Flap Your Lips Friday
Posted by Michelle Moquin on August 19th, 2016
Good morning!
Since it’s Friday, I couldn’t resist.đ
From Hello Giggles:
Science has some serious news about kissing and we’re all earsâŠor lips
Making out. Tonsil hockey. Perhaps the British alternative, snogging. Regardless of what you might call it, kissing plays a pivotal role in relationships, including feeling out (maybe literally!) a potential partner and determining if youâll stay together.
Researchers at Oxford University surveyed 300 men and nearly 600 women from 18-63 years old to find out more about kissing. Participants were asked about the importance of kissing in both short- and long-term relationships.
According to Robin Dunbar, one of the authors of the study, âkissing plays a role in assessing a potential partner.â
But, what leads us to kissing anyway? In simple terms, evolution. More specifically, a group of genes called the MHC, or the Major Histocompatibility Complex. These genes form part of our immune system and are what compose our natural scent. Because of this, partners with opposite MHC make-ups mate and produce offspring who have stronger immune systems! Itâs true what they say: Opposites attract!
While other degrees of chemistry influence a relationship as well, the study found that kissing has these profound effects:
Evaluate your partnerâs suitability
This is geared toward those who may wish to conceive soon. Kissing helps to determine the âgenetic quality of a mate.â MHC at it again!
(Ok, I just have to interrupt this posting of this write because this couple above is just too HOT!)
Establish feelings of attachment
A chemical cocktail of oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin is released when kissing. These three chemicals stimulate the pleasure center of the brain, which can cause feelings of euphoria and addictive behavior.
Itâs not all about sex
Although the correlation is there, researchers found that kissing isnât the primary factor in initiating sex. However, both sex and how often individuals kissed positively affected their relationships. This holds true for those in short-term and long-term relationships.
There you have it, folks. Go out there and kiss! For science!
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Readers: I don’t need science to give me an excuse to kiss. :) It’s one of my fave things to do with my man. When you’ve got a strong chemistry goin’ on and the kiss is ooh la la sweet and delicious, it’s an addiction that I am quite happy with, thank you.
However, when the kiss is just “meh,” you know…no sparks flying…well…more than likely the chances of any future relationship stops there with me.
And you?
Maria: I agree with Michael et al. You’re doing a wonderful service. Thank you. Let’s HOPE more Dems come your way too. And if they don’t, as Joan said they may be registering republican but when it comes time to vote…they are voting for Hillary. Every day Trump loses more support. By the time the elections come, I suspect he won’t have too many backing him anymore. But let’s not count on that. We still need to get out and vote.
Melley: Thanks for posting the write from the NYT. I am speechless. The readers pretty much covered and said what was on my mind. This election is certainly like no other.
Jade: I was thinking that exact same thing. He had so little campaign money and now…$$$$$.
Ruth, AF: Thanks for your addition to my post. This type of behavior would never be tolerated if Trump were not a white man. Â Shocking how some are blinded by the white. How are you, Harry and the girls? Sending my love… â„ïž
Mike, TM: How’s it going? HOPE you’re well.
1 of 2: An old fave that always gets me going. đđœ Thanks!
Kissing and dancing…A perfect way to roll into the weekend. It’s Friday…you know what to do. Flap your lips and start kissing…or blog me…whichever you prefer.
Peace & Love.
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August 19th, 2016 at 10:10 am
Agree, it’s a fave on my list also…sweet and delicious, call it oxytocin or whatever you want but it is the chemistry that makes It the happiest addiction of all ; )
& theres No time for ‘meh’ in any form but especially when it comes to kissing and lovemaking, nonono
Great topic, always a fave of mine.
Luv politics and religion but people and their behavior, sexual (and in general) is my passion.
Luv, Zen Lill
August 19th, 2016 at 2:26 pm
2^7g1,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWXMtjUZWM
August 20th, 2016 at 9:22 am
Michelle, we are doing fine. When will you visit again? Everyone is excited. France maybe a little dangerous at times, but C’est la vie.
Just tell us when to send the plane for you. Don’t put it off too long, The girls are growing up so fast. I can hardly keep up with their new boyfriends. I could use some help.
Love
Ruth
August 20th, 2016 at 9:28 am
âKissâ is from the Old English cyssan from the proto-Germanic kussijanan or kuss, which is probably based on the sound kissing can make.e
August 20th, 2016 at 9:29 am
A woman in China partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend reportedly ruptured her eardrum with a passionate kiss.
Apparently, the kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out, and caused the breakdown of the ear.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:31 am
Anon#4, but did you know that he science of kissing is called philematology?
August 20th, 2016 at 9:32 am
Anon#4, Did you know that the insulting slang âkiss my assâ dates back at least to 1705.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:34 am
I found the place too, Here’s my favorite. French kissing involves all 34 muscles in the face. A pucker kiss involves only two.
Whose next?
August 20th, 2016 at 9:35 am
Me, Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers. Not even genitals have as much sensitivity as lips.
And I’m pretty fond of getting my genital kissed.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:36 am
Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss. Me I like to mix it up.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:37 am
Did you know that on July 5-6, 2005 a couple in London locked lips for 31 hours, 30 minutes, and 30 seconds, making it the longest kiss ever recorded?
August 20th, 2016 at 9:38 am
Anon#4, The most important muscle in kissing is the orbicularis oris, also known as the kissing muscle, which allows the lips to âpucker.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:39 am
Josie#9, my favorite too. Perhaps thats because the lips of both men and women resemble the lips of the vagina.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:41 am
Ruth/AF#8, The term âFrench kissâ came into the English language around 1923 as a slur on the French culture which was thought to be overly concerned with sex.
In France, itâs called a tongue kiss or soul kiss because if done right, it feels as if two souls are merging. In fact, several ancient cultures thought that mouth-to-mouth kissing mingled two loversâ souls.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:42 am
Hold on Anon#4, the Four Vedic Sanskrit texts (1500 B.C.) contain the first mention of a kiss in writing.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:43 am
This is so much fun, I have to play, Here’s mine: The Romans created three categories of kissing: (1) Osculum, a kiss on the cheek, (2) Basium, a kiss on the lips, and (3) Savolium, a deep kiss.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:44 am
You just know that there had to be one on dieting. Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. A Hersheyâs kiss contains 26 calories, which takes five minutes of walkingâor about four minutes of kissingâto burn off.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:46 am
Josie#9 & Brittany#13, me too, but did you know that it is possible for a woman to reach an orgasm through kissing.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:47 am
Me I like my genitals kissed and sucked too. Mechanically speaking, kissing is almost identical to suckling. Some scholars speculate that the way a person kisses may reflect whether he or she was breastfed or bottle fed.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:49 am
The next time you are teaching the “birds and bees” to your offspring remember this about the birds. Scientists believe that kissing may be a way of exchanging body salts or sebum that form relationships with parents and lovers, just as it does some birds.
During mating, some birds chew food, then kiss-feed it to a prospective mate. If a birdâs sebaceous glands are removed so there is no sebum, its mate flies off.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:49 am
I’m a dentist so this one is my favorite. Kissing is good for teeth. The anticipation of a kiss increases the flow of saliva to the mouth, giving the teeth a plaque-dispersing bath.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:50 am
A medieval manuscript warns Japanese men against deep kissing during the female orgasm because a woman might accidentally bite off part of her loverâs tongue.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:51 am
The Kama (desire) Sutra (type of verse) lists over 30 types of kisses, such as âfighting of the tongue.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:54 am
According to one study, many men are more particular about which women they kissed than who they went to bed with, suggesting that kissing is somehow more about love than coitus is.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:55 am
Anon#4, Kissing may have originated when mothers orally passed chewed solid food to their infants during weaning. Another theory suggests kissing evolved from prospective mates sniffing each othersâ pheromones for biological compatibility.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:56 am
Scholars are unsure if kissing is a learned or instinctual behavior. In some cultures in Africa and Asia, kissing does not seem to be practiced.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:58 am
Common chimpanzees kiss with open mouths, but not with their tongues. Bonobos, the most intelligent of primates, do kiss with their tongues.
So,it could be that the most intelligent(the French) of the human species started that too.
August 20th, 2016 at 9:58 am
Leper-kissing became fashionable among medieval ascetics and religious nobility during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It was deemed proof of humility.i
August 20th, 2016 at 10:00 am
Lol interesting stuff but seriously way too clinical and non-erotic convo going on, zzzzz, lol….
~ ZL
August 20th, 2016 at 10:01 am
Can a reference to religion be far away. This is what happens when those idiots are kissing the pope’s feet.
During the middle ages, witches’ souls were supposed to be initiated into the rites of the Devil by a series of kisses, including kissing the Devilâs anus, which was a parody of kissing the Popeâs foot.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:02 am
Zen Lill#29, unless you are wiling to put some lips in the game, we will have to settle for this.
Oh, I’m more than willing to be the one you plant those luscious lips on.
Just saying.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:03 am
I’m an attorney so this is my favorite. Kissing at the conclusion of a wedding ceremony can be traced to ancient Roman tradition where a kiss was used to sign contract.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:04 am
Okay Zen Lill, how about this one? The first on-screen kiss was shot in 1896 by the Edison Company. Titled The May Irwin-John C. Rice Kiss, the film was 30 seconds long and consisted entirely of a man and a woman kissing close up
August 20th, 2016 at 10:05 am
Time to represent the LGBT community. The first on-screen kiss between two members of the same sex was in Cecil B. DeMilleâs 1922 Manslaughter.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:08 am
Let’s not leave out white america’s hypocrisy on sex. While those white men were raping and abusing women in every way possible, they were setting moral standards implying they were doing otherwise.
Under the Hays Code (1930-1968), people kissing in American films could no longer be horizontal; at least one had to be sitting or standing, not lying down.
In addition, all on-screen married couples slept in twin beds…and if kissing on one of the beds occurred, at least one of the spouses had to have a foot on the floor.
Yeah, nothing has changed. The republicans are doing the same today, declaring themselves to be the moral party.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:09 am
Kissing played an important role in ancient Greco-Roman culture and was seen as a sign of respect, thanks, reunion, and agreement, as well as as a rite of inclusion.
Kisses were exchanged between peers, political leaders, teachers, and priests. Hence, the kiss of Judas (âKiss of Deathâ) to betray Christ inverted the very point of kissing in this early Christian context.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:11 am
Nathan#35, maybe someone should tell them, early Christians kissed one another in highly specific settings that distinguished them from the non-Christian population.
The earliest Christian reference to the ritual kiss is at the end of I Thessalonians: âGreet one another with a holy kiss.â
The Christian ritual kiss or âkiss of peaceâ was used during prayer, Eucharist, baptism, ordination, and in connection with greeting, funerals, monastic vows, and martyrdom.
On second thought, why bother, they just deny this as easily as they deny Global warming.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:12 am
Nathan#35, Polls consistently list the kiss between Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in the 1946 film Notorious as one of the sexiest kisses in cinematic history.
Because the Hays Code allowed on-screen kisses to last only a few seconds, Alfred Hitchcock directed Bergman and Grant to repeatedly kiss briefly while Grant was answering a telephone call. The kiss seems to go on and on but was never longer than a few seconds.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:13 am
Nathan#35, The film with the most kisses is Don Juan (1926) in which John Barrymore and Mary Astor share 127 kisses. The film with the longest kiss is Andy Warholâs 1963 film Kiss.
Oh, and Ruth/AF, The 1961 film Splendor in the Grass, with Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, made history for containing Hollywoodâs first French kiss.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:15 am
Although many men and women consider it childish, more than 95% of them occasionally like to rub noses while kissing.b Often called an âEskimo kissâ in Western culture, this form of kissing is based loosely on a traditional Inuit greeting called a âkunik.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:16 am
In 1929, anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski visited the Trobriand Islands to observe their sexual customs. He found that two lovers will go through several phases of sucking and biting in a variation of the French kiss that culminates in biting off each otherâs eyelashes. In fact, in the South Pacific, short eyelashes are a status symbol.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:18 am
Zen Lill may I appeal to your love of culture? Rodinâs famous statue The Kiss was originally titled Francesca da Rimini and depicts the thirteenth-century woman in Danteâs Inferno who falls in love with her husbandâs younger brother Paolo. Their lips do not actually touch, hinting at their eventual doom.
If I succeeded, you may send me a kiss.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:20 am
Hafa adai Peter/Guam. Have a little fun with it. The kiss of life (breath of God) and the kiss of death (Judasâ kiss) are powerful literary and artistic symbols. Sixteenth century authors were especially likely to use them as sexual metaphors.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:22 am
Josie#9 & Brittany#13, and Elaine#18, I’m seriously into pleasuring my lady that way. Cunnilingus is a type of sexual kissing whereby a person stimulates the external female genital organs with the mouth or tongue.
The word âcunnilingusâ derives from the Latin cunnus (vulva, vagina) and lingua (tongue) or lingere (to lick up).
August 20th, 2016 at 10:24 am
Zen Lill, âXâs at the end of a correspondence letter represent the contact of the lips during a kiss.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Need more, I do. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
It was good for me. How about You?
August 20th, 2016 at 10:27 am
Guys, it’s Saturday already, save it for Saturday’s blog. And hey, there are other women here besides Zen Lill with lips.
Just kidding, who can compete with Zen Lill?
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Works for me.
August 20th, 2016 at 10:35 am
Brad, good one…
This is better!
Eric, yes that appeals to me more, thank you xxx
Andy, many xxxxx’s back to you! And you too Laura, appreciate the compliment xxxx
I’m not competitive but have been told enough times that not many can compete…
Apparently tall, intelligent, outspoken get on the soapbox and drop the mic types are very much in demand ; )
Thank for upping the heat of this convo!
Ruth A/F, it was fun to hear about the girls growing up and the boyfriend stuff coming up, I’m dealing with the same, time flew and my girl is almost ready to fly the coop!
Much luv xxxxxx & more xxxxxxxx’s ZL
August 21st, 2016 at 11:01 am
[…] Ruth, AF: So happy to hear you are doing well. How’s Harris? Lex? I don’t know when I’ll be able to visit. Hopefully soon. I will let you know. I’m excited to see the girls…excited to see all of you, especially before they run off with all those boys. :) Love you. […]