How Important Is The Talent For Kissing: Scientists Explain

Some people are simply born with the superpowers of kissing like gods. While mere mortals can only dream of this unattainable talent. And, as a rule, people like kissing with masters of their craft, and not with amateurs who only spoil the mood with their clumsiness.

Of course, if, say, an attractive girl doesn't know how to kiss, it won't ruin her reputation. Or not? It is this question that researchers from the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University decided to tackle. 724 people took part in their survey. Each of the subjects was offered 4 questionnaires from a dating site. At the same time, the characters of 2 of the questionnaires wrote that they "know how to kiss well", and from the other 2 - that they are not particularly talented in kissing.

After the subjects studied all 4 profiles, they had to answer several questions. Namely, how attractive they find this or that person; will they go on a date with him; they would have casual sex with him; and how likely they would be to build a long-term relationship with that person.

Researchers initially hypothesized that people who "kiss well" would be perceived as more sexually attractive than those who weren't good at kissing. Scientists also believed that participants were more likely to have casual sexual intercourse with this particular group of characters.

The results of the study confirmed the initial assumptions. It turned out that the “kissers well” were rated by the participants as more sexually attractive. And the respondents were more likely to go on a date with these people. But if a person does not kiss very well, then this can create some awkwardness in communication.

Several respondents stated that they would never go on a date with such a person because of the resulting disgust. “I don’t want a date to be like visiting a dentist’s office, when some incomprehensible manipulations are performed in my mouth,” one of the ladies said. However, there were not so many subjects who adhere to this opinion.

It was also found that women are more interested in masculine kissing skills than men in feminine ones. However, ladies consider this skill to be important only in relation to casual encounters, and not long-term relationships. So taking care of your kissing ability is worth most of all to those people who are not averse to entering into a casual relationship.