{"id":2007,"date":"2017-04-04T04:56:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T10:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2017-04-04T04:56:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T10:26:20","slug":"why-believing-in-sexual-compatibility-can-be-bad-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/why-believing-in-sexual-compatibility-can-be-bad-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Believing In Sexual Compatibility Can Be Bad For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Couple-Communication.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"couple having an intimate discussion\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Couple-Communication.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Couple-Communication.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Is sexual compatibility something you work on? Or is something two people either have or don&#8217;t have?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a commonly held belief that sexual chemistry is something that simply &#8220;clicks&#8221; \u00a0and that If you don&#8217;t have it&#8230;don&#8217;t try to force it.<\/p>\n<p>Psychologists have coined this as &#8220;sexual destiny beliefs&#8221; and there are studies that say this kind of thinking might be ruining your sex life.<\/p>\n<p>Partners who believe in sexual destiny were less likely to work on improving sexual relations with their partner, less open to trying new things with a &#8220;non-compatible&#8221; partner, and less satisfied with sex overall.<\/p>\n<p>Those who adopted a growth mindset, on the other hand, were more likely to compromise and try new things, leading to overall increased sexual satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-truth-about-exercise-addiction\/201703\/belief-in-sexual-compatibility-can-sour-your-sex-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Believing in Sexual Compatibility Can Sour Your Sex Life<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is sexual compatibility something you work on? Or is something two people either have or don&#8217;t have? There&#8217;s a commonly held belief that sexual chemistry is something that simply &#8220;clicks&#8221; \u00a0and that If you don&#8217;t have it&#8230;don&#8217;t try to force it. Psychologists have coined this as &#8220;sexual destiny beliefs&#8221; and there are studies that say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sex-tips","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}