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kiss and tell
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Last Updated: Monday, 3 September 2007, 09:17 GMT 10:17 UK
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Why kissing means more to women
A couple kissing
Men and women view kissing differently
If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, so may be a kiss – or certainly to a woman anyway, researchers say.A New York State University team quizzed over 1,000 students, finding women place a big emphasis on kissing.
They use kissing as a way of assessing the recipient as a potential partner, and later to maintain intimacy and to check the status of a relationship.
But men placed less importance on it, using it to increase the likelihood of sex, Evolutionary Psychology reported.
The questionnaires revealed men were less discriminating when it came to deciding who to kiss or who to have sex with.
While both sexes participate in the adaptive benefits of kissing, we found sex differences when considering the pursuit of short-versus long-term mating strategies
Dr Gordon Gallup, lead researcherThey were more willing to have sex with someone without kissing, to have sex with someone they are not attracted to and agree to have sex with someone they considered to be a bad kisser.
But kissing was more important as a bonding mechanism to women.
In long-term relationships females not only rate kissing as more important than men, but they indicated that kissing was important throughout a relationship.
Meanwhile, men placed less importance on kissing as the relationship progresses.
There was also a difference in the sort of kisses the two sexes preferred, with men liking wet, tongue kisses.
Lead researcher Dr Gordon Gallup said kissing had developed over time to become an essential part of the courtship process.
But he added: "While both sexes participate in the adaptive benefits of kissing, we found sex differences when considering the pursuit of short-versus long-term mating strategies."
Dr Glenn Wilson, an expert in relationships at London’s Institute of Psychiatry, said: "Kissing is used by everyone as a bonding and testing mechanism.
"But the fact is women are more discriminatory than men. Men can just go out and spread their seed, but women have to take more responsibility because of the consequences and so they are likely to want to test more." 🙄
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19 Replies
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Myself and George were just discussing that very subject at SignUk, particularly the adaptive benefits of kissing the opposite sex, but we couldn’t agree, so George went for a ffag instead! 😀
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nice to see you boys in touch with your feminine side.
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The only thing you can kiss Harry is my A$$!
Good afternoon btw
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quote George Elsmore:The only thing you can kiss Harry is my A$$!
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back to fags then are we?
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You will get me a bad name Marcie!!!
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I think you’re managing that fine all by yourself Georgie Boy! 😉
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quote George Elsmore:The only thing you can kiss Harry is my A$$!
Good afternoon btw
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as long as i don’t get the bum rush! 😮 😮
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Is there generally a rush for your bum H?
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:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
can we please get off the fag subject now?
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quote Marcella::lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
can we please get off the ( oh i swore ) subject now?
😀 😀 😀 George started it! Now I cant get that picture outta my head! 😮 😮
afternoon George btw! 😀
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now that is NOT an image I want in my head! 😮
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Wow! ya’ll are saucy!
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I suppose it is not who you are kissing but where you are kissing 😉
George n Harry I do not mean behind the bike sheds either, I mean the body part 😛
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My illusions are shattered, along with my belief in true love and happy ever after and for daring to think that men were sensitive, emotional creatures.
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Annee men "sensitive emotional" 🙄 creatures well…. maybe 😀
Lynn
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quote Annee:My illusions are shattered, along with my belief in true love and happy ever after and for daring to think that men were sensitive, emotional creatures.of course we are emotional sensitive creatures. Only last night I was crying and in an emotional heap when I realised I’d run out of cold beer, when I went to sit in front of the telly to watch the aussies beat the welsh in the rugby. 😳 I took a very sensitive approach to break the news to my mates I can tell you!!
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hello Shane welcome back, nice holiday I hope (?)
Lynn
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quote Lynn:hello Shane welcome back, nice holiday I hope (?)
Lynn
Thanks Lynn, Had a fantastic time. Already looking forward to going back next year. Came back to a few disasters at work tho 😕
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I’m just off to look up sensitive & emotional in the dictionary so I can pass comment.
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