Old age is apparently not preventing US citizens from enjoying active sex lives, researchers there say. In a survey of 3,005 people aged 57 to 85, a significant number said they were sexually active into their 70s and 80s. Health problems or lack of a partner, rather than lack of desire, were listed as the [...]
After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate for mostly the same motivations. It’s more about lust in the body than a love connection in the heart. College-aged men and women agree on their top reasons for having sex — they [...]
He may have come down from the trees, but prehistoric man did not stop swinging. New research into Stone Age humans has argued that, far from having intercourse simply to reproduce, they had sex for fun. Practices ranging from bondage to group sex, transvestism and the use of sex toys were widespread in primitive societies [...]
IT has long been said that women value personality in a man over penis size – and research published today suggests this is true. But blokes can still go nuts over the issue of quantity versus quality, it seems. While men agonise over the length and girth of their member, women are more interested in [...]
JAIL inmates in South Australia will be barred from obtaining medication for erectile dysfunction under a state government crackdown. Correctional Services Minister Carmel Zollo today said she would introduce legislation in parliament this week to stop unauthorised transactions between prisoners and staff. The action comes after one of South Australia’s most notorious sex killers, Bevan [...]
*Irresistible for some?* A man is suing his former employer for $5m after being fired for visiting “adult” internet chat rooms while at work. James Pacenza claims he suffers from “sex addiction”, and that his bosses should have shown him sympathy, rather than the door. But is sexual addiction a genuine psychological condition, or just [...]
Tell tale brain activity in a fake orgasm A simple brain scan can spot whether a woman is faking an orgasm or not, a major fertility conference has heard. Researchers found that when a woman is faking, a part of the brain under conscious control lights up, while real orgasms occur subconsciously. The University of [...]
Why women who don’t use condoms feel happier. The finding that women who do not use condoms during sex are less depressed and less likely to attempt suicide than are women who have sex with condoms and women who are not sexually active, leads one researcher to conclude that semen contains powerful-and potentially addictive-mood-altering chemicals. [...]
Body builders and gym buffs, look away now. It appears that the opposite sex is much more interested in your face than your bulging biceps or elegant figure, especially if you’re a man. At least that’s the upshot of the first study to assess how much faces and bodies contribute to someone’s overall attractiveness.
