Men and Kissing

Men often use kissing to turn on a woman's sexual desire. Unconsciously, they may also use kissing to figure out the level of estrogen in a woman's saliva to determine her stage in the ovulation cycle and her fertility. Maybe that's why men are more likely than women to initiate wet, open-mouthed, saliva-swapping kisses. Women may also be assessing compatibility, but a woman's senses of taste and smell are more acute, and she can get by with a smaller saliva sample.


Men are attracted to women with naturally large lips. Think Angelina Jolie and the trend toward collagen injections. Why is that? Lips enlarge and flush darker when you're aroused, so plump, red lips signal sexual interest. Most women probably don't think about that connection when they're applying their lipstick. Lip plumpness peaks at age 14 in females, so full lips are also associated with youth and good health.



Men tend to use kissing to smooth over conflicts, but are more willing than women to have sex without kissing. So what does kissing mean to women? I'll post on that tomorrow.