We all know that pre-hookup dirty talk can be the ultimate turn on. It makes the day fly by and gives an added boost of anticipation for the night ahead. However, new research is showing that talking about sex while you’re getting it on can make the experience even better.

Study researcher Elizabeth Babin, an expert on health communication at Cleveland State University in Ohio, says that her research has shown that people who are open to communicating during sex are more likely to be sexually satisfied, and those who clam up are more likely to be left wanting more.

Via FoxNews:

“Even if you just have a little bit of anxiety about the communication, that affects whether you’re communicating or not, but it also directly affected their satisfaction,” said Babin.

The anxiety “might be kind of taking them out of the moment and therefore reducing the overall satisfaction they experience during their encounters,” Babin told LiveScience.

Babin believes, unsurprisingly, that it is those with “high sexual self-esteem” that have the confidence to explain what they want in bed, and thus are more likely to fully enjoy their sexual experiences, and those who were nervous about expressing their likes and dislikes between the sheets often end up utterly unsatisfied.

So, what’s the moral of the story? Don’t be afraid to use some of that pre-hook up confidence during sex to explain exactly what you want and how you want it. Even if you’re nervous at first, it will heighten your sexual satisfaction in the end… and isn’t that what we’re all looking for?

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