Largest Survey of American Sexual Behaviors Offers Snapshot of 21st Century American Sex

the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB). Conducted by a team of researchers at The Center for Sexual Health Promotion based at Indiana University, with funding from Church & Dwight (the company that brings us, among other household products, Trojan condoms), the NSSHB represents the largest nationally representative survey of sexual behaviors conducted in the U.S. since 1994, and in many ways a significant leap in sophistication and specificity in terms of what we mean when we talk about sex.

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The Masturbation Gap | Psychology Today

The discrepancy with regard to masturbation is doubly problematic because masturbation, it turns out, is a particularly important predictor of sexual health and happiness for women, more so then for men. One of the best predictors of whether a woman will be able to achieve orgasm in her sexual relations is a history of masturbation in adolescence.

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Men get less than three hours of orgasm

Clearly another clueless sex researcher. Don’t these guys know about multi-orgasmic masturbators and edging?

China Press reported that a man’s orgasm – the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitement – is an average of less than three hours throughout his lifetime.

The daily quoted Singapore Gleneagles Hospital gynaecologist Dr Fang Zhuang Wei as saying that due to busy lifestyles these days, couples were only sexually active before and immediately after their marriage.

For instance, he said if a man had an average orgasm of about 2.5 seconds over 40 years (from age 18 to 58), and had sex twice weekly with his wife, he would enjoy two hours, 53 minutes and 20 seconds of orgasm in his lifetime.

According to a Chinese online media report, if a man can live up to 78 years old and has a 2.02 seconds of orgasm each time he has sex, doctors in China estimated the man would have 16 hours of orgasm in total.

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A Sexual X-Ray of Latin American People – Terra

At least 63% of Latin Americans have been unfaithful, 71% prefer the traditional positions for sex, 94% masturbate and 39% masturbate on a weekly basis, according to a survey conducted by the Grupo de Diarios de América (GDA). Learn the what else this study revealed.

Interesting Sexual Facts among Latin Americans:

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JanesGuide Adult Website Reviews » The National Sexuality Resource Center

Wow, it was really my pleasure to review this site! The National Sexuality Resource Center is a part of San Francisco State University, and this site is full of highly literate and reliable information about human sexuality. The NSRC has this to say about the purpose of their web presence,”It’s hard to find illuminating, honest and engaging stories about sexuality in the mainstream media–and that’s what makes NSRC special. We strive to promote healthy sexuality, dispel myths and encourage sexual literacy for everyone.” You’ll find their publications, research, dialogue section (social networking tool designed to connect folks who work with sexuality issues), and upcoming training information on the site quite swiftly using their great navigation system. You can also look up article of particular interest to you, such as those dealing with sex and disability. This is an astounding resource, and will go in my personal bookmarks list. It is worth noting that they have a Spanish language section as well. – Vamp

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Really, a way to measure penis size. Honestly

I had an epiphany.

A way to measure your penis.

No cheating allowed.

1. Get a large glass or tumbler full of water.

2. Get the best ? erection you can accomplish.

3. In the shower or tub hold the full water glass under you.

4. Stick your penis down into the water as far as it can possibly go.

5. No cheating by letting your scrotum in with the shaft of your penis.

Now, the measuring:

6. See exactly how many ounces of water it takes to re-fill the glass.

THAT, fellow FLiers, is the volume of your penis.

Pure and simple.

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Gender And Porn: Where Men And Women Look First

Researchers hypothesized women would look at faces and men at genitals, but, surprisingly, they found men are more likely than women to first look at a woman’s face before other parts of the body, and women focused longer on photographs of men performing sexual acts with women than did the males.

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Orgasmic frequency and plasma testosterone levels

Orgasmic frequency and plasma testosterone levels … [Arch Sex Behav. 1976] – PubMed result

Orgasmic frequency and plasma testosterone levels in normal human males.

Abstract

Twenty males participated in a 2-month study examining the relationship between 8 a.m. plasma testosterone levels and orgasmic frequency. Within subjects, higher levels of testosterone are associated with periods of sexual activity. Over subjects, however, the direction of the relationship is reversed. Mean testosterone levels were higher for sexually less active individuals.

Forbidden Sex Research- the Orgasm Cycle – Reuniting

…Despite a lack of evidence that avoiding orgasm for a couple of weeks is harmful to health, one researcher explained that he would hesitate to propose such an experiment because avoiding orgasm has been viewed as a “paraphilia” by some experts. Apparently there are people who get off on not getting off—for whom the thought of avoiding orgasm produces intense excitement and elevated dopamine levels. Of course, therapists rarely concern themselves with such atypical behavior unless a person is harming himself/herself or others, and/or is distressed about the behavior. In any case, the screening process could weed out the rare person who avoids orgasm for kicks.

A second researcher confirmed that test subjects avoiding orgasm to participate in an experiment (or for any other reason) wouldn’t be engaging in a true paraphilia. Yet he remained doubtful that Western ethics committees would approve an experiment calling for a week or two of abstinence. Why? “Because it might cause momentary pain or distress,” even though the control subjects could bail out at will simply by climaxing. Also, keep in mind that the more distressed someone is when passing up orgasm, the more likely that s/he is caught in a binge pattern—something it would be helpful to know more about. …

Forbidden Sex Research- the Orgasm Cycle – Reuniting