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The Effect of Oxytocin on Bonding After Orgasm?
The hormone oxytocin is released in the brain from sexual arousal and also especially after orgasm. It does have an effect on sort of bonding, pair bonding behaviors and socially monogamous rodents. And there's some evidence in people too, although it's just harder to do a well-designed experiment in people. But I think that it must make women feel more emotionally close to their partner.