Is Kissing More Important Than Sex? New Study Says, Maybe
Who'd have thought it? A new study says kissing, not sex, helps romantic partners feel more connected. According to The New York Times' Jan Hoffman, while sex might be an outcome of kissing,"Researchers did not find sexual arousal to be the primary driver for kissing." Hoffman reports that participants in the survey were asked about their attitudes toward kissing in different phases of romantic relationships -- before sex, during sex and after sex. They were also asked whether they were more inclined to have many casual sexual relationships, or more committed ones. Experts earlier thought kissing had something to do with finding mates. The kiss could help people decide whether the "kissee" was mating material. But the truly interesting part (to me, at least) was the stage of a relationship at which kissing was felt to be the most important. Past research has shown that women, those who rate themselves as highly attractive, and those who favor cas...