Comment is free: It’s in his kiss

September 29th, 2007

Comment is free: It’s in his kiss

A psychologist has confirmed something I’ve long suspected: when a man kisses a woman he’s thinking about sex, sas Cath Elliot.

Hot on the heels of the double bombshell that not only do women prefer pink, they also have a preference
for more feminine men over Neanderthals when it comes to choosing their
life partners, along comes another piece of research, this time
confirming something I’ve long suspected: when a bloke kisses a woman
there’s only one thing on his mind - sex.

Dr Gordon Gallop’s report
(pdf) Sex Differences in Romantic Kissing doesn’t phrase it quite so
crudely of course, but once you cut through the evolutionary
psychologists’ jargon it’s all pretty straightforward: when the
smooching begins, no violins wail; no husky crooner stokes up the
snogging male’s fevered imaginings with his quavering tones; no fields
of gently waving poppies or host of golden daffodils dance across his
amorous vision; Cupid’s arrow barely even grazes its target. No, he’s
thinking one thing and one thing only: “Is this the kiss that will get
her into bed?”