3. Making him grovel is sexy.
Anne Marie says she was ready to end her relationship after a huge brawl. “When he came over, he was soft-spoken and apologetic; it was such a turn on. I liked leading him on to see how far he was willing to go for absolute forgiveness, and it became very sexual,” she confesses.

4. For once, you can be a tiger in the bedroom.
While many men won’t admit it, they love to be bullied in the bedroom. “Makeup sex gives women the opportunity to be really aggressive sexually, which is a nice escape for those people who aren’t that way in their ‘everyday’ sex life,” says Logan Levkoff, a New York-based sexologist.

5. Adrenaline in your body causes the same reaction in your brain as sexual arousal.
“A fight often releases chemicals in the brain, and these can cause a ‘high,’” explains Joshua Estrin, a Ft. Lauderdale. Fla.-based psychotherapist, life coach and author of Shut Up! and Listen to Yourself. “Sex releases similar chemicals, and one of nature’s greatest gifts is an orgasm—it’s 100% legal and fat-free.”