Not Like It, Couples Break Their Eyes When Making Love For This Reason

Illustration of the reason for closing your eyes during sex (Freepic/pressphoto)

YOGYAKARTA Through the eyes, couples often look at each other to express love. However, during sex moments, it is not uncommon for one of the couples to close their eyes. It turns out that there is a reason, but it cannot be generalized. According to research and reports from research participants, several women close their eyes during sex to focus on feeling physical sensations.

Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D., reviewed how you look and close your eyes when making love. Each partner has their own preferences. That means, it is wise for you and your partner to communicate sexually to find out each other's reasons when closing their eyes at the most intimate moment.

In Love is in the gaze, the writings of Mylene Bolmont and colleagues written in 2014, the role of human faces in conveying important information. Faces contribute greatly to social interactions and attract attention in a unique way. Indeed, couples looking at each other longer are often considered indications of interest, including romantic attraction. Bolmont and colleagues argue that staring at each other is one of the most reliable love markers between partners, and can be used to distinguish love from lust.

Eye contact turns out to be contrary to the habit of closing your eyes during sex. Closing your eyes when having sex is not a universal habit, this is not done by everyone. The reason for the first participants to close their eyes during sex is to pay attention to physical sensations. There are also those who close their eyes because they really want to be "present" because opening their eyes is a little annoying. In addition, participants also explain, by closing their eyes during sex, the sensation of sound and physicality is more focused. If you open your eyes, attention will be distracted, except in slow motions that open the opportunity to look at each other to improve intimacy and connection.

In Ben-Zeév's book The Arc of Love: How Our Romantic Lives Change Over Time, discussing imagination in love often includes positive illusions. Whereas in sex, fantasy is more central. Fantasy is essential in sexual desire, as fantasy offers an effective way to overcome personal limitations, normative constraints, and external boundaries. Sexual fantasy has a function to avoid negative information and add positive data.

According to an article reported by Glamour, there are six reasons why couples have closed their eyes during sex, including as follows

Despite the details above launching Psychology Today, Monday, October 9, it is clear that eye contact and sexual desire have many sides and depend on various circumstances. Close Ben-Zeev, the increase in sexual arousal is often accompanied by closing his eyes and opening them occasionally. Many people like to open their eyes at the beginning of interaction, their shapes can vary, such as lighting, continuous gaze, or occasionally peeking.

Turning your eyes when making love is commonplace, especially at the moment leading up to climax. Closing your eyes can also be done in various ways, for example by fainting the lights voluntarily or by closing your eyes.