I found this little tidbit of science news on the BBC website quite interesting- the discovery of a touch-sensitive 'pleasure nerve', distinct from the nerves associated with the human sex organs, that accounts for the pleasure people derive from massage or stroking.
I, for one, am a total touch-whore. Gam has magic hands for a massage, and I always say he gives the best head (massages!)- he only has to run his fingers through my hair or stroke my back and I practically go weak with pleasure (he jokes that if he hadn't been the first man to discover my weakness I'd never have wound up marrying him, instead going off with the first guy who gave me a head-rub!). Even though it's venturing into TMI territory here, I just want to take the time to debunk the stereotype that a massage is a great way to get a woman warmed up for sex. I read that shit everywhere- women's magazines, men's magazines, sex-advice columns. That might be true for some women, but as immensely pleasurable as it is, I find it more likely to warm me up for a good night's sleep- which makes me appreciate Gam's massages all the more, because there's no ulterior motive. Not that he needs one.
I do want to know though- if, as Professor Francis McGlone says, the feet and hands have no such touch-sensitive pleasure nerves, how come foot and hand massages feel so damn good?
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