A sexy voice is a breathy one – a man’s or a woman’s. That’s where similarities end about what’s hot in a male or female voice. We find some voices sexy because they give us clues about the speaker’s looks, according to a British study.
Do thoughts of flabby abs or the size of your penis creep into your mind while you should be enjoying sex? Both men and women worry about their body in bed, like normal penis size a recent Portuguese study found, and this can seriously get in the way of good sex.
10-couple? One partner is shaped like a 1, the other like a 0. Saurabh is thin as a rail, Vandana's figure is... very full. Sure, they don’t fit the stereotype of a compatible couple. But the lovers say size doesn’t affect their sexual chemistry.
Hormones: they swing our moods, make us grow, get us ready for a fight – or a hot date. Testosterone bulks guys’ muscles and primes them for a punch-up. Estrogen keeps girls’ periods ticking over. Read more in our 20th Top Five Facts.
Wish you had your best friend’s breasts? Or were taller and thinner like your sister? More than 65 percent of Brazilian university students want to change something about their body, Brazilian researchers told the SLAMS conference on sexual medicine.
A man’s smell can play a crucial role in whether or not a woman finds him attractive, according to Dutch sex writer Marianne Ras. All the men she's ever wanted to have sex with smelled good to her, she says.
Will an hors-d'oeuvre of oysters set you up for a steamy night with your lover? Those who swear by aphrodisiacs claim they increase sexual desire, says José Luis Beiztegui of the Spanish Association of Sexologists.
