We’ve all heard it before, whether you work in a Fortune500 company or waited tables at a restaurant. There’s always an uptight guy or girl who’s defensive, paranoid, over-stressed and nitpicky. And someone– maybe you’re too polite– but someone says, “That guy (or girl) soooo needs to get laid.” (Note, I didn’t use the example “leading tech blog” above. I’d like to keep my job.)
A new study says there’s some truth to that. Seriously. According to Dr. Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist and chief scientific adviser to Chemistry.com, regular sex can make you a better worker bee. The dopamine rush from sex improves creativity making you a better problem solver. A boost of oxytocin and vasopressin generate feelings of trust, making you more likely to be a team player. And, a boost in testosterone can make you more confident and competitive.
Yep, sounds like a dude wrote the study. But, hey, if it’s true, maybe there’s a productivity justification for all that porn online.
I see Sarah is very creative
sorry Sarah, pls take it on lighter note.
Everybody loves a useless quote, especially about sex. Seems this post is only a promotion to the site mentioned in it.
A serious research (have you noticed the link does not lead to the research?) would show the parameters in question (such as amount and comparison between self-sex and partner-sex).
In all, sounds like those “researches” that prove that sperm is a healthy meal a a good face cream. But the real genius is the guy who made bikinis http://en.wikip...org/wiki/Bikini
soooo needs to get laid
Congradulations Sarah on yet another pointless post. At least you are consistent.
Sounds like Spitzer was on to something! I wrote about escort services at http://StuffRichPeopleLove.com but didn’t know about this angle! I would love to chat with Dr Helen Fisher about how she became interested in this topic!
maybe that is why the internet industry moves a lot faster then many other industries!
Can one attain the same level of dopamine rush from mastuerbation? To put another way, is the dopamine rush derived from the psychological satisfaction of sex? Or is it derived from the physical mechanics of orgasm?
If you have to ask that question then you really do need to get laid.
it does. keep on …
one good reason to join a dating site
That’s why working in Porn make me so productive
According to the “sex is good for productivity” theory, men in the polygamy society would be more creative and/or productive.
Ah, ha, now I know why Muslim men with multiple spouses in countries where polygamy is legal have been making “immense” contribution to their countries.
(I’m aware that Sarah meant this post as a sarcastic jab at her boss who previously wrote a couple of anti-handshake posts.)
You know, some guys are afraid of handshakes… So what about sex!
No need for a handshake to have sex u know…
o rly ?
I can’t tell you how many husbands are forwarding this article to their wives now.
Yeah, that’s how I got here.
LOL – honey, you want me to get a better paycheck? Well, here’s what you can do!
i did
Some will forward it to their wives. Some will forward to their company’s accounting department, along with some new “exotic” receipts.
Either forward it to the wife or just go another time with the mistress…
Done and done.
Sarah,Great article very informative. I have been wondering why I’m a great problem solver and so creative. Now I know “AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!”
Old news?
I guess this is known… especially the effects of oxytocin.. More on it here http://bit.ly/RvJio
Is this new information?
I know “some guy” that claims that this works. So I asked “that guy” if he had any proof of such an idea. Then I realized that guy was me.. and that was all the proof I needed
Mushashi – AWESOME COMMENT~!
“I am tired too honey, and I also have a headache – but you know how much I want that promotion at work!”
Does masturbation count?
[extends hand for handshake]
hahahahaha
Daily at work. Not gonna lie!
Crap. Whoever moderates this forum, can you delete my above comment? I totally forgot that this is my real name, and…. good god I feel like an internet newb.
PLEASE delete it, thankssss
They aren’t gonna do it. Sucks to be you!
Sucks to be working with him u meant to say
wow. self-pwnage
Bah, no worry, with TC’s high traffic and linkage, it will soon be one of the top ten results on your name in Google.
I want to be part of internet lore and reply to you…
Laughing so hard at work whilst trying to maintain a certain level of decorum is so tough.
A legend is born. I’m hoping you at least have a private office, and aren’t sitting out in the middle of the cubicle farm.
I took a screenshot in case they take it down: http://twitpic.com/8h5jf
That is to funny. You really took a screenshot hahahhaah I think I busted a rib laughing. This would be perfect scene for the show The office. Lets hope noone uses Stumble upon, Digg, Reddit on Claytons comment.
Yes guys, hilarious. I guess there are harsher ways to learn this lesson. But still, FML.
Yea Clayton. You’re comment is safe with me… (and all my Facebook friends)
LOL maybe the girls at work could help
fail lmaooooooooooooooooo
Comment fail!
LMAO
Some great talks by Dr. Fisher can be found here: http://www.ted....len_fisher.html
Do i really want to be a better worker bee? A drone sounds far more inviting. Hi Sweeie I’m having a beer you just start without me I’ll come later…..
What a wonderful day! Bio Anthro on TC!
I knew it all along!!!
i see someone who went to college and has never heard of maslow’s hierarchy of needs. this is basic commonsense
I just looked up that Maslow thing…THAT is nonsense. According to that – you need “sex” as much as food, water and breathing but “sexual intimacy” is two rungs up, above money, health, etc.
Just a bunch of liberal hippie crap. Based on this, we should just all be doing hookers left and right — and it would be 100% socially acceptable.
If it makes you feel better, there aren’t any percentages hierarchy, so maybe your need for sex is lower than your need for food, BUT there is a need.
I guess being a conservative you’ve never seen the Republican sex flow chart?
http://putative...-flowchart.html
I’m not denying there is a need for it…but I wouldn’t put sex at the same level as breathing/food/water/sleep/etc. — That’s just silly.
Plus, I think many people would rather have security (financial, health, etc.) before sex, if they had to make a choice.
So that’s why I thought the guy was some super liberal hippie do-whatever-you-want dude…putting such a big social thing at a basic needs level was done so just to generate publicity.
No legitimate college gives Maslow much attention. His theories are widely discredited.
Discredited? You either have no education in psychology, or went to Fail Whale University.
I agree, where’s the proof?
Forwarded to my wife
Quote –
“The dopamine rush from sex improves creativity making you a better problem solver.”
I guess it didn’t work for the South Carolina governor?
Is that why Obama has frequent “date nights”?
nice 200 word post. Is this a paid advertisement? cuz, reports like this are soooo common.
sex is good for relationships, sex is good for prostate cancer, sex is good for weight loss, sex is good for….
Yeah this post is completely ridiculous. Sarah is back to her basic link baiting nonsense.
Sites like this spam email inboxes with supposed “new scientific findings” all the time.
Maybe Sarah should try techdating4u.com instead wasting her time reading chemistry.com articles.
Well see, I think this is just fine women’s writing. TC policy is to leave the hard-hitting Twitter and Facebook posts to the menfolk, who have a better brain for those kinds of things.
Don’t do that.. girl has written two books.. and she is doing us a favor by writing this post.. it needed to come from a woman.. that way we can say to our spouses.. a woman said it cause the first thing your wife will say is I bet a man wrote this..
I would bet money on Sarah making you or me look like an idiot in a debate.. you don’t mess with women.. they are smarter and faster and are the superior sex..
I would never marry a woman who used ignorant “war between the sexes” tropes like “i bet a man wrote this.”
Phyllis Schlafly has written over 20 books, so what’s your point?
You don’t like strong woman? So you know everything about a woman based on two sentences designed to make someone read the book. MAybe your idea of a good headline is woman and man in a computer world. Cause that sends chills down the spine.. wow.. I am pumped give me that book….
EH, your statement is so sad and true…because even if the men are reporting on twitter and the women on twatter…the end result is pretty “meh” blogging at best.
yeah, you said it. Meh twatter coverage and my-friend-works-at-chemistry-hence-i’ll-do-a-blogpost-on-a-lousy-slow-day-press-release. Surely some pseudo-doctor working for chemistry.com writing about the benefits of sex have nothing to do with this blog. What does she do? Study formulas and mix elixirs in flasks to come up with wild scientific discoveries like this one? Oh, sorry, maybe she tweeted it. That’s how it got here.
Wait… Did you just insinuate that porn has the same effect as sex?
Soon an amendment will be tacked on to a Must Pass Bill, that mandates for the good of the collective, all Americans must have sex once a day, every day.
You know for the advancement of our collective and Obama’s dream of a “New America”.
Oh…of course, condoms and birth control are mandatory and abortion clinics will remain open 24/7.
Papa Ray
West Texas
This made me laugh this morning. Good job Sarah. Way to have the gumption to post.
I agree with many comments above, I think there have been studies that dopamine rushes can assist in productivity.
I’d like to get Arrington’s feedback. He seems a bit uptight these days… with some off the wall posts and curt comments.
Can you imagine going to your coworker or employee, listen I rented a room at the hampton.. we are doing this new employee productivity session called getting laid.. so going to use that…
Just Sarah really highlight the safe sex angle cause the 6 months.. stressful.. and focus this information on woman please cause men.. well we have been saying this for years.. just you all don’t hear us…. we beg, we plead..
Porn does not have the same effect… for the record because part of the fun is walking around your office with the mac daddy feeling.. like you have this secret.. I got some this morning..best feeling in the world.
Porn is different.. it is just about getting rid of something.. cause having a… sometimes is a pain.. it is the same for girls and the butterfly.. sometimes you just do it so you can focus…
Somehow, though, I get the feeling that even if I had regular sex every night (or even a couple times a week) it still wouldn’t get me any closer to completion on my projects. Sure, I’d be more relaxed about it, but I’d still be behind.
But you wouldn’t care..lol..
I don’t know about feeling more rested. In fact, I would say it keeps you distracted from work more than focusing on it. Where do they get this data??? Rubbish…
not having it keeps you more distracted
Well that explains Screech’s embarrassing moments with the Facebook candy machine.
Sarah – I may you have missed something here… can you explain the connection that you are assuming between regular sex and online porn?
Thanks Sara for posting such obvious linkbait.
Haha. Good point.
Cue “The More You Know” graphic…
One of the better TechCrunch headlines ever…
Yeah I have felt this way many times. Except when I faked it.
I don’t see this article doing any justice to “TechCrunch”.
A new study just came out: drinking water makes you more productive at work….seriously, it came from Chemistry.com so it must be true
good one
Also: breathing; and opening eyes.
It is Friday and there was no news with tech crunch team. SO came up with this article.
nobody likes to depend on others!
I so much want to make a comment on this, but I’m married and, well, I just won’t make a comment.
Such a worthless article….shame !!
Yo Sarah, how does online porn boost oxytocin, vasopressin, and dopamine?
masturbation is a form of sexual behaviour
hey girls, i need to get better at work
Does it mean that Sarah Needs to get Laid?
What has this got to do with techcrunch? Seems like Techcrunch needs a little spice too
Lacy hammering square–and quite unintersting–peg into round hole, and trying to write it off.
No pass. And if this is part of her compentation package, audit TC as well.
Develop a second pitch, Sarah. IF all you throw us is your fastball, the readers will catch up with it eventually.
That’s what they said about Eliot Spitzer.
Sarah, could you link to the actual source of this information?
The good thing about this subjuct is that each one can experiment it and see the result. It’s your body, mood… just need to watch yourself a little.
yeah, you said it. Meh twatter coverage and my-friend-works-at-chemistry-hence-i’ll-do-a-blogpost-on-a-lousy-slow-day-press-release. Surely some pseudo-doctor working for chemistry.com writing about the benefits of sex have nothing to do with this blog. What does she do? Study formulas and mix elixirs in flasks to come up with wild scientific discoveries like this one? Oh, sorry, maybe she tweeted it. That’s how it got here.
BTW I love your blog!
I think that Sarah is the only writer on TechCrunch who never responds to comments, she should, at least sometimes.
Especially because she rarely writes news posts, more like case studies or opinion posts … well … I surely won’t cry because of that, just making an observation …
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