly good at it....the more you like something the better you get at it, at least in my opinion.

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on July 6, 2013 at 5:56pm

i think that's an absolutely valid point...if someone is doing something 'for you' that they don't enjoy, then it isn't really that enjoyable....whatever it is.....it sort of becomes a thing to get done like washing the car or mowing the lawn...a chore....but if a person enjoys what they are doing, then time sort of goes away and fun begins...whether it is washing the car or polishing her boat

Permalink Reply by flippr 2.0 on July 6, 2013 at 6:32pm

oh,i never considered it a chore,,.quite the opposite.

Permalink Reply by Lifesighs on July 6, 2013 at 6:18pm

I've been to Oakland University many times, I'm not surprised a bit that this study was done there. I'll bet they had lots of volunteers for conducting the study. I would like to see some of the notes. It makes perfect sense to me.

Permalink Reply by frenchy on July 6, 2013 at 8:43pm

i was gonna say the same was true for how a woman could keep a man too .. but then all men and women are different .. some women are really good at it and yet their main squeeze ain't all that into it .. they're more of the slam bam thank you maam type and not much for anything else .. and i can't speak for all women but i've met a few that ain't into havin it done to them all that much .. i'd have to say from my exprience they're in the minority tho ..but for the one's out there who really love oral sex male or female i'd say they're on the right track .. why go out for milk when you've got a gallon of it at home ??

Permalink Reply by crestofwaves on July 6, 2013 at 9:42pm