There's a reason strippers don't just stride out on stage buck naked then just stand there eating a banana or something. Clothes, (and/or other sexy accessories we're wearing at the time), and how we remove them, make sex hotter. It's part of the tease and the build-up that can make sex really memorable instead of just another toss. Each new body part revealed seems like a revelation, a prize somehow.
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And remember how hot it was when you first met someone and you were making out forever, fully clothed and just sort of desperately pressing and rubbing against each other? You can still do that. You can use clothes for tactile play, dragging a silky slip across their chest. And having just enough clothes off to get body parts to where they want to be makes sex feel spontaneous, like, we must do this NOW.
It's a major turn-on to know your partner isn't wearing panties under their skirt. After they tell you this information, you'll probably want to proceed to the bedroom—or if you can't wait, unzip your pants and do it on the floor. Don't even take anything else off.
A version of this article appeared on Cosmopolitan
