Study: Female Night-Owls Have More Sex

In an effort to improve both my physical and mental health, I started going to bed earlier. For the most part it’s been a successful experiment and while some would argue I did it simply to eat breakfast at McDonalds more often, I do feel more energetic.

However, I do have substantially less sex.

Throwing out a late night text or instant message to someone else who doesn’t sleep was how I got the ball rolling on some of my more intimate social interactions. Now that I wake up around the time these people go to sleep, I’m left scratching my head trying to figure out what to do with all this extra energy (hint: I masturbate a lot).

According to a study from the University of Chicago, this could be because women who stay up late tend to have more sex than those who go to bed and wake up early. Hmph!

It was determined that female night-owls tend to have levels of the hormone cortisol that were similar to that of men. This hormone is associated with such sex-enabling characteristics as high energy, arousability and stress. Like men, women with these cortisol levels are thought to take greater social risks and seek out casual sex partners in the twilight hours.

Additionally, researchers determined that night-owls who seek out more short-term sexual relationships are less likely to be in committed relationships.

There are a lot of other factors involved with this study that may affect these results. For example, people with high levels of cortisol also tend to be more successful and perform better on intelligence tests. Men and women who are successful and driven tend to have trouble with long-term relationships and prefer quick sexual hookups.

So while it’s unlikely that staying up late every night will magically cause you to start getting laid more, it is possible that you can find people interested in casual sex once all the nerds go to bed. On the other hand, if you’re looking for someone for a stable relationship, you might want to pay attention to how late they stay up.

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