# "Effed" my brains out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 13, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737 "2002-08-13T19:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737/21 "2002-08-15T22:55:18Z")
I don’t have any cites for this observation, and I can’t remember where I heard it, but males and females are supposed to react differently after sex. Males are supposedly “drained” of energy after a lovemaking session which is why athletic coaches would order team members to be celibate before games so that they would concentrate on the game. On the other hand, women become more alert and aggressive after lovemaking and go on to set new records in athletic competitions. The theory is that men lose testosterone and women gain testosterone, thus the difference in performance. Does this make sense to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737/22 "2002-08-16T01:48:40Z")
I dunno, but I’ll volunteer to try it with Martina Hingis. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737/23 "2002-08-16T14:40:46Z")
> [@](#): > > The theory is that men lose testosterone and women gain testosterone, thus the difference in performance. Does this make sense to anyone? Well, one way to test this would be to measure male and female homosexuals after sex. The “receiving” male sould be energized. Neither female should experience a performance boost. I’m not sure how scientific this is but it certainly makes for a good UL. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737/24 "2002-08-16T15:08:58Z")
That’s when I know that SO and I have hit the jackpot - when neither of us is coherent enough to do much except lay there with silly grins on our faces afterwards. Can’t talk, can’t see straight, just that blissed out feeling that makes you sort of melt into the bed. I’m very much looking forward to this weekend… ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737/25 "2002-08-16T16:04:44Z")
Wow Lieu, that’s deep. I think you’d get into a whole homo/hetero sexual debate on that one. Normally, I’d be up for it as I havn’t gotten my brains effed out in three days but, I drank a little too much last night so, I’m back to stupid again, for another reason. What a way to go through life. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737/26 "2002-08-16T23:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, you know, it’s all that blood volume heading southward so often. Starves the neurons. Dangit, I’m quite certain that Cecil has covered this, but I can’t find the column! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effed-my-brains-out/123737.md?page=1)