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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Health
Christian Nogot Puno

Why Do Planes Make People Horny? What Sex Experts Say After Zara Larsson Admits Flights Leave Her Aroused

Zara Larsson told her fans that women speaking frankly about what they desire is feminist because it can help reduce shame (Credit: Jr. Smith IV / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 cropped)

Swedish pop star Zara Larsson asked her fans on Instagram why flying leaves her feeling aroused. Sex experts have offered three likely reasons planes make people horny: engine vibration, sleepiness that lowers inhibitions, and a break from daily life. In past interviews, the experts stopped short of calling any of them a proven cause.

Larsson said going public with the thought felt feminist. Women have sexual thoughts too, she argued, and openness can ease the stigma around female sexuality. IBTimes UK covered her story on Wednesday 23 September. In 2015, aged 17, she ran a condom stunt aimed at men who claim to be too big for one.

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