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Common Sex Myths in India

India is one of the most populous countries in the world not so much that, it is also the home of many religions leading to an array of beliefs and principles. Certainly there will be myths and stories touching the very private sex act. And it is fairly important for these myths to be explained out so that the couples in India need not worry about them anymore.

Myth #1 Men love sex more than women.
Ask ten women and you’ll prove this isn’t true. Women like to have sex whatever men do. It’s just that women are regarded to be the more conservative party in India. So the next point you want to have sex, don’t inquire your partner. Just do it. More often than not, she needs you to touch her and simply can’t be vocal about it.

Myth #2 Women hate porn.
Wrong. While half of India’s women population would rather do love-making in a bed lined with roses, some are keen to watch a porn flick or two prior to the act to get them going. Some women even want to watch it down with their partner. It’s just that they don’t want to provide even a suggestion of it.

Myth #3 the bigger, the better.
It is the most common myth believed by a lot of people in the world, not only in India. Many women feel that if their partner is completely endowed, they’ll have better sex. The fact is that vagina has sensory nerves of only about 4 centimeters from the outside. So if your partner is an amazing 12-inch gigolo, you indeed have no use for the other 8-inch that goes deeper. So why trouble with all of it?

City Women Take the Initiative to Tackle Impotence

An increasing number of women in the city are openly tackling their partner’s sexual problems. My experience says that as many as 40% to 50% of men with sexual problems are brought in by their female partners, who do most of the chatting too.

For an important number of these women, it’s the last effort at making their marriages work before they seek divorce on grounds of impotence.

Almost 70% of my patients are accompanied by their female partners. Most of the relax have their partners sitting outside. The women are totally at ease talking about their partner’s problems while the men may look here and there and act cagey.

The phenomenon is no longer limited to the bonzer. The trend seems to have caught on with the masses too.

Earlier, we would see some women from the bonzer class bringing in their husbands for treatment of erectile dysfunction(ED), but now find women from middle class and even from the poorer sections doing that.

This trend started around 4-5 years back. Since then, the numbers have grown manifold.

But I believe that it is a matter which is related to couple’s sex life and specially with men, their ego, heart and their overall health and they should come in front on their own, instead their female partners persist them to do so, there is nothing to be shy about. If you are facing any sex connected problems, you should get the treatment as early as possible so that you can keep you and your partner happy and your relationship bond stronger.

Can Too Much Salt Put A Dampener On Your Sex Life?

We all know how eating too much salt can harm our health, especially for men. It is one of the main reasons for high blood pressure, which is a killer. We in India are particularly fond of salt in not only our main meals but also in our snacks. The emergence of processed foods (which has a high quantity of salt) has also added more salt than required to our daily diet.

Now research is showing that consuming higher than normal quantities of salt can be harmful for men’s sexual health too. The relationship between high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction is well documented, and according to this perusal done in Australia, higher than General intake of salt causes high blood pressure which in-turn is causing sexual problems for men.

Now you have even more incentive to cut down your daily intake of salt. This will not only benefit your common health by reducing the risk of strokes and heart failure but also your sexual health.

Can Oral Sex Be More RiskyThan Smoking For Men?

That human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus that infects the sexual organs of both genders and can cause cervical cancer is a well documented scientific fact, but what is not so well known, and is cause for major concern, is that recently there has been a sharp rise in cases where HPV is linked to throat tumors that are cancerous especially in men.

Cancers like that of the throat or the neck are normally caused by long term smoking and drinking (usually after exposure of 20 years or more). But now younger people, mostly men are increasingly testing positive for HPV caused cancers resulting from sexual exposure.

The fact is that almost 72% of throat tumors cases that were studied (till 2004) by the researchers of Journal of medical Oncology, were linked to HPV. That is a jump of 56% from data collected 20 years earlier.

The problem is that there is no treatment for the HPV germ itself, just treatments for the diseases that it causes (cervical cancer, genital warts and now increasingly larynx cancer). There are vaccines available to help battle the virus and can be effective against oral cancer as well.

So this makes regular STD screening for youngsters even more vital, especially those who are sexually active with numerous partners. Refraining from oral and anal sex is another option, which may more hard because it has become a part of mainstream thinking.

Can Bad Gums Cause Erectile Dysfunction?

A new study done in China claims that inflamed gums may be linked to erectile dysfunction. The study was done on rats, and it showed that periodontitis (inflammation of gums) reduced the erectile function in the tested rats.
The study has caused some controversy as some researchers believe that dentist and other medical professionals should become aware of this study so that they can help improve the sexual function in men who suffer from periodontitis; while some other medical professionals are not convinced that there is any relation between bad gums and erectile dysfunction.

What this study does is to indicate that inflammation may have a link with decreased erectile function.  I think a lot more research needs to be done to reach a definitive conclusion regarding the link between erectile dysfunction and bad gums.

Meanwhile it is always good to have your oral health in good condition anyways. So visit your dentist regularly and maintain good oral hygiene. As scarred and fissured gums and bad breath will certainly not help your partner enjoys physical intimacy with you.