You may have seen your partner or people sticking out their tongues during sexual intercourse, but why do they do it? Is it because they are concentrating on sex? As sticking out tongue is a sign of concentration?
Or is it just a playful or flirtatious gesture? To increase intimacy
Well, sticking out your tongue can be a sign of concentration, as most people stick out their tongues when they concentrate on something. But when it comes to sex, there’s no specific scientific study conducted that describes tongue protrusion while having sex.
Meanwhile, research show a parallel link between sex and facial expressions. Bonobos (Pan paniscus), our closest relatives, frequently express silent bared teeth (sbt) during sexual activities. Maybe tongue protrusion during sex is frequent in most humans, just like silent bared teeth (SBT) in Bonobos, but there’s no proof.
Possible Reasons
The Influence of Ahegao Face
Ahegao is a Japanese term for a facial expression where women stick their tongues out with red and flirty faces. They usually make this face in Japanese porn during sexual arousal or orgasm.
It is said that the Ahegao face was popularised by an adult influencer named Belle Delphine. She was famous for her adult content and gained significant popularity for her Ahegao face.
The Ahegao face visual was also used in Hentai, adult manga, and games, becoming popular among people who consumed these things.
Porn Influence
Adult stars mostly female stars stick their tongues out in adult videos while getting banged, maybe because it is on their script or maybe because of a subconscious habit. Not to mention that porn is one of the most unrealistic ways of having sex, and perhaps the stars are told to make faces for people who specifically like these scenes or faces.
Porn also plays a major role in influencing people into specific acts while having sexual activities with their partner and sticking out tongue can be one.
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Subconscious action
It could be a subconscious action, similar to people sticking out their tongues while concentrating or like bonobos who express silent bared teeth (SBT) during sexual activities.
Expressing Pleasure or Playfulness
People may stick out their tongues to express intense pleasure while having sex with their partners, similar to other facial expressions that people make during sexual intercourse, for example the eye-rolling orgasm.
It can also be a sign indicating the desire for oral sex, such as cunnilingus or fellatio.
Common Faces People Make when they reach orgasm.
A study by Spanish scientists in 2011 shows that:
- About 92% of people close their eyes when they reach orgasm.
- About 67% of people dropped their jaws.
- 48% of people frowned or lowered their eyebrows.
- And 44% of people parted their lips.
This data on facial expressions is collected by observing 100 videos of people’s faces while reaching orgasm, by Spanish scientists.
The jaw drop and eyes closed expressions were the most common pair which was noticed among the 36% of people in the videos when they came.
According to the researchers, some of these facial expressions are like reflexes on which people have no control during orgasm.
During this study, no tongue protrusion was seen among people in these 100 videos.
So we can say that sticking out our tongue while having sex is a personal choice or a way to express pleasure rather than a universal reflex.
