This Increases A Woman’s Ability To Get Sexually Aroused
ercise. Via Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex: Along these same lines, exercise has been shown to improve a woman’s ability to get aroused. Which makes sense: Exercise makes the body more efficient at body more efficient at pumping blood. “So when you get into a sexual situation,” says Cindy Meston, who ran the study, “the response is both quicker and more intense.” (Though it’s also possible, Meston allows, that women in better shape simply feel less self-conscious.…
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Here’s Why Short Women Are More Sexually Satisfied
e distance between clitoris and vagina predicts which women will orgasm during intercourse. A shorter span is better. This distance is often greater in taller women. Via Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex: The vaginal-clitoral distances, he said, turned out to perfectly predict which women would have orgasms in intercourse and which wouldn’t. How much distance? They have a catchy explanatory phrase: "If the distance is less than the width of your thumb, you are likely to come.”…
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10 Secrets You Need To Know About Sexual Satisfaction, Backed By Research
re's a list of scientific factors associated with sexual satisfaction. Birth control pills make women more likely to pick men who satisfy them less sexually but make them more satisfied with their relationships. What women look for in one night stands and long term relationships is very different. Age difference has a big effect on how sexually satisfied husbands and wives are. Here's a list of what keeps men and women sexually satisfied over time. Here's one you probably knew…
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Do red clothes mean sex?
a The Huffington Post: In a previous study, scientists showed that men seem to be more attracted to women clothed in red rather than in a blah color such as white. That's regardless of the cut, he adds. "It doesn't have to be a red dress or a sexy outfit," he says. "It can be a red T-shirt." To understand why, Pazda and his colleagues conducted a simple experiment. They showed 25 men a photo of a single woman doctored…
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Do gentlemen prefer blondes?
d Saad has an interesting review of research showing that, yes, men are more likely to approach blondes. The study sought to "determine whether the same woman would be differentially approached by men at one of three nightclubs as a function of whether she was a brunette, blonde, or redhead (hair color was manipulated using dye)". The results? Blonde Brunette Redhead Nightclub 1 26 …
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Is a touch on the arm all it takes to make you persuasive?
light touch on the arm dramatically increases compliance with all manner of requests, from asking for money to getting a woman's phone number. Via Richard Wiseman's excellent book 59 Seconds: Change Your Life in Under a Minute: A large number of studies has shown that touching someone the upper arm for just a second or two can have a surprisingly significant effect on how much help they then provide. In one experiment American researchers approached people in the street and…
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This Is What Keeps Men And Women Sexually Satisfied
searchers surveyed 1000 couples in 5 countries looking at sexual satisfaction in relationships 1-51 years in length. Some interesting points: Men were more sexually satisfied with with their relationship when they had frequent recent sex and fewer lifetime sexual partners: "Lifetime number of sexual partners was a significant predictor of sexual but not relationship satisfaction, and this only for men. Men reported more lifetime sexual partners than women (M = 11.9 vs. 4.9). More sexual partners predicted less sexual satisfaction.…
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These Are The Factors Associated With Sexual Satisfaction
at was associated with sexual satisfaction? young age a sexually unreserved and a nonreligious childhood home early start of sexual life high education sexual assertiveness considering sexuality important in life reciprocal feeling of love use of sex materials frequent intercourse many-sided (versatile) sexual technique frequent orgasm Also interesting: women who started having sex at younger ages enjoyed it more. (Hat tip: Andy McKenzie): Comparisons of nationally representative survey data of the population ages 18–54 years in 1971 (N = 2252)…
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