Really now?! That's why women supposedly love when man calls them "babies."

"Babe", "Baby", "Baby Girl"? In German-speaking countries, "baby" variations are not as popular names for the partner as they are in English-speaking countries, but the nickname known from "Dirty Dancing" is not unpopular with us either. Especially during sex, many women for their partner apparently the "baby": According to a survey of over 1000 adults, it is the most commonly used nickname in bed. Since you can ask, why?

How pet names make us happy

That nicknames are usually the expression of harmonious partnerships, we know mainly from psychological surveys, investigations and observations. The sweet names signal and create familiarity, proximity, exclusivity? no wonder, then, that most happy couples you ask use nicknames (Schnucki principle). In addition, neurological examinations provide yet another insight: Pet names themselves make us happy!

Whenever we hear words with which we associate something positive, our brains jump on it. It gives our body the order to multiply oxytocin to produce, a messenger substance that makes us happy and gives a feeling of security. (Incidentally, even when falling in love, we are under the influence of an increased oxytocin level and therefore focus on the one person to whom we owe the butterflies in the stomach.) Call our Schnucki us "honey", "sweety", " Mausi "or" Hase ", the oxytocin bubbles? and we feel good, secure and especially close to Schnucki. And baby is exactly the same!

Special case baby

What is particularly clear in the case of Baby: The "You are weak---I-protect-you"Role." Babies are innocent, helpless and vulnerablein which a baby does not raise a protector instinct, probably has none. In that sense, a self-confident, independent woman could feel theoretically attacked when her partner calls her baby. But if one believes, for example, the above-mentioned questioning? least of all (of the partnerships that use baby as a pet name, 87 percent say they are happy)!

What do we conclude from this? In one relationship, it seems most important to the other that us Caring and security signaled as a respectful "you can do it, I admire you"? otherwise names like "Wonder Woman" or "Mama" (as a strong female role) would be more common. But before we classify this as "weak" or "typical woman": There are enough men who like to call themselves "baby" or "babe" by their partner ...