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10.23.12Don’t Have Sex Ladies!It sometimes seems that no-one wants women to be having sex. From Christian demagogues to dating experts, women who have sex before marriage or ‘too soon’ are told that they are sinners or sluts. Now an article in the August issue of the Journal Of Marriage & Family found that women who wait at least six months before having sex with a partner have higher levels of relationship satisfaction. Six months! Of course if you put yourself through six months of self-imposed celibacy, especially if you had a lovely potential partner all lined up, you are more likely to be ...
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03.09.12Get your own bedIt used to be common years ago, but apparently one in ten couples who live together sleep in separate beds, with a fifth saying it leads to a better sex life. Unsurprisingly snoring was the most common reason why couples sleep apart, concluding that better sleep leads to a better sex life. Despite this, two thirds of those who sleep apart don’t want their friends to know.
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05.11.10Feminists are also better in bed!Despite their image as ugly man-haters, feminists are better lovers. Fact! A study published in the journal Sex Roles surveyed students and older adults. They found that students and older women who had male partners that considered themselves feminists had happier relationships and that men with female feminist partners were more sexually satisfied. Just letting you know... Read more here.
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05.11.10Vegetarians make better lovers!A friend sent me the link to this article claiming that vegetarians make better lovers. Hmmm.. he's a vegan, so obviously he'd think so! PETA has been promoting the idea for years and yes, veggies do taste better and are less likely to be obese, which means more energy and better sexual performance. Luckily I don't eat red meat. :-) Read the full article here.
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03.30.10Can Science Predict Love?A couple of weeks ago I took part in the Leviathan Science Cabaret discussing the science behind sex and attraction. I am not a scientist of course, so I was there to give a "real world" point of view. It's a pretty interesting discussion and here it is... [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/GI3NbovmS88" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
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02.22.10Leviathan Science Cabaret: Can Science Predict Love?Is love all just hormones? Perhaps its a culturally induced self-delusion? Next Friday, Leviathan (the people who brought you the Political Cabaret) are asking and trying to answer these questions. In a moment of self-deluded self-confidence I agreed to take part (public speaking, scary!). It should be a fun and informative evening though. You can read all about it here.
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02.22.10Quarter of British women don’t have sex!Yikes! According to a poll done by Sky Real Lives, 25% of UK women over 35 years old never have sex. The figure rises to 38% in Scotland. The same poll also found that almost all women suffer from violent mood swings during their period. I wonder how exactly these two findings are related... You can read the full story here. According to Toby Young (author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People) this is because men have become so feminized that they are not really men any more. Interesting, but I ain't buying it. Read his take here.
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02.02.10Would you use the ex’s sex toys?Oh how I laughed when I read this... Bossy is an Aussie agony aunt (alliteration!) who tells it like it is. Here she answers a man who can't understand why his new girlfriend is not keen on using his ex's sex toys, despite the fact that he washed them! Read the full story here. The comments are pretty funny. Yeuch! There is no way in hell I'd ever use another woman's vibrator. It'd be like wearing a stranger's underwear, but worse... Sharing sex toys is not a good idea in general. Even if you clean them, you can spread STIs ...
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01.26.10Sex and Food: Should you have sex across the dietary divide?Sex and food is a winning combination as far as I'm concerned. But things are a little more complicated than whether you prefer to eat sushi, chocolate or ice cream off your lover. The animal rights organisation, Peta, will tell you that vegetarians make better lovers because they have a healthier diet. It's claimed that vegetarians have more energy, smell better and that veggie blokes are less likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction because they don't have all that horrible animal fat clogging up their arteries. Vegetarians can be quite evangelical about food, but they are nothing compared to vegans. ...
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01.09.10Sex vs Housework: No contestPersonally, I’m of the school of thought that it’s better to lie on the couch than clean under it. But apparently housework may be good for your sex life. Research generally shows that men who help out with the chores get more sex (although of course it could be that sexually satisfied men are just more willing to wear the Marigolds.) According to new research from America, couples who find enough time to hold down full-time jobs and keep the gaff in sparkling order don’t have less time for sex because these folks are very organized and able to prioritise the ...