Hot & Bothered: morning lover

Dear H&B,
My boyfriend really likes having sex when he’s hung-over. Is there a medical explanation for this? Just curious.
Liquor-capped

Dear LC,
According to a friend of mine who was a driven booze enthusiast and a confirmed lover of boffing his girlfriend in the early morning hours, when the male body gets signals that it’s dying, it reacts with one decisive mandate: Spread the seed. It seems to make sense. Picture a dying yak with moments to live and no last-minute human concerns (e.g., “Tell Brenda I love her,” “Will they find my porn stash?” “Will it be heaven or hell?” etc.). What’s going through said yak’s mind is the preprogrammed plan to keep the line going, to make more yaks. Therefore, if the hangover is severe enough, the body is fooled into the last-ditch move of making more people.

Research indicates that’s sort of true. According to Altpenis.com, when morning testosterone levels are low due to a night’s drinking, receptors in the pituitary gland and the brain cause more testosterone to be secreted—basically, a backup boost. Hence the morning wood, despite the dehydration, headache and humiliation from the inability to have sex the previous evening. How that all works with a yak is for someone else’s column.

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