Feb 1, 2016

The 3 Biggest Reasons Men Love Blowjobs

Ever wondered exactly why men love blowjobs? Besides the baseline explanation of ‘they feel good’?

The majority of men don’t primarily love blowjobs because they’re an act of submission. Or because it means he gets to momentarily feel powerful. Or because he sees it as payback for all of the things he does for you on a day to day basis.

And while I’m definitely not one to shy away from talking about dominance and submission, I believe that the reasons that men love blowjobs go far deeper than Cosmo gives them credit for.

So, without further ado, here are the three biggest reasons that men love blowjobs… with a few direct quotes from some of my male coaching clients (whom I emailed for their input) sprinkled throughout.

The 3 Biggest Reasons Men Love Blowjobs

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1. Feeling deeply accepted

If there’s a thing that, if done with most people whom you didn’t feel emotionally connected to, would absolutely gross you out then that’s what makes it intimate that you would willingly do it with your partner.

“For me, the biggest benefit of receiving oral sex from my wife is an overwhelming feeling of being accepted. She has one of my favourite things in the whole world between her teeth, and she’s being so loving and gentle with it.” – Tom, 42

Repeatedly, the men that I asked about what they loved about blowjobs told me it was about feeling accepted by their partner.

There’s a degree of vulnerability to having your genitals in someone else’s mouth. For many people, a lot of the mental bandwidth that isn’t repeating “Oh my god, this is amazing” is going towards “Am I taking too long?/Do I smell okay?/Are they having fun?/etc.”

There are few more intimate acts in the world than receiving oral sex from your lover. The most frequent message I received in response from my male readers/clients about why they loved blowjobs? It all came down to acceptance. They felt deeply accepted by their partner during oral sex.

(Note: just like the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th agreements of “The 4 Agreements” are all derivatives of the first agreement, you could argue that the 2nd and 3rd point in this article are all derivatives of the first point of men feeling accepted. The following points certainly have a lot of overlap with each other, but I felt that they were different enough to include.)

2. Because of the love that they feel for their partner

When it comes down to it… sex is about feeling.

Sex feels pleasurable… it’s energizing… it rejuvenates us. And sex is also about feeling and creating love.

“I would never admit this to my guy friends in our normal ‘guy time’ kind of conversation. The thing on repeat internally when my girlfriend is going down on me is how much I love her. It’s not necessarily the words “I love you” over and over jumbling around in my mind. It’s more of a general feeling of “Fuck I love this woman!”” – Mark, 33

Sex can feel great for anyone regardless of whether they’re in love with the person they’re doing it with. But it’s a fairly well known fact that love multiplies how great it feels.

Countless men referred to feeling the most deeply connected to their partner during any sexual activity. But especially so with receiving oral sex and/or simultaneously performing oral sex on each other (i.e. 69’ing).

“I don’t want to add to the stereotype that men only experience love through sex, that’s not what I’m saying. I always feel connected to my wife and I love her like crazy, even when we’re in the middle of a fight. But I do feel like my heart opens in a deeper, wider, and more expansive way whenever we’re in the middle of any sexual activity. Even if she just covertly brushes her hand up against my crotch (on purpose) when we’re out in public… without it advancing to anything else. My heart just lights up and I feel a bigger, unique kind of love when we’re relating to each other sexually.” – Robert, 48

(Want to learn how to fall in love with giving blowjobs? Check out this bonus interview featuring my wife and I, from our Queen of Blowjobs program, on this topic.)

3. Because they feel respected

Similar to feeling loved and accepted, many men used the word “respect” in their responses.

I read a poll that said over 70% of men said they would rather feel respected than loved. The author who took this theory and ran with it then went on to say that women had an almost inverse response. Whether or not this has any actual legs as a concept in the real world, it does stand to say that every person on this planet enjoys feeling admired and respected.

I define respect as a deep feeling of admiration for someone. Not worship necessarily, but a deep admiration. As in, “I really respect this person. Who they are, what they do, and how they show up in the world.”

“I know that there are some BDSM loving guys that get off on the dominance/submission aspect of receiving oral sex but that idea has never resonated with me. The closest that I can get to that idea is that I understand that it feels good to feel respected enough for my partner to willingly and excitedly take my (equally willing and excited) cock into her mouth. So yes, I’d say that feeling respected is a huge factor of why I enjoy blowjobs.” – Tim, 27

Also, Men Love Blowjobs Because They Just Feel Great

Over a third of the men I asked what they liked about blowjobs were unable to articulate it.

There were many responses along the lines of “Oh man… I can’t even answer that. My brain just shuts off and I turn into a giddy, happy, pleasure-loaded bucket of happy brain chemicals. I couldn’t decipher what I’m thinking in that moment if I tried. Feels like an impossible task.”

Which, by the way, isn’t a guy thing as much as a human thing. Ask any person, no matter how self-aware and articulate they are, what exactly they feel in the moment that they’re climaxing and you’ll get some very patchy self-reported data. When your brain is being flooded with happy chemicals, your ability to self-analyze and be self-aware drops off considerably.

Ps. Well that was fun! Want more? If you liked this article, you’ll also love some of the following:

Queen of Blowjobs (video series for women, on giving the most amazing blowjob possible)

Inside The Male Mind (video series for women, on the deepest, darkest secrets of what men crave in a relationship)

The Ultimate Guide To Giving Him The Best Blowjob Of His Entire Life

What Amazing Sex Feels Like For Men (In Their Words)

Dedicated to your success,

Jordan

Jordan Gray
About Jordan Gray

Jordan Gray has been a sex and relationship coach for over 15+ years, with his work reaching over 200 million people worldwide. His writing has been featured in Vogue, GQ, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, and countless other publications around the world. When he’s not working with 1-on-1 coaching clients or writing a new article, he’s most likely to be found reading, chopping wood, or spending time with his wife on a little island off the west coast of Canada.

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