Science backs SO many routines. Everything from our diet to our sleep to our physical health appears to benefit from doing things the same way, over and over.
But sex and arousal are a little bit different. Sure, masturbating and having sex regularly are good for your health — but novelty has been scientifically proven to make that experience even better.
But don’t take our word for it! Here’s how masturbating somewhere new went for Lioness users during the month of April.
A Quick review of the Lioness community poll & hypotheses
Like all good scientists do, we set out in search of a hypothesis before experimenting. Each Lioness user who participated in the Sexperiment responded to a poll and made their sex-educated guess about the results they expected to see.
Community Poll: Do you masturbate in the same place?
Look, all of us are creatures of habit in one way or another. So we were not surprised to see overwhelming results from the poll.
Almost all of Lioness users — that is, a whopping 89% — said they never masturbate in new places. Shout out to the 1% that said they do it often, though. We want to know how you manage!
Hypothesis 2: How do you expect masturbating somewhere new to affect your orgasm and arousal?
Lioness users were given three choices for this hypothesis: Get Better, Stay the Same, or Get Worse.
Here’s how they voted, with the majority predicting their O’s would improve.
While 44% of users hypothesized that their orgasms and arousal would improve, 18% were sure they’d get worse, and 38% said they didn’t expect to see change.
The Results: A Little improvement is still improvement
When it came to star ratings, masturbation sessions that took place in a new place were rated slightly higher. Baseline sessions saw an average rating of 3.3 stars, whereas sessions in a new place saw an average of 3.9 stars. Is it a large change? No, but it is a positive change.
As for orgasm length, however, the results went the other direction. If longer orgasms are better orgasms, then sessions in new places are not that. Whereas the average length of an O during baseline sessions was 43 seconds, the average O during sessions in a new place only lasted 36 seconds.
Finally, masturbation sessions in new places also saw an increase in peak force (from 63 gF to 68 gF) and minimum force (36 gF to 47 gF) during orgasm.
The Conclusion: Try Masturbating in a new place is worth it
Let’s not beat around the bush: other Sexperiments definitely showed notable increases in orgasm and arousal. For those, we can confidently say an improvement is likely to happen.
For masturbating in a new place, though, the results may vary — so obviously, you should try it for yourself! This experiment may not lend itself to huge jumps in orgasm length or rating, but it does remind us of something important: arousal and orgasm can be influenced by so many different factors, not just the physical elements of arousal. We’re willing to bet Lioness users had a lot to say about their mental state during the experiment.
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