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Busted! The Myth about Men & How Much They Think About Sex

So who would have thought that Men don’t always have sex on their minds? The notion that men only have sex on their minds just got busted according to a new study done by psychologists at Ohio State University in the U.S.

The researchers found that contrary to the long held beliefs like the urban legend that men think about sex every seven seconds, they found that men think about things like food & sleep more than they do about sex.

Though the researchers only used college students for their study & that too in small numbers (163 women & 120 men), the findings give an interesting insight into the thinking behaviors & patterns of both the sexes.

They found that; that on average, men thought about sex around once per waking hour & the women once per every two waking hours. Men also thought as much about food, sleep & other health related things.

Studies like these are bound to break the general stereotypes which we generally associate with gender & their sexual thinking & behavior.

Smoking Marijuana May Cause Impotence

It is the sad reality of our times that the use of recreational or the so called soft drugs is on the rise in India. Marijuana is one of the most common, popular & unfortunately easily accessible of these drugs, now beside the known side effects associated with marijuana like disruption of linear memory. Paranoia, anxiety, loss of motor control etc, recent research has shown that long term & excessive use of marijuana may lead to erectile dysfunction or impotence in men.

The disquisition conducted by a team from the University of Ottawa & Queen’s University in Canada has found that long term users of cannabis doubled their chances of suffering from erectile dysfunction than non users.

There is a need for further clinical studies to substantiate this finding but if you smoke marijuana or are thinking of experimenting with the drug, do you really think it is worth the risk of losing your erection & leading an unhappy sex life?

Smoking Can Kill Your Love Life

The damage which smoking can cause to your health is well documented & besides the graphic warnings about lung cancer & other pulmonary & heart problems that it can cause, there is another not so well known problem that smoking cigarettes can create, & that is to trigger erectile dysfunction.

More & more studies are showing that men who smoke have a much higher risk of having sexual problems than those who don’t. The trouble has been that young men who smoke think that they are not going to face this problem as they feel they are doing alright when it comes to performing in bed. What they don’t appreciate is that erectile dysfunction will manifest itself more & more as they age & keep smoking.

The good news is that if they quit smoking early, it will not only improve their odds of living longer but also improve their sex life as their level of arousal & erection will go up. & remember that even if you are not suffering from erectile dysfunction yet, if you quit smoking you will lower your chances of suffering from this problem later on in life as long time smokers are 2 times more likely to suffer from impotence than non smokers.

Hopefully this piece of information will stimulate smokers to quit & lead a healthier life in general & improve their sex life as well because smoker’s breath is the least of their concerns when it comes to intimacy.

Sexting-: New Social Problem of the Urban Youth in India

Sexting or sharing of sexual images via a mobile phone is becoming increasingly common in India. This “phenomenon” has been growing steadfastly in recent years because of the easy availability & low cost of ever faster smart phones. This coupled with the low price of Internet for mobiles has become the catalyst for this particular problem.

Sexting is especially popular among stripling as they are much more tech savvy than any other demographic in the country & this problem is not only in India but also in the rest of the world as proven by this study done in Australia

The main reason for the emergence & the increasing frequency for sexting is peer pressure, which teenagers are most vulnerable to. This need to be recognized among their friends & to be seen as “cool” clouds their better judgment.

This has been highlighted by the recent spate of scandalous MMS’s & morphed photos involving school going youngsters, which has negatively impacted not merely the victims involved but their families & our society in general. The victims have little legal remedy available to them & the stigma attached makes them unwilling to come forward & report these incidents.

This is where the government & the media need to play an important & active part in creating awareness & to discourage this activity, the government needs to implement stricter laws & punishment for the perpetrators & put more resources in the cybercrime department as tracking the originators of morphed photos is very hard once they come into flow. The media on the other hand needs to highlight this problem without sensationalizing it & protecting the victim’s identity.

Educating & informing the children in schools & by parents will also play an important role in reducing this problem because banning mobile phones is no longer an option in today’s day & age.

This is a problem which needs to be nipped in the bud as soon as possible as the implications of this behavior can have an adverse impact on our youngsters long into the future.

Do leave your thoughts & comments below to let your fellow readers know what you think about this problem & how we can work together as a society to combat it.

Sedentary Life Style? Welcome to Sex Problems with Open Arms

Modern lifestyle has led to a sedentary lifestyle, which has already made way for numerous health problems. While problems like cervical, back & neck pain, diabetes, blood pressure, cancer, sex problems are also on a continual rise due to this lethargic way of living.

The sedentary lifestyle that most young couples live has restricted their physical movement to almost nil & thus making them so sluggish that they just don’t feel like performing the sexual act with much enthusiasm. As an outcome, they can suffer from sex problems like erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.

The main reason behind this sedentary lifestyle & subsequent sex problems is the working conditions. Young professionals generally spend most of their hours at workplace either sitting or doing least amount of legwork.

Here are some easy clues to let you know if you are also a victim of this sedentary lifestyle. Take a note of these & make sure you do not let them hinder your sexual pleasure.

1. Seating stress: If you continue to sit in one posture throughout the day, you end up taking undue tension on your back. Either your back location is too erect or it bends a little too much. This may place you at a danger of having some spine troubles, which would additional cause sex problems. As spine muscles are used to a large level while having sex, such a lifestyle would never permit you to enjoy an interrupted pleasure. Those who suffer from such spinal & back problems would, in most cases, finish up getting up in between the sexual act & hence leaving their partner unsatisfied in bed.

2. Exercise exertion: It’s believed that walking few minutes & leading an active lifestyle & exercising our pelvic muscles is beneficial for sex. Lack of this exercise may lead to sexual problems like infertility or impotency. It has been medically proven that there has to be a proper exercise routine not only for your body but for your sexual organs too

3. Thinking tension: With continuous concentration on your work & other career connected anxieties, this will lead to your sexual senses failing to get aroused easily & thus you may not feel emotionally & physically attached to your partner. Also, when you cannot focus on your sexual performance, sex problem like erectile dysfunction (not getting proper erection) is sure to harm you.

4. Physical pressure: As you remain deskbound & do not get involved in much of moving, your lower body, especially legs become very slothful & you would find it tough taking any pressure while performing sex as well. In such cases, you fail to test much with sex positions, as you cannot move your leg liberally fearing some pain or strain & thus sexual problems like premature ejaculation can ruin your sexual performance. Due to this sedentary lifestyle, you remain sitting on the lead most of the hours during the day & this leads to a low physical stamina, which shows its aversive effects while you are performing sex.

5. Weight woes: Weight gain is the foremost consequence of living a sedentary lifestyle. As you remain inactive for more than necessary time, you tend to put on extra weight & even become obese in extreme cases. Under such circumstances, you are more flat to developing sex problems & .an overweight person anyways also finds it uncomfortable to perform in bed with ease. Imagine with your weight troubling you previously, you would never want to bear which additional weight of your partner, so your sexual connection can go for a toss.

6. Bad blood circulation: Do not forget that more you walk & get yourself involved in physical actions, better would be your blood flow in the body. But as current individuals have to cope up with their professional & academic preferences, they get very less time to focus on any outdoor activities & they don’t indulge much in legwork. There is a lack of blood circulation in the entire body. Even the blood which is circulated to the sex organs is not good, hence chances are high that you face problems while erection or intercourse.

7. Cardiac crisis: Lack of physical stamina leads to lack of blood circulation, which more leads to cardiac problems & they, can in turn make way for several sex problems & vice versa. So this is a vicious cycle & the ignition point for all these problems is your lifestyle, which is less of moving & more sedentary. Also, you frequently fail to understand the reasons behind sudden heart problems, minor heart attacks & chest pains but it’s important that you should know that it’s your sluggish lifestyle which maybe leading to all these cardiac problems.

Therefore, I suggest you immediately change your lifestyle pattern & incorporate a regime of exercise in your daily life & reap the benefits not only in your day to day life but energize your sexual energy too.

Scientists Discover a Sexual Disease obstructive To Drugs

A new strain of gonorrhoea discovered in Japan has been found by Swedish scientists to be resistant to antibiotics & already changes have had to be made to the type of antibiotic & dosage that is required to combat it. This is a troubling detection as this strain could snowball into epidemic proportions. Gonorrhoea is a general sexual transmitted disease which is normally easily treatable with cephalosporins (antibiotic) but this new strain could change all that.

It is now more important than ever to use condoms during sex & to get yourself examined for STD’s if you have indulged in insecure sex. Young adults have the highest rate of infection for gonorrhoea & they need to be aware of this new development & should take appropriate precautions.

Gonorrhoea is a STD which can cause infertility in both sexes & can be life threatening if left untreated. Hopefully pharmaceutical companies & governments will pour in funds for researching alternative treatment for this mutated strain & start spreading more awareness to stop this disease from becoming something that may haunt our society for years to come.