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Having sex makes women feel sexier, according to new Canadian research showing intercourse raises their testosterone levels.
Sexual activity boosts levels of the hormone in everyone -- men, women, gay or straight -- but in women it also fuels their desire for more sex, increases their chance of orgasm and heightens belief in their own sexiness.
The findings are among the first to suggest that men and women can alter their own hormone levels based on how often they cuddle or copulate.
The team from Simon Fraser University came to their conclusions by examining testosterone levels in 49 women before and after cuddling, intercourse and exercise.
Subjects experienced higher levels of the hormone just before and after cuddling and intercourse.
And the bigger the rise, the greater the likelihood that the woman experienced an orgasm and felt more sexually attractive the next day, researchers found.
- AAP
