Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?

Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?

Awhile ago I saw some people here talking about this in comments. Of course, it isn’t a new idea or new to me but it does give me the chance to say what I think about it now. It actually has been a topic I’ve wanted to write about for a long time but something else always pops up that I want to write more. Well, now it’s your lucky day =)


It starts with each of us…

Researchers and sexperts say that sex is more mental for women...but that men think about it more! So if this is really true I would imagine that sex must be more mental for men. Either way I don’t really buy it.


It actually is impossible for sex not to be mental for any of us, male or female. Sex and sexual stimuli actually begins in the brain before it begins in the genitals. And when I say this I’m not talking about stuff like homosexuality, I’m talking about what makes us feel sexual and what turns us on. What’s sexy and arousing to one person’s brain, isn’t so much for the other. Everybody’s different. But it all starts in the brain for us.

Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?


In order for me to feel sexual about something or about a woman, it first begins with either a sexual thought, or something that tickles my sexual mind about her. Some women have the ridiculous idea that guys can just look at a woman and we’re instantly horny and want sex. It doesn’t work like that. There still has to be something about her that even stirs that kind of excitement mentally for us in the first place. Women also classicly forget that sexy to one man is just so-so or unattractive to another man. One guy gets a real hard on from this girl, while another one can’t see the sex appeal in her. That’s mental. Something in your sexual mind associated with your individual preferences and chemistry just can’t get with it, and you wonder how somebody else can.


Fantasies…

Another example - if not the biggest - of sex being mental for both men and women is having sexual fantasies and desires. Where do sexual fantasies start? In the mind. We all have them, and we want to make them happen. What our sexual mind is turned on by goes to our crotch. Our genitals can’t want what our sexual mind isn’t into. At some point in our lives we will have sexual thoughts and desires, and these are what construct our human sexual development. Without them, we would never want sex.


A lot of women say that sex is more physical for men, and it tells me how women don’t really understand the male sexual stimulus as much as they think they do. It’s an idea that sounds like it makes sense in theory and on paper, but loses a lot of value in reality. To me, whenever I hear that, I imagine some guy just having sex with any woman purely because it’s about a physical need, with no real attraction to the woman, as if it’s a robotic action. Some women also say guys fuck women who are fat and ugly just because the sex was available. I sometimes wonder if they’re really being serious about that or using insult, because the vast majority of men are not going to fuck a woman who is truly not attractive to him, available sex or not. Why? Because the thought of even having sex with an ugly woman is revolting. There the brain goes again. I highly doubt that most men would just close their eyes, hold their breath, and fuck away. There would be nothing for them to gain from it. A man wants sex with a woman he desires in his mind and has had fantasies about, not the polar opposite.

Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?


Some people also say they have trouble with thinking about an old partner while they’re having sex with their current one, or they suspect their partner is thinking about someone else while they’re doing it. This is more proof of sex in the brain. You’re doing the physical act, but your mind is somewhere else with someone else.


Orgasm may be the biggest proof of the mentality of sex. Endorphins are released from the brain at climax, giving that feel-good druggy sense in your mind and all over your body. Physically you’re satisfied by ejaculation or female contractions, but your brain also feels really, really good from it too.

Repression of women...

Often times I hear arguments from some women blaming men for “years of sexually repressing women" in world societies for why you have women who are 30 or 40 and never masturbated, don’t understand sex, and don’t orgasm, and you have plenty of studies with high numbers of these women. That would be any convenient, easy answer, but isn’t really the right one. In this modern world, I am just not convinced that sexual repression of women decades or centuries ago would have anything to do with a woman today not being in touch with her sexuality. Especially when the world we live in now is swamped in the overexposure of sex, not to mention sexual education and sexual imagery is easier to access than clean water. So there are all kinds of things at a woman’s disposal for her to get in touch with sex. Even with the modern glamorization and oversensationalism of the female orgasm and talk of its importance in comparison to men’s, any woman can get in on it.

Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?


So it’s hard for me to believe that repression of women’s sexuality from years back would have anything to do with women now. If she grew up in a particularly strict, religious household or suffered sexual abuse growing up, I would be able to understand - and I have talked to women like that over the years online, but I don’t think they really represent the whole concensus of females.


If a woman can’t orgasm or doesn’t want sex, it’s most likely something going on in the sexual brain. For some reason she hasn’t had a sexual awakening yet, or has simply lived a life of not really focusing on it or really anticipating and desiring it, so she’s not particularly turned on by anything or anyone. It might always be this way, or it might just last longer than some others. Either way I don’t really see it as a dysfunction or even as societal repression. In truth, I think these kinds of women are just publicized more which leads us to believe it's still very common. There are men out there who also aren't very sex-driven or care about it much, but it's not popular to really talk about them unless we can devalue male sexual prowess by highlighting ED.


Erotica and pornography are the same…

Both sex lit and porn can excite the mind, when it’s something that really turns the person on. For me most porn doesn’t really do anything unless it’s about the kinds of sexual things I’m into, and even then when I watch some just to see, it’s usually disappointing because it’s almost never how I fantasize about it or want it, but is a lot of ridiculous, exaggerated crap.

Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?


For example: when I fantasize about being deepthr*ated, I imagine the woman is keeping me gobbled up non-stop, and when I cum she either grabs my wrists to make me powerless or whips her arms around my hips to hug me deeper into her throat, as if she’s passionately drinking from a fountain in endless thirst until I’m empty. A little too much information for ya, I know, lol. But it goes in part with how deepthr*at porn is a drag 98% of the time. Why? Because it doesn’t happen like it does in my mind. Most throat porn is either that really vicious stuff where the guy is holding the girl’s head down on his cock and she starts gagging, or the girl actually is throating him pretty good most of the way through, but then the whole thing goes to hell when he wants to jack off the rest of the way and cum on her face or while she’s holding her tongue out. That’s not hot to me. A facial that doesn’t happen sincerely is not a turn on, nor is it sexy when the girl holds her mouth wide open to receive it.


Good tittyfkuc porn is also hard to find. I want to see amateur stuff where the guy is tittyfukcing the girl all the way through until he shoots it right in her eye or face and she gets annoyed by it and starts cussing. I’ve been fortunate to see a few of them, but again, 98% end with the guy pulling out of her boobs and j*cking off until he jizzes on them or in her mouth. A real let down. Why? Because my sexual eye and sexual mind are not gratified by that.

Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?


Women like saying that men are visual which is one reason why guys like porn, even though quite a lot of women in these times watch it and like it. What women also don’t think about is that reading erotica is really no different for them than porn. It’s all visual. The difference is that erotica makes you have to use your imagination to view sex and stir sexual excitement. And where does imagination start? In the mind. 50 Shades of Grey - both the books and the movie - made a hell of a lot of money off of the lust and sensual gratification of women and their minds. And if all the other sex novels out there women read were made into full length pornos under the guise of novel adaptations, there’s no doubt in my mind that they’d make a boatload of money either.


That’s just how it is…

The mental aspect of sex is really not limited to just one gender. It actually is the natural way of things for all of us. Imagine trying to have sex without even thinking about it or thinking about who you’re having it with. It’s impossible. Something has to stir your mind to want it, and with who. Most guys are not going to have sex with some woman just because she’s there or she asks like women enjoy thinking. That’s not enough to get the deed done. You have to be my type. You have to know what I like. And you generally have to be somebody I’m already familiar with to some extent. A random woman asking a guy is usually going to be a source of concern and question for us.

I sometimes wonder if women are quick to monopolize the idea that sex is more mental for them as another way of wanting to seem as if they're more profound or important in some way, or as if it would indicate that their sexuality and sexual functions have some sort of intelligent depth. Or as if they want to seem like they're above base, carnal desires they view men as having, but really are no different. To me this actually indicates insecurity in women. Men never need to try to explain their sexuality as something profoundly different, but are comfortable with what it is and what they are, and don't really care how people see it.

Is Sex Really More Mental for Women?

It also seems to be that by thinking sex is more physical for men, it would be an easy answer for women to live with, just like with thinking the orgasm is always good for a guy even if the sex is bad. It doesn't require women to have any real understanding of men to assume how simple or easily pleased they can be with sex, so they can live with that. But to imagine that males are creatures similar to them or who have their own functions that have to be understood seems to be tough for women to do. Maybe this is because women tend to view themselves as being complex creatures, so to think that their counterparts might be the same way is double trouble they don't want to deal with. So it's just easier to assume that they're simpler, and don't have to put in any real work to look deeper.

Just my 2 cents.

#BrainOnFire #SexualMyths

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  • I agree with your premise that the two stereotypes are remarkably similar just maybe expressed a different way stereotypically. Wolfing down a Big Mac or daintly having a grilled fish salad achieve same thing satisfying hunger. The sexual drive stereotypes are okay to me really whatever floats your boat unless it strays into dodgy porn on one hand or morally dodgy erotica on the other (50 Shades Of Grey, a billionaire, oh so romantic and new, if he was on Minimum Wage it would be an episode of Criminal Minds - I saw that quote in a newspaper)
    Okay I am basically a whatever floats your boat person - If everyone is happy in the situation , I have no reason not to be.

Most Helpful Girl

  • I think it's really mental for guys. they have those domination fatasies a lot.

    • but women can actually be the most pervy lol

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  • A lot of TL;DR for something everyone already knows.

    Female rockstars dont screw everything that moves while a Male rockstars do and for the most part women dont feel good after coming out of a 1 night stand because there's no connection while guys could careless.

    • @EmoKate97 If you didn't read the whole thing you didn't need to bother commenting, because your comments aren't even in line with what was written. It's not uncommon at all for female celebs to sleep around, the difference is that it's not glamorized like it is for male ones. And whether or not a woman feels good coming out of a ONS still isn't stopping many others from having casual sex. Women are hopping in the sack casually now more than ever, so it's not hurting them all that badly.

  • I 100% think it's different for men and women. Yes, there are outliers on both sides but for the majority, sex IS more mental for women than it is for men. For the majority of women we need a lot of things when it comes to sex and it varies but usually includes

    -emotional/intimate connection
    -feeling safe and feeling they can trust the partner
    -feeling a mutual fondness or appreciation (most like to think sex is more than just sex)
    -feeling like they matter (i. e sex that isn't mainly geared for the pleasure of one participant)
    -feeling understood (kinks, foreplay, kissing, hand holding)

    I could go on all day but many women need their emotional/mental needs met to have their physical needs met, men usually don't.

    • Darn right A+

    • Lol.

    • @Tealtop1 None of these are bad or exactly untrue, but there are actually lots of women having sex without any of this really mattering to them in order for them to do it, especially in these times where more women are pursuing casual sex. "many women need their emotional/mental needs met to have their physical needs met, men usually don't." - This goes in point with what I was saying about how much women think they understand male sexuality. You think you can dispute what I'm saying, while thinking you can understand guys yourself.

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  • In reality I think this is all kinda dumb to be thinking about. Men enjoy sex, women enjoy sex. Do we really need to pick apart the psychology of it? This is coming from a psychologist here. I'm the kind of guy who likes to pick apart absolutely everything. Is it really necessary on this topic though? I mean you like getting laid. Can't we just leave it at that?

    • This doesn't have anything to do with whether I like getting laid or not. It's a concrete discussion about a popular topic. Would you be saying the same thing if a female wrote this instead?

    • Yes I would actually. Everyone enjoys sex to some degree. Why do we need to pick it apart? Can't we leave well enough alone?

    • Get outta here, man.

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  • I think you misunderstood the whole mental thing. Mental for women as in, mental setting is really really important for women and does most of the work to get her going, as in orgasm. For guys, mental setting matters, but for many guys once they hit a certain point, orgasm is fueled greatly by their physical experience.

    • You're doing exactly what I said in the Take. You think you can dispute what I'm saying, yet also think you can tell me what you know about how guys work. I understand exactly what the idea is about sex being mental for women, what I'm saying is that it's really not limited to just women.

    • And I said it's just MORE mental for women. I never claimed that it wasn't mental at all for me. You sound a bit uptight, just saying. You made a whole take about knowing how a woman works and I write a sentence on how guys tend to appear to work and I'm just totally bullshitting? I never claimed it wasn't limited to just women. Don't be absurd.

    • @amarahorrorstory Trust me, I'm not uptight. The Take actually didn't say anything about how a woman works. It talks about how faulty the theory is that sex is more mental for women. The entire Take was about how it's about BOTH people. Nowhere in it did I attempt to try to explain away how women work, but debunking the myth. It's not that hard to get. You're not totally bullshitting. But you're explaining something you think about guys and a physical experience when you really can't even know.

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  • its all chemistry and tactile for me.

    porn erotica candles res whatever does nothing for me. its the touch that matters.

    • Nice answer :-)

  • "Even with the modern glamorization and oversensationalism of the female orgasm and talk of its importance in comparison to men’s, any woman can get in on it."

    Um, no. In most sex ed classes the talk is about male pleasure and orgasm but lots don't even mention female orgasm or even the clitoris.

    And reading erotica may not necessarily be visual, sometimes the woman is imagining the physical feelings not the sight

    • The talk is about male ejaculation since it is part of the act of procreation. Talking about the male ejaculation isn't equal to talking about the male orgasm.

    • @mistixs Whether or not sex ed classes talk about women's orgasms, we all can still educate ourselves about by going online. It's very easy. The female orgasm is indeed glamorized, to the point where you have YouTube vids about it with many more views than the ones about male orgasms. Imagining is the same thing as visual. Which is the point I made in the Take. You're still SEEING something in your mind.

    • A lot of women aren't able to search that sort of stuff for a variety of reasons. When I was 12 I got yelled at by my mom for seaching vulva diagrams on the internet. She said the police would come after me.

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  • Maybe but I can't really tell when her brain is wet.

  • Er... you had me until you mentioned "sex books" .

    • A lot more goes into those suppose "sex books" than just sex. 50 shades actually really does not have a lot of sex in it. The main focus is the couple falling in love after all. It is actually pretty tame as far as erotic romance goes. As I was saying there are emotions involved not to mention the sexual tension leading up to the sex. Sexual tension is what makes a romance novel sexy rather than the description of the act itself.

    • @Valkyrie Whether it does or doesn't, sex is still the backdrop, regardless of how it arrives and when in the story. Sex and sexual emotions are all part of it to stir excitement in the reader.

    • It is more complicated then that Erotic Romance focuses on the development of a relationship where the sex is instrumental also has to be a Happily Ever After. There are many emotions that are involved I can feel the feelings the hero and heroine have for each other. The romance is the backdrop the sex is the medium. Erotica focuses on the character's sexual journey no happy ending or romance required. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty for example is about Beauty's sexual journey. She does have a relationship with the prince but it is not the focus of the story it feels cold and unemotional as a result. Erotica is not Erotic Romance but Erotic Romance is often considered erotica. Porn is written for the sole purpose of sexual gratification plot, character development, and romance are not required. I can make the distinction tho because I have read all three.

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  • I think perception of sex depends on personality, not on gender, both men and women can experience sex more physically, or more mentally.

  • Men and women do have different kinds of sex drives, and for good reason. If everyone had male sex drives, the planet would be an over populated mess. If we all had female sex drives, it would take too damn long, and our species would die out. There is a balance for a reason. It's pretty difficult to compare the two though. Women have higher sex drives in certain regards than men do, and vice versa.

  • yeah, women are more physical than visual (as men) this is why they usually require more foreplay.

    But erotica is stupid in my opinion and is a shame that fifty shits of gray became so popular. Please, people, read real books... support real authors.

  • nope... it is full of animal instinct... the women who say the opposite have either never orgasmed or got laid.

  • I find it laughable how a man, is talking about the internal workings of a woman's sex drive! He's not a woman! 😂

    • Seems to be about quantity rather than quality these days.

    • @Prof_Don If you paid close attention to what was written you'd see that I actuallyl was not detailing any inner workings of women, but how faulty the theory is that sex is more mental for them, and I talked about how it's so for both genders.

  • Over half of it is mental for everyone. If you don't like what you see (and smell and the other 3 senses) you are going to either be miserable fucking him/her or have to rely on darkness while pretending they are someone else to enjoy it enough to orgasm.

  • sex is mostly physical at least for me. my mental parts dont even work too well during sex !!

    • Interesting.

    • I mean its kind of hard to think!

    • In some sense I can say that's true. When you're doing it it does become very physical and full of feeling more than thinking.

  • Great stuff!

    I especially followed you on the porn part closely. It really does disappoint when the porn doesn't go the way it seems to be going to.

    Sex is sex! Sex is great and beneficial and fun!

  • women are more mentally driven in the sense that words have a strong stimulative effect as visuals do for a guy.

    • I wouldn't say that's entirely true. You can say plenty of sexy things to a male and it can be very exciting for him.

    • right. . but we're generalizing remember?

  • Humorous. You set out to explore if sex is more mental for women and your grand finale is:
    "Maybe this is because women tend to view themselves as being complex creatures, so to think that their counterparts might be the same way is double trouble they don't want to deal with. So it's just easier to assume that they're simpler, and don't have to put in any real work to look deeper."

    Translation: "I don't have a clue of what's really happening".

    Key problems in your analysis:
    1. There is no glamorization/oversensationalism of female orgasm. Operating on false assumptions is a fallacy and lets you easily divert someone who isn't paying attention to what you are doing. What kind of merit does your analysis hold? Your motives seem... ulterior.
    2. You expect to get results by generalization. Doesn't work like that. Analysis of behavioural statistics is extremely complicated due to the immense variance in human psychology (it's a lot simpler in case of primitive animals who more or less act on instict and therefore their behaviour is predictable)
    2.1 That prediction is not applicable for humans, but only One person, the one you collected information about over some period of time and even then, it's not conclusive.

    3. "Erotica and pornography are the same…". No, they are not. Fundamentally different forms of expression. The body of that chapter is meaningless. What do your own sexual expectations have to do with erotica, porn, women's preferences? Nothing.

    4. The picture "Women are too classy to watch porn, but will read the fuck out of it". Again, goes back to point number 1 and 2.

    5. The chapter where you discuss "just the way things are..":
    "Imagine trying to have sex without even thinking about it or thinking about who you’re having it with. It’s impossible." For you, perhaps. Problematic on different levels:
    a) How is it related to said topic? "Women's mental involvement in sex"
    b) See problems 1 and 2.
    Counter-example: prostitutes have no problem doing what you just described.

    Despite your setbacks you have surprisingly arrived at the correct conclusion: that you are clueless.

    • @sp33d *facepalm* Were you trying to sound smart? Your premise doesn't follow with anything I just said, LOL!

    • "1. There is no glamorization/oversensationalism of female orgasm." - Then you can't be very aware of what's going on. The female orgasm is so glamorized there are videos made for women to learn to have them like the pornos, and to teach men how to give them. I don't see a lot of that going on for male orgasms. "2. You expect to get results by generalization." - Trust me, writing this was not that calculated. "3. "Erotica and pornography are the same…". No, they are not. " - Nope, they are very much the same. Both are made to invoke sexual excitement and emotions. One is visual, and one requires imagination. There really is no difference. And my sexual expectations were connected with what I said about porn from my perspective, not erotica. "5. The chapter where you discuss "just the way things are.."... Counter-example: prostitutes have no problem doing what you just described." - I'm talking about willfully having sex. No one who's horny is gonna do it without thinking about it.

  • sex is not more mental for women, i fuck women in my mind everday.

    • LMFAO!!!

    • Bahahaha

  • yes it more mental

    • You didn't read the whole Take, did you?

    • @ManOnFire It's her opinion. She doesn't have to agree with you. Otherwise, do a better job convincing her otherwise.

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