sex etc

Was reading this today and it made my eyebrow raise.

1. More housework, less sex?

Egalitarianism in household chores may not lead to scorching hot action in the sack, according to research published in February in the journal American Sociological Review. The study researchers found that men who did "feminine" chores such as cooking and washing had less sex than those who did not.

The research was correlational, so chores may not be a direct turnoff, but egalitarian relationships may be less spicy, the researchers said. However, research does show that people in equal partnerships are happier. [Busted! 6 Gender Myths in the Bedroom & Beyond]

I used to be married to someone who didn’t help in the house at all. He would just bum around if not waching dvd. Or porn. Yes. Maybe that’s about it. Abnormal enough to just be interested in watching porn but not want to do it with his own wife. Anyway, I left him for another man. Who I think will not deprive me of anything.

4. Sex for headache relief

"Honey, I have a headache" may be more of a come-on than an excuse, at least if a study published in March in the journal Cephalalgia is to be believed. According to the study, about a third of migraine sufferers get relief from getting busy.

It's not clear why sex would relieve some migraines, but endorphins released by the brain during sex may explain the soothing effect, the researchers said.

Much has been said about it, but still, for me as a woman, having migraine doesn’t give me so much encouragement to have sex at all. It is like a punishment. For me that is not fair to be expected to have sex even if I already complained of a migraine.

5. Bats have oral sex

Humans aren't the only species to get sexually creative. A bat species called Indian flying foxes (Pteropus giganteus) does, too. Male flying foxes perform oral sex on females before penetration, researchers reported in March 2013 in the journal PLOS ONE. The oral sex seems to prolong the sexual encounter, the researchers said, perhaps increasing the chances of conception. The male bats may also be removing competitors' sperm from the females' vaginas, they added.

This one is really amazing. Good for these females bats lol

6. Hookup culture isn't so wild

Popular media often portrays modern college students as hopping from bed to bed in a series of casual sexual relationships. But "hookup culture" is overblown, according to research presented in August 2013 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

Researchers compared responses from national representative surveys of 18- to 25-year-olds taken in 2002-2010 and in 1988-1996. They found that in both groups, about 31 percent said they'd had one sexual partner in the last year. Only half reported having more than two sexual partners after age 18. In other words, college kids don't appear to be getting more promiscuous.

Well, it’s good news enough. Very encouraging to hear. I have great fear of FB these days, how it can easily spread evil in the world.

7. Sex as exercise?

Those college kids could be missing out on some moderate caloric burning, according to research published in October 2013 in the journal PLOS ONE. The study used wearable fitness monitors to track couples as they had sex in the course of their everyday lives. It found that sex burns an average of 4.2 caloriesa minute for men and 3.1 calories a minute for women. [Sexy Tech: 6 Apps That May Stimulate Your Sex Life]

That's better than a walk, but not as good as a jog. While sex may not be the most efficient exercise for weight loss, the authors noted that at moderate intensity, it could count as part of someone's daily workout.

Of course it can! The last time I have done it with someone, we did it for an hour straight, without stopping. It was exhausting enough to make me sweat like a horse and I felt this kind of fatigue I usually feel when I am having my workout.

8. Hookups don't lead to orgasm for women

Casual "hookup" sex is anticlimactic for women much of the time, according to a November study of 600 college students. Hookup sex was half as likely to lead to an orgasm as sex within a relationship for women, the researchers found. Relationships may be more orgasm-friendly for women, because her partner learns what she likes and cares about her needs, the researchers suggest.

In other climax news, orgasms may start in the foot. A 55-year-old woman whose experience was reported this year in the Journal of Sexual Medicine said the sensation started in her left foot, traveled up her leg to her vagina, causing what felt just like an orgasm achieved during sex.

True. I guess vibrators can help for quickies.

9. How hormones influence sex

The hormonal influences on the female sex drive are tough to uncover, partially because many women in relationships may have sex when they're not necessarily "in the mood." But for a study published in October 2013 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, researchers took a hard look at how the hormones associated with ovulation influence sex drive. It turns out that single women have more sex around ovulation, suggesting this window of fertility may nudge women toward sex. However, women in relationships were less influenced by biology, the study found.

Too bad for those undergoing hormonal imbalance L 

10. Male birth control blocks sperm

The search for effective and safe male birth control beyond condoms continued in 2013, with a promising rodent study suggesting there may be hope for manly contraception. The method uses a combination of drugs that allow sperm to be produced as usual, but prevent that sperm from traveling through the vas deferens and out of the urethra during ejaculation.

The road from rodent studies to human drug trials is long, but researchers are hopeful, they wrote in December in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — though there is one catch.

"A lack of ejaculate has the potential to be disconcerting," the researchers wrote in their study.

Male birth control. The first time I heard of this. And it amazes me no end. As a women I am delighted to hear. It’s about time men share part of the woes.