Throughout the ages women have complained that their energetic partners, after reaching orgasm, fall asleep with nary a word of encouragement.
The typical male response, developed after years of evolutionary brainstorming, is that the exertion of stroking, sucking, thrusting, shifting and squirming for any time longer than, say, ten seconds, makes it impossible to keep one’s eyes open.
First of all, sex usually takes place in the evening or at night when men are already tired to begin with. They’ve been at work all day, played with the kids in the afternoon, and are ready to have sex and then go to sleep. Sexual intercourse – whether it is overly active or not – will tire men out even further, so that when sex has ended, they are ready to pass out. Sex is also relaxing and soothing, which will add to the post-coital stupor they fall into.
Many women dismiss this habit as another example of the male animal’s lack of concern or decency. Others find it hard to believe that the race car that just ravished them has run out of gas.
It is hard to believe. Most men aren’t physically exhausted after they reach orgasm. It’s the mental strain that knocks us out.
Post-coital moments are some of the most sublime of a man’s life. The hormones that rage through our bodies shut down like an overheated power plant. For an instant, we aren’t contemplating, scheming, questioning, fantasizing, remembering, anticipating, feeling overwhelmed by or obsessing over sex. After our penises become inoperative, we become new creatures, filled with vision and purpose, reasonable and even-tempered, ready to better our lives.
Emperors in ancient China, aware of this secret, improved the service provided by male servants by castrating them. A reporter tracked down the one remaining eunuch; not surprisingly, he sounded like the most peaceful fellow on earth. I do not recommend, however, that you disarm your lover the next time he crashes after sex. That wouldn’t serve anyone’s purpose, now would it? He doesn’t sleep all the time.
That’s not to say that women don’t think about sex or fall asleep after intercourse. Of course they do. But if a woman were to experience the moral clarity that envelops a man after he has an orgasm, she wouldn’t notice it. It’s the female default setting. “So this is how she thinks,” says the man to himself. Unfortunately, he nods off before he can learn anything from the feeling. This is why people write books about why men and women don’t understand each other.
Things could be different. Your man could prop his eyelids open with toothpicks. You could ask probing questions of his momentarily lucid mind, digging into his soul and uncovering his innermost thoughts. Sure, you could do that. But take it from someone who’s been there: you don’t want to know. Just sing the guy a lullaby.
By Chiprowe
will tire men out even further, so that when sex has ended, they are ready to pass out. Sex is also relaxing and soothing, which will add to the post-coital stupor they fall into.
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