In the name of progress, researchers are forever discovering the reasons behind why we do the strange things we do. Here and updates and explanations of the newest science around sex.
The longer a man’s ring finger is compared to his index finger, the longer his penis is likely to be, a recent South Korean study found. A larger shoe size = a larger penis is a myth, but men’s hands may say more about their owners than we thought. What is normal penis size?
Women who feel confident and comfortable about their vaginas have more sex and get more head, according to a US study. But vaginal self-confidence isn’t only about pleasure, it could just save your life.
More than a quarter of men surveyed in two recent studies have faked an orgasm at least once. We assume it’s virtually impossible for men to fake orgasms, but in the survey by University of Kansas, 78 percent said they acted out an orgasm.
Women want sex less and less as a relationship goes on, while men stay as horny as ever. It’s fact, not just cliché. You can work out exactly how much a woman will want sex just by looking at the length of her relationship, say researchers.
All kinds of people all over the world make mistakes with condoms, a new international study found. Researchers compared 50 studies on common condom blunders like using wrong condom size, putting it on inside out, unrolling it first, or not pinching the tip.
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.
Couples that aren't too shy to talk about sex feel better about their relationships and closer to each other, a recent study found. And yet married men and women don’t talk about sex all that often.
Penis enlargement methods are nearly all a waste of time and money. Whether pumps, pulleys, prosthetics or pills, so-called penis enlargement techniques don’t work and can potentially damage the penis.
Twenty percent of healthy young men have used Viagra or a similar drug, a recent Argentinean study found. And not because they have erection problems, but to boost their sexual performance – despite the serious health risks.
A growing number of women in urban India are discovering that their ovaries aren't working properly. They’ve got polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Gynaecologist Dr Kanthi Bansal says 60% of the women patients at her fertility clinic have PCOS.
“When I’m tickled, I get an erection. Am I normal?” The question came from a visitor to Love Matters’ Latin American website, Hablemos de Amor. Intrigued, we set out to discover more about the psychology of erotic tickling.
Men with deep, sexy voices have less sperm in their semen, an Australian study found. Women find guys with deep voices more attractive. So is a deep voice nature’s advert for top-quality sperm? Does anything increases the sperm count? Turns out the opposite is true.
