Männer und Frauen neigen dazu, Sex mit unterschiedlichen emotionalen Bedürfnissen und Beziehungsstrategien im Hinterkopf anzugehen. Wenn Männer sich von ihrem Partner unterstützt fühlen und sich aktiv an der Stressbewältigung in der Beziehung beteiligen, sind sie möglicherweise motivierter, Sex als Ausdruck emotionaler Nähe zu verfolgen.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2025.2562090

From the linked article:

A new study published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy has found that **men and women tend to approach sex with different emotional needs and relationship strategies in mind**. By analyzing how people use sex to manage emotions or strengthen relationships, researchers found that age and sex influence why people have sex and how this relates to emotional self-regulation and their approach to stress within romantic partnerships.

The findings from Study 1 suggest that men with more difficulties managing their emotions were more likely to pursue sex for self-centered reasons. Specifically, men who had trouble accepting their emotions, controlling emotional impulses, or identifying effective coping strategies were more likely to engage in sex for personal goals. This pattern was not observed in women.

Relationship-focused sexual motivation showed a different pattern. Older participants tended to report less motivation based on relational reasons, and people who were better at recognizing their emotions were also less likely to report this type of motivation.

Interestingly, some emotional difficulties, such as struggling with impulses or acceptance, were actually linked to higher levels of relationship-focused sexual motivation. This might reflect a desire to seek closeness when emotions feel overwhelming, even when people are not sure how to regulate those feelings effectively.

Coping-related sexual motivation—using sex to deal with emotional distress or relationship tension—did not vary with age, but it did show different patterns by sex. For instance, men were more likely to use sex as a coping tool when they struggled with emotional awareness, while women showed this tendency more when they had trouble accepting their emotions or controlling impulses. These findings point to sex-specific pathways through which emotional struggles influence sexual behavior.

The researchers found that men who reported higher levels of supportive, joint coping behavior with their partner were less likely to pursue sex for self-centered reasons. In other words, when men felt emotionally connected and engaged in shared problem-solving with their partner, their sexual motivation appeared to shift away from individual needs. Women’s self-centered sexual motivation, in contrast, remained relatively stable regardless of coping style.

Relationship-focused sexual motivation was positively linked to supportive dyadic coping behaviors in both men and women, but especially in men. This suggests that **when men feel supported by their partner and are actively engaged in relationship-based stress management, they may be more motivated to pursue sex as a way to express emotional closeness**.

That’s funny because men want sex but so often do not want to do more than cum and rollover. Emotional closeness is not using someone so that they don’t have to use their hand and then have to clean up.