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Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 06 June 2013 06:20:47AM *  0 points [-]

high-prolactin afterglow

You probably meant high-oxytocin afterglow.

Comment author: MixedNuts 06 June 2013 10:36:36AM 0 points [-]

No. High oxytocin is present whether you orgasm or not, as we just established. I expect this to help productivity. I also expect that orgasm would

  • Hurt productivity, because "so sleepy and satisfied, why do anything?" (from low dopamine, possibly from high prolactin)
  • Help productivity, because "feeling so relaxed, doing things that normally make me so anxious and icky is so easy right now" (from high prolactin; sex without orgasm (high-oxytocin, low-prolactin) does provide some pleasant feelings but not this specific effect)
  • Help productivity overall, relative to sex without orgasm
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