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Scientists: Why penis size does matter
Women prefer big penises, thunders a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, or PNAS. (Say it out loud.) Researchers had 105 women rate computer-generated nude images of male bodies on a scale of 1 to 7.
“As you increase penis size, the amount of attractiveness scores gets bigger,” said post-doctoral researcher Brian Mautz.
Since early humans didn’t wear clothes, male penises were obvious to women. So if women chose their mates based on the size of their genitalia, it’s possible that these decisions influenced the evolution of bigger penises, according to National Geographic.
Oh. Thank goodness for clothes, then. And having a face.
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“She should have called the culprits brothers and begged before them to stop … This could have saved her dignity and life. Can one hand clap? I don’t think so.”
Self-described Indian “spiritual guru” Asaram Bapu told his followers that “guilt is not one-sided” in the case of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh Pandey who was brutally gang raped on a bus last month. She later died from her injuries.
Unfortunately, Bapu is not alone in his mindset. Here, 6 examples of politicians blaming the victim.
Photo: AP/Saurabh Das
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Advice to live by: “Condoms can reduce the spread of STDs, but ain’t no prophylactic can staunch the spread of lies.”
Our new advice columnist, Starshine Roshell, is kicking things off today at TheWeek.com. Her first (really tough) question: How do I tell my crush I have herpes?
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Sex sells. And with many magazines struggling to compete with digital demands, some publishers have become more reliant on risqué cover art that might garner buzz and buyers. The latest subversive attempt comes from Conde Nast’s Vogue Hommes International, which features model Stephanie Seymour being choked and fondled by a rapturous Marlon Teixeira.
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I had constant orgasms for four days… I thought I was going mad. Other women wonder how to have an orgasm — I wonder how to stop mine.
—Doctors diagnosed Kim Ramsey, 44, with Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder, or PGAD. Ramsey, a nurse and recent U.K. transplant, reports that even the tiniest movement can bring her to climax — and it’s not nearly as enjoyable as it sounds.
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Prenuptial boudoir photos are so… two weeks ago — the new hot trend in wedding photography, according to the New York Daily News, is “sexy” photos taken of the happy couple on the morning after their wedding night.
For these morning-after photo shoots, the wedding photographer comes into the pair’s home, honeymoon suite, or wherever they spent their first night together as a married couple to capture the rumpled, unmade bed, and the bride and groom in various stages of intimacy and undress.
Morning-after photos: The latest sexy wedding trend
Photo: Brooke Fasani/CORBIS
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A new study by researchers at SUNY Albany claims to have identified an unexpected weapon against depression: Unprotected sex.
Apparently, semen is rich in chemicals that help increase a partner’s happiness, mood, and even quality of sleep. But before you gloomily toss those problematic condoms in the trash, there are a few things you should know.
(Source: theweek.com)
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A new trend in wedding photos has arrived: The boudoir photography session
The word boudoir dates back to the Victorian era when it referred to a lady’s private rooms, which she used for dressing or bathing. By extension, boudoir photography describes shots that capture a woman simulating such private activities.
The photos show women in lingerie, or without lingerie, posing coyly or provocatively. Brides, who represent the bulk of boudoir clients, “often bring veils, garters, and wedding night lingerie, but their future spouses’ favorite sports jerseys or work shirts are also popular,” says Ruiz at The Daily.
Regrettable fad, or empowering form of body art?
(Source: theweek.com)
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I’ve seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty.
— Hope Solo, goalkeeper for the U.S. women’s soccer team, estimates that 70 to 75 percent of Olympians are hooking up in the Olympic Village. -
A big sore point in the Catholic Church’s high-profile pushback against the Obama administration making most employers’ health insurance plans provide copay-free birth control is the idea that Catholic hospitals, universities, and charities will be forced to support (directly or indirectly) “abortifacients” or “abortion-inducing drugs” — which refers to the morning-after pill, primarily Plan B.
But anti-abortion advocates are wrong about what the morning-after pill does — as are abortion-rights proponents, the National Institutes of Health, the Mayo Clinic, and Plan B’s label — according to a new examination of the research by The New York Times.
So what, in fact, does the morning-after pill do? And can science neuter the controversy surrounding Plan B?
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Yogurt: The secret to male sexual prowess
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were using mice to study how eating yogurt affects weight gain when they noticed something strange.
“You know when someone’s at the top of their game, and they carry themselves differently?” explained one researcher. “Well, imagine that in a mouse.”
Not only were yogurt-fed rodents noticeably slimmer than their peers, but the males exhibited a distinct sexual “swagger,” complete with shinier fur and more pronounced… features
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Coming soon: robotic prostitutes. A new scientific paper suggests that by 2050, many bordellos and brothels will have replaced human prostitutes with lifelike robots
Beyond being tireless and disease-free, researches hope that commercial sex robots would actually reduce the trafficking of real people. Human trafficking continues to plague every region of the globe, with conservative estimates putting the victim count at 2.5 million, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
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Introducing the divorce expo. It’s like a wedding expo — only instead of vendors selling wedding dresses and bouquets, life coaches, financial planners, family counselors, and even hairstylists are on hand to help “new divorcees field the brave, new life of singledom,” says Erica Ho at TIME.
Attendees can also get tips on dating and sex, which could be especially valuable “if you’ve been with the same person for five, 10, or 20 years,” says Cindy Perman at CNBC. “Your waistline is different now, your hairline is different, your dating pool is different — and dating is different.”
