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Research shows a woman’s tears kill a man’s libido

Em and Lo — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:00:28 +0000

Scientists have long pondered the mystery of why humans, unlike other species, cry emotional tears. A new study provides a few answers -- as well as raising a whole bunch of new questions. Basically, researchers found that men who sniffed drops of women's emotional tears became less sexually aroused than when they sniffed a saline solution that had been dribbled down women’s cheeks. The sexual arousal was measured in a number of ways, including testosterone levels, skin responses, brain imaging and also self-reporting (i.e. this study wasn't just a bunch of guys claiming that "teary chicks are a boner killer").

Turns out there IS such a thing as too many orgasms

Em and Lo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:00:55 +0000

Photos via BeautifulAgony.com When we first saw the headlines this past week about a woman who has 300 orgasms a day finally meeting the man of her dreams -- i.e. a man who could keep up with her libido -- we assumed the story would be about Marrena Lindberg, whom we interviewed last year for our U.K. TV show. Lindberg is the author of The Orgasmic Diet: A Revolutionary Plan to Lift Your Libido and Bring You to Orgasm and has persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS), which means that she has hundreds of orgasms a day. Mind you, these aren't dramatic, Meg Ryan-style orgasms -- she demonstrated one for us during the interview (using a photo of Stephen Colbert as her "inspiration," we shit you not) and after it was over, we had to ask, "Did it happen?" And yes, we were just as awkward as you might expect. Exactly where is the polite place to look when one's interview subject is in the midst of an orgasm?

Study: housework increases sex no matter who mops

Em and Lo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:39 +0000

photo from Porn for Women It’s long been a given in the sex advice biz that dudes who break out the vacuum cleaner every once in a while are more likely to get laid. We typically fight such Men-are-from-Mars-Women-are-from-Venus stereotypes, but we’ve heard too much anecdotal evidence to ignore this one. It’s not that watching [...]

10 good reasons why women have sex

Em and Lo — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:00:08 +0000

It seems like everyone right now is talking about that new book Why Women Have Sex, by Cindy Meston and David Buss. Apparently lots of women reported having sex to keep the peace, to stave off boredom, to relieve a headache, or to get their husbands to take out the trash (oh, yeah, and occasionally [...]

In sleep vs. sex battle, the winner is…mattresses, pills and PDAs

Em and Lo — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:00:57 +0000

photo by audreyjm529 It seems like every few years, someone comes out with a study about what percentage of the population would choose a good night's sleep over sex. The studies are usually sponsored by a mattress company, or a pharmaceutical firm developing non-addictive (riiiiight) sleeping pills, or -- as in the most recent case -- a chain of hotels with extremely comfortable beds. The study, funded by Westin Hotels, found that 51% of Americans surveyed would choose sleep over sex (as we mentioned here earlier this week). It sounds much less depressing if you put it the other way: 49% of us would still sacrifice sleep for a bit of raucous boot-knocking, aw yeah. But it sounds much more depressing when you learn that a decade ago, a massive 69% (heh) of those surveyed said they'd choose sex over sleep.

10 things you probably didn’t know about asexuality

Em and Lo — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:00:08 +0000

photo by davidgljay A recent article by the director of a new documentary about asexuality reminded us that “asexual” is one of those terms that gets thrown around in casual conversation so much that it’s easy to forget what it really means (kind of like “passive-aggressive”). So here’s a brief primer for you. Asexuality is [...]