The Sex Quotient
"MY STUDY proves it — sex makes us dumb."
Macy Thomaston leaned in close to make sure her friend could hear her over the noise in the downtown San Francisco bar. "You needed to spend the past three years of your life researching to figure that out?"
Lauren Parish shook her head. "Not dumb like you're thinking. What I mean is, we literally lose IQ points every time we have an orgasm."
Macy stared at her friend, a sense of outrage rising in her chest. "When you became a medical researcher, I thought you were going to discover cures for serious illnesses, not ruin my sex life."
Lauren, who, up until a few seconds ago, had been one of Macy's favorite people in the world, dismissed her concern with a shrug. "Knowledge is power."
Macy glanced around the Irish pub at the disappointing selection of single men. "Maybe that's what's wrong with all the men I've dated lately. Too much sex."
"Seriously," Lauren said. "It's all about biochemistry." She pushed some papers across the table. "Read the concluding paragraph."
Macy flipped through the pages of the study Lauren had just finished drafting until ... read full excerpt from: The Sex Quotient ebook
