Why Men Prefer Wet Kisses?

Men in general like wet kisses more than women. Men's kiss usually have with more "tongue action,"  according to anthropologist Helen Fisher of Rutgers University. But why man prefer wet kisses?  According to Helen Fisher's research this could be because modern males are instinctually using kisses to pick up traces of estrogen in a woman's saliva and thus gauge her fertility.

Wet kisses could also be an unconscious attempt to transfer testosterone to the woman, which would stimulate her sexual interest, Fisher said Friday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. 

Sloppy smooching could therefore be an "all-purpose mechanism" to get the reproductive juices flowing.

Kissing may also serve as a way to assess the quality of a mate, said Wendy Hill, a neuroscientist at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Technique aside, the chemical cocktail of saliva may tell us if the person we're kissing is a genetically appropriate choice to mate with.

In fact, Rutgers' Fisher said, research has shown that the majority of men and women rate their first kiss as either "the kiss of death" or the blossoming of a new relationship. The idea adds to mounting research that shows humans are naturally drawn to certain people based on biological cues that run deeper than looks.

Using statistics from 40,000 people on the Internet dating site Chemistry.com, Fisher recently developed a personality test that measures four universal temperaments. Each temperament type was linked to activity levels of the brain chemicals dopamine/norepinephrine, serotonin, testosterone, and estrogen/oxytocin. Fisher found that a person's temperament guides which type of mate they select—boosting her belief that love involves some very powerful brain chemistry.

Actually, love happens in our brains not in our hearts as many imagine that is why this scientific approach to kissing is interesting. Have it in mind  when kissing next time.