Sex best way to prepare for public speaking

Stressed out about giving a best man’s speech or speaking in front of your bosses?

Well, forget practising your lines or drinking beforehand to steady your nerves, the best way to prepare for a bit of public speaking is to have sex.

Seriously, according to the latest waste of research funding since the last one it’s been found that sex is the best to relax ahead of your big day.

And we are not talking about masturbating either – that won’t do you any good.

No, it has to sexual intercourse to get the full benefit.

So if you haven’t got anyone to help you prepare – bad luck. We also do not recommend the best man tries to get himself ready for his big moment by bedding the bride beforehand.

At least that what Stuart Brody, a psychologist at the University of Paisley, told the New Scientist magazine.

Basically, Professor Brody did this by monitoring how various forms of sex affected blood pressure levels in a stressful situation.

How he managed to get a grant for this is possibly a bigger question, but let’s at least hear him out.

Ok, so how did he know how much sex and what kinds of sex the 24 women and 22 men who took part in the study were having?

Maybe he was having sex with all of them.

Well, no, actually, it was through their diaries, of course, and no one ever lies in them!

They all then went through stress tests, which involved public speaking and performing mental arithmetic out loud. Sounds terrifying to me. In fact, I am getting stressed just thinking about it.

Ah, well, maybe that’s because I have not had enough sex recently, because those who had penetrative intercourse were found to be the least stressed.

Their blood pressure also returned to normal faster than those who had engaged in other forms of sexual activity such as masturbation.

Those who abstained from any form of sexual activity had the highest stress levels.

Speaking to the BBC, Prof Brody said: “A growing body of research shows that it is specifically intercourse, and not other sexual behaviours, whether alone or with a partner, that is associated with a broad range of psychological and physiological benefits.

“And greater frequency of intercourse is associated with greater benefits.”

However, Dr Peter Bull, a social and political psychologist at the University of York, begged to differ.

Also speaking to the Beeb, he said: “You are probably better off thinking about what you are going to say, and preparing thoroughly, rather than having sex the previous night.”

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