Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! A study by Spotify says 40% of respondents consider music more sexually arousing than touch. (Link) Bold emphasis mine. Not so sure about the "more sexually arousing than touch" bit but music certainly has its place in the boudoir, at least IMHO. So how about it folks, do you find music more arousing than touch? And which songs, exactly, "do it" for you and your partner? Top three please...
Not at all. Touch is by far the most desirable way that I enjoy a womans company and we don't have to be having sex either for just hugging and cuddling up with each other is enough for me. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
The majority of our sensory nerve endings are in our hands and our mouths. This is why touching and kissing are the most arousing activities. Actually the soles of our feet also have a huge number of nerve endings since it helped our shoeless ancestors make their way through the forest without constantly tripping and stepping on rocks, and it even helps us. I know that some people are able to use their feet as centers of erotic stimulation, but most of us can't do that.
I can see how this could be true. Consider how much better and exciting sex is when in a particular mood. Music can make set that mood. Actually, I'm usually at my most "ready" when listening to some good music.
Music more arousing than touch? No... While the proper music can enhance a situation, nothing is more arousing than human touch. Skin on skin.
Sure a marching band will set you up. Your mood is set up wen your testosterone are up to your ear or nose
It's not true for me. Touch is way more stimulating for me than music. But stimulation is not necessarily sexual. Random touch can cause me a severe anxiety attack. Such as strangers bumping me in a crowded elevator or someone reaching out to hug me, without invitation. I generally do not like being touched by others, of course there are exceptions. I probably cling to Neverfly like saran wrap more often than not. Good thing for me that he is cool with it. but I tend to cringe even if one of my kids ambushes me with a hug and no warning. Now if I forget my meds, even attempting to sing the pokemon theme song will bring me to tears. But then I'm not exactly normal and have recently been given reason to suspect the possibility that I may have Aspergers Syndrome.
I don't think the study is claiming that music is more stimulating than touch. Clearly, there are places on and in the body where touch is king. What they were referring to is arousal. I mean, that's how I read it, anyway. I could be wrong.
Wow, ok, I completely misread the OP. I didn't read the full post, I went to the link instead and read from there. I must have let myself get distracted on other tangents. You are right. I still think in my case, touch is more stimulating. Music is distracting to me. Noise, music, lights, smells, they all throw me out of mood and distract me. I got some serious ADHD going on. But each of those things stimulate other aspects of my brain. I just don't seem to have the ability to turn them off at will or filter the stimuli out so that I only get what's relevant to my preferred activities. A sensory deprivation chamber would likely do me a lot of good.
I'm reallu surprised that " I had the time of my life" came as number one on the list. I sang it on my cousins wedding this summer, on request because it was their song, but imo it's boring and tedious and have no real emotion at all.
JUst like everyone else stated touch is king for "sexual feeling". Sure music can increase mood, make awkward advances less awkward althoughI don't think the music itself would alter my libido, or arouse me more so than touch. Might be just a remedy for people who has bad rhythm, being that rhythm is a prerequisite for the so called skill of having sex, for obvious reasons.
Again, I'm inclined to agree. I do think that music can be more arousing than touch sometimes, though.
Further on the subject... There seems to be some dissension. Or is there? The interpretations of a study by Heather Hoffmann, Ph.D. and books written by Louann Brizendine, M.D. seem a little murky at best, at least in this article at Men's HealthNews. Create the Ultimate Sex Playlist So does music have a measurable physiological effect or not? I'm not really sure at this point... It would seem reasonable to assume that Cindy Kuzma (the author of the Men's HealthNews article) believes so, she went to the trouble of compiling a short list of "music to shag by": Upon Googling "top music to make love by", I discovered many "Top Ten" lists. Does anyone here have any favorites? *Note on sourcing: While I was unable to track back the original publications on line from which the material purportedly originates, I was able to find these: Heather Hoffmann, Ph.D. "Sexiness as a musical emotion and a possible correlation between music tempo and the central pattern generators of the human body." Bashwiner, D. & Hoffmann, H. Neuroscience and Music IV, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2011. Louann Brizendine, M.D. "The Male Brain and The Female Brain" If someone wants to track these citations further, be my guest.
Think your missing one or two areas there, on purpose maybe There was something I read ages ago about a second set of nerves which are much slower than normal touch nerves and seemed to be useless until they found a guy with an interesting spinal injury. He was a paraplegic (or possibly a quad) but this second set of nerves hasn't been damaged and they found that they are actually plugged into the emotional center of the brain rather than the sensory one. This guy couldn't "feel" himself being touched but still got pleasure from it even if he was blindfolded so didn't know he was being touched
Maybe you are referring to the C-tactile (CT) network? Scientists reveal the secret of cuddles Emphasis mine. Fascinating...
