Plate 9 of 12
Variations: surprise
Alternating touches you like so arousal doesn't settle into routine
A gesture repeated exactly the same way eventually loses its effect. This is more than an impression: the nervous system responds less and less to what does not change. This general feature of perception is called habituation, and sexual arousal does not escape it. O'Donohue and Geer, in an experiment published in 1985 in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, reported three findings. Sexual response fades more slowly with varied stimulation than with stimulation that stays constant. A new stimulus restarts arousal when it has dropped. Finally, going back afterward to the starting stimulus produces a stronger response than before the interlude.
Women tend to describe a small repertoire of gestures that already work, chained in an order that changes. An unexpected move that bothers breaks the momentum instead of feeding it.
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Consistency
As orgasm nears, keep exactly the same touch, and ask for it clearly
Variations: renewal
A short pause, a different touch: restoring the sharpness of a fading stroke
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