Sex as consolation

Cold-blooded and hard: “numbing the pain”

Break-ups are commonplace, but many broken hearts seek solace in quick sex. This is often at the expense of the new lover, who also has to act as therapist and comforter. Because the distraction of "consolation sex" is probably the quickest way to heal the pain of love.

It is not unusual for relationships to break up. It is also a truism that men deal with it differently than women. Three times as many men as women comfort themselves over their heartbreak with sex.