Men take more time getting ready than women

On an average, men spend more time getting ready to go out as compared to their female counterparts, a new study has found.

According to the research carried out by Travelodge, men spend 81 minutes a day on personal grooming, including cleansing, toning and moisturising, shaving, styling hair and choosing clothes, the Telegraph reported.

On the other hand, women have their beauty regime down to a fine art and get their hair, clothes and make-up done in just 75 minutes.

The study also found that on an average morning, men spend 23 minutes in the shower, compared to 22 minutes for women.

Men take 18 minutes on their shaving regime, compared to 14 minutes for women despite them having to trim legs, armpits and bikini line.

As compared to women, men take a minute longer, 10 minutes, on cleansing, toning and moisturising.

Choosing an outfit is also a time-consuming operation for men who want to look their best due to which they take 13 minutes compared to 10 minutes for women.

Men turn their thoughts to sex 13 times a day!

An average man thinks about sex 13 times a day, according to a new poll.

OnePoll.com questioned 3,000 people to come up with the finding.

Results showed that comparatively an average woman thinks of sex just fives time a day.

And, even though men think of sex at least a dozen times a day, they have it just twice a week, or 104 times a year.

"Men are well known for thinking about sex a lot but to find out exactly how often they do is staggering," the Mirror quoted the market research firm as stating.

It added: "It seems blokes have sex on the brain whether they are in a dry spell or jumping between the sheets on a regular basis."

However, three quarters of men were happy with the amount of sex they were getting.

Men have more sex with strangers

Eight out of 10 men would bed an attractive stranger if she offered them no-strings sex, but women are much pickier if they are propositioned by blokes, scientists have claimed.

In an experiment, the scientists found that when men were approached by gorgeous female strangers in the street,
97 percent agreed to go back to their apartments while 83 percent said yes to instant sex, the Daily Star reported.

CoupleHowever, when average-looking girls asked the question, 80 percent of blokes agreed to go back for a drink while 60 percent immediately agreed to a romp.

But when men propositioned women only one of the 120 girls agreed to sex. Scientists say the findings are more proof of the difference between the sexes.

“Men are apparently more eager for sexual activity than women are,” the Daily Star quoted French psychologist Nicolas Gueguen as saying.

“Men were more willing to go to an unfamiliar female’s apartment and to sleep in an unfamiliar female’s bed than females were in response to the same two propositions,” he stated.

The results of Dr Gueguen’s study have been published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behaviour.

Paid sex leaves men empty and terrible: Study

As per a study, men who pay for sex are awfully confused people. Many people who go for prostitutes say they don't feel anything except a bad feeling when they have sex with prostitutes. These responses were published in a report in Guardian newspaper. While some subjects said they were unsuccessful getting close to women "through usual ways," half the men were married or committed.

Despite feeling disappointed and lonely after having empty sexual encounters, these men said they will continue to use prostitutes.

Paid sex leaves men empty and terrible: Study

As per a study, men who pay for sex are awfully confused people. Many people who go for prostitutes say they don't feel anything except a bad feeling when they have sex with prostitutes. These responses were published in a report in Guardian newspaper. While some subjects said they were unsuccessful getting close to women "through usual ways," half the men were married or committed.

Despite feeling disappointed and lonely after having empty sexual encounters, these men said they will continue to use prostitutes.

Man to stay in 10-days with snakes

An expert in deadly animals is planning to stay for 10 days inside a box full of snakes at a Las Vegas Strip casino as part of a reality television show.

Donald Schultz will enter the clear glass box outside O`Sheas Casino on Sunday, starting with 50 snakes inside. Plans call for five new snakes to be added to the box each day until there are 100 snakes — including cobras, pythons and rattlesnakes.

The stunt will be filmed for Animal Planet`s "Wild Recon" series.

Men turn their thoughts to sex 13 times a day!

An average man thinks about sex 13 times a day, according to a new poll.

A website questioned 3,000 people to come up with the finding.

Results showed that comparatively an average woman thinks of sex just fives time a day.

And, even though men think of sex at least a dozen times a day, they have it just twice a week, or 104 times a year.

"Men are well known for thinking about sex a lot but to find out exactly how often they do is staggering,” a news daily quoted the market research firm as stating.

It added, "It seems blokes have sex on the brain whether they are in a dry spell or jumping between the sheets on a regular basis."

However, three quarters of men were happy with the amount of sex they were getting.

Men who do more housework get more sex

Men who devote lots of time to paid work and household chores get more sex and the same applies to women.

These are the conclusion of a new US study of almost 7000 married couples, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

Published in the Journal of Family Issues, the study denies the ideology that the time crunch has killed passion stone dead.

"As life gets busier and time gets tighter, a select group of go-getter spouses can successfully balance multiple time commitments," say the authors, Constance Gager, of Montclair State University, New Jersey, and Scott Yabiku, of Arizona State University.

Barbara Pocock, the director of the Centre for Work and Life at the University of South Australia, in a study of Australian working women found resentment over housework killed libido.

"Women's feelings about their husband were shaped by perceptions of fairness around housework," she said. "If the resentment factor was high that's when their sex life was not great. The best sex aid a man could use was a vacuum cleaner.''

The US researchers said: "The much-lamented speed-up of everyday life does not appear to have adverse effects on sexual frequency."

Men’s minds and bodies more in sync sexually than women`s

When it comes to sexual responses, men and women are poles apart, concludes a new study.

Led by Queen`s University Psychology professor Meredith Chiversk, the study found that men`s reports of feeling sexually aroused tend to match their physiological responses, while women`s mind and body responses are less aligned.

"We wanted to discover how closely people`s subjective experience of sexual arousal mirrors their physiological genital response – and whether this differs between men and women," said Chiversk.

Although a gender difference has been reported in individual studies of sexual arousal, until now there has been no systematic analysis.

In the study, researchers analysed 134 studies, published between 1969 and 2007, involving more than 2,500 women and 1,900 men.

Participants were asked how aroused they felt during and after exposure to a variety of sexual stimuli.

This subjective measure of arousal was compared with physiological responses—changes in penile erection for men and changes in genital blood flow for women.

The men``s subjective ratings more closely matched their physiological measures than the women``s; men``s brain and bodies were almost always in agreement, while there was more often a reported inconsistency between women`s bodies and minds.

"Understanding measures of arousal is paramount to further theoretical and practical advances in the study of human sexuality. Our results have implications for the assessment of sexual arousal, the nature of gender differences in sexual arousal, and models of sexual response," said Chiversk.

The study will be published in the international journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Sex' makes men spendthrift!

Promise of sex makes men open their wallets like nothing else, American researchers have claimed.

A study by researchers from the Arizona State University in Tempe and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque showed that thinking about mating influences men's decisions about spending and giving.

In the experiment, the team led by Vladas Griskevicius and Josh Tybur, invited college students to the lab in small groups. Each was randomly assigned to one of two conditions: "mating" or "non-mating", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reported.

The mating subjects looked at three photographs of people of the opposite-sex on a computer screen, picked which one they thought most desirable, and spent a few minutes writing about an ideal first date with that person.

The non-mating subjects looked at a street scene photograph and spent the same amount of time writing about the ideal weather for walking around and looking at the buildings it featured.

Then, all subjects were asked to imagine that they had a modest windfall of money, such as a lottery win of a few thousand dollars, and must choose how much they wanted to spend on a variety of conspicuous luxuries - such as a new watch, European vacation or new car - and how much they would save in a bank account.

The results were dramatic: men in the mating condition said they would spend much more money than men in the non-mating condition.

Do all men watch sexually explicit material?

Naturally all blokes don`t watch pornography, but when scientists recently launched a search in Canada for men who had never looked at such sexually explicit material -- believe it or not, they couldn`t find any.

In fact, an international team was conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users. But, their project stumbled at the first hurdle when they failed to find a single man who had not been seen it.

"We started our research seeking men in their 20s who had never consumed pornography. We couldn`t find any," The Daily Telegraph quoted the team`s leader Prof Simon Louis Lajeunesse as saying.

Although hampered in its original aim, the study examined the habits of those young men who used pornography -- which would appear to be all of them.

The team interviewed 20 heterosexual male university students who consumed pornography, and found on average, they first watched pornography when they were 10 years old.

Around 90 percent of consumption was on the internet, while 10 percent of material came from video stores. Single men watched pornography for an average of 40 minutes, three times a week, while those in relationships watched it 1.7 times a week for around 20 minutes.

Syndiastic` therapy could treat sexual dysfunction in men

Underlining an important new development in German sex therapy- a form of the internationally familiar "couples" therapy called "syndiastic" therapy-scientists have found a solution for treating sexual dysfunction in men.

Modern, couple-oriented treatment for male sexual dysfunction takes the psychosocial aspects of sex into account, as well as focussing on the purely physical aspects of the problem.

The importance of this biopsychosocial approach, whether one looks at disorders of desire, arousal or orgasm, is supported by intercultural comparisons, among other data.

But sexual dysfunction can also arise as a consequence of a variety of diseases and their treatments, such as depression or diabetes, or can even be an early warning sign of serious physical illness such as heart disease.

Thus, there is a need for an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on both medical and psychological techniques and insights.

Thus, urologist Dirk Rosing and coauthors present an overview of current thinking and practice in the area of male sexual dysfunction.

They used research on prostate cancer to highlight the "syndiastic" therapy.

Questionnaire surveys to men with prostate cancer show that while the importance of the genital aspects of sexuality decreased in importance following radical surgery, the relationship and physical intimacy remained as important as before.

"Syndiastic" sex therapy was introduced in Germany in 2004, and focussed for the first time explicitly on fundamental psychosocial needs, in a wider way, rather than purely on sexual function itself.

Coming from Aristotle`s dictionary, meaning a disposition to "live in pairs" or "belonging," this approach differs importantly from some other somatic or psychological treatments, which focus mainly on restoring sexual function.

Instead, it aims to broaden the understanding of sexuality, extend the range of physical experience, and improve overall satisfaction within the relationship.

The study has been published in Deutsches Arzteblatt International.

Here's why men cheat

The allegations of extramarital affairs are often associated with men who are perceived to be promiscuous. However, a Wake Forest University researcher debunks the stereotype with his new finding.

According to Andrew Irwin-Smiler, majority of boys and men prioritize and value emotional connection to their partner. "As a culture, we have a perception that men just want sex and that all men are promiscuous,” said Smiler. But the research shows that while men do have more partners than women, most men only have one partner at a time as majority of boys and men seek emotional connection with their partner.

Smiler’s research also shows that the popular media fuels the perception that men are promiscuous with television characters such a Fonzie in Happy Days, Hawkeye Pierce in Mash, Sam Malone in Cheers, Joey Tribbiani in Friends and Charlie Harper in 2 ½ Men.

The high-profile scandals involving public figures only add to the common misperceptions of men’s sexual behaviour. “The question is whether the media reflects reality or creates reality?” Smiler said.

All men watch p-o-r-n, find scientists

Naturally all blokes don't watch pornography, but when scientists recently launched a search in Canada for men who had never looked at such sexually explicit material - believe it or not, they couldn't find any.

In fact, an international team was conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users. But, their project stumbled at the first hurdle when they failed to find a single man who had not been seen it.

"We started our research seeking men in their 20s who had never consumed pornography. We couldn't find any," The Daily Telegraph quoted the team's leader Prof Simon Louis Lajeunesse as saying.

Although hampered in its original aim, the study examined the habits of those young men who used pornography - which would appear to be all of them.

The team interviewed 20 heterosexual male students who consumed pornography and found on average, they first watched pornography when they were 10 years old.

Around 90 per cent of consumption was on the Internet, while 10 per cent of material came from video stores. Single men watched pornography for an average of 40 minutes, three times a week, while those in relationships watched it 1.7 times a week for around 20 minutes.

Top 10 cruel things women do to men

Despite being known as the fairer sex, women can be downright nasty and often do cruel things to men.

Now, Askmen.com has compiled a list of top 10 cruel things that women do to men and how they play with the guy's emotions or ego.

10. They don't pick up the phone

While men feel good as they manage to take the girls' phone number, the girls often give them a fake number or don't pick up the call.

9. Use men for free drinks

Some women go out never planning to spend any of their own money on drinks at the bar or club. Instead, they count on their feminine wiles to convince guys to shell out for their libations. While some of them might begin to get to know him, the cruel and heartless ones will take that drink, flirt a little and move on.

8. Use men as placeholders

If she is a decent person, she'll just get it over with and dump the boy, but if she's cruel, she'll hold on to him for a while until somebody new comes along. These girls don't like to be alone and without a relationship, so instead of putting you out of your misery and ending it, she'll string you along until she meets someone to replace you.

7. Emotionally manipulate men

Men don't like to see women cry and some cruel women take advantage of the fact and use it to get what they want. A few tears would make men do anything to get it to stop.

6. Use physical violence

While men hitting girls are often termed nasty, some cruel women feel it's perfectly acceptable to hit their boyfriends, as he would never hit her back. This type of woman feels like she can inflict any kind physical pain on him without fear of repercussion.

5. Criticize their men in public

Cruel women criticize and humiliate their men in public places. They often poke fun at her man or even soundly debase him.

4. They don't disclose their relationship status

It's certainly not the worst thing a woman could do to a man, but it is annoying when she''s already in a relationship and lets you assume that she's available so that she can enjoy the man's flirtation and flattery.

3. They withhold sex

This is a time-tested, and frequently used, cruel thing for women to do to men. For most men, sex is as important as breathing, so withholding it in order to get something she wants or simply to punish her man for his transgressions is a pretty awful thing to do, even if it is effective.

2. They test their men

You're all ready to go for a night out with your friends, when your girlfriend calls and asks you to change your plans to be with her instead. She doesn't have any particular reason; she just wants to see you. She knows that you had plans to meet up with the guys, but if you really loved her, you'd come over to her place instead. If her request comes with an "if you really loved me," then it''s a test. If you choose anything other than immediately rushing to her side, you''re going to fail. This kind of testing in a relationship is indeed cruel and petty.

1. They flirt to inspire jealousy

Maybe she's feeling underappreciated, maybe you've just had a big fight or maybe she just enjoys the tortured look on your face. For whatever reason, girls who flirt obviously with other guys in front of their boyfriends are immature and manipulative.

5 Exercises for men to boost their sex life

Viagra, regular exercise could be the best medicine for a man to improve his sex life
You know that working out is good for your health. But did you know that hitting the gym could also help you have better sex?

Working out three to four times a week can do a lot to help your sexual technique, flexibility, and endurance. So what types of exercise are best for better sex? Here are the highly recommended five “sex exercises.”

Sex exercise #1: Weight lifting
Strength training could be just what the doctor ordered for your sex life. The reason – weight lifting causes the body to produce testosterone, which is the primary precursor for the male sex drive. In fact, some studies have linked short intense exercise, such as weight lifting, with increased testosterone levels. So go for push-ups, sit-ups and crunches. These muscle-building exercises can help lead to better sex by strengthening the shoulders, chest, and abs. Strong upper body strength can increase stamina since these muscles are used during intercourse.

Sex exercise #2: Kegels
Doing Kegels is considered a good sex exercise for men because these exercises can help endurance and control by toning the pubococcygeus (PC) muscles – the ones that let you stop the flow of urine mid-stream. Named after Los Angeles physician Arnold Kegel, they strengthen the muscles in your body’s pelvic floor, which can lead to better sex. Men can use Kegels to delay ejaculation by contracting these muscles just before orgasm. To do Kegels, start by interrupting the flow of urine when going to the bathroom to get familiar with your PC muscles. After that, you can do Kegels anytime and any place by squeezing the PC muscles. Hold for 10 seconds, relax, and do as many reps as you can before tiring.

Sex exercise #3: Yoga
Want to shake up your sex life with some new positions? Practicing yoga will give you better sex by allowing your body to get into creative positions for maximum pleasure during intercourse. Yoga poses that improve pelvic muscles are the Bow Pose, Peacock Pose (also called the Forearm or Elbow Balance) and Shoulder Stand.

Sex exercise #4: Fast walking
In a study of 31,000 men over age 50, Harvard researchers found that aerobic exercise resulted in a 30 per cent lower risk of erectile dysfunction (ED). More specifically, according to another study, aerobic activity that burns at least 200 calories per day (equal to fast walking for two miles) can significantly lower the risk of ED. Brisk walking is thought to help ED by improving circulation and blood flow. Fast walking, running, and other aerobic activities keep your blood vessels clear. The result can be stronger and longer erections. Vigorous activities, such as running and brisk walking, also release endorphins and relax you, which can boost sexual performance.

Sex exercise #5: Swimming
In another Harvard study of 160 male and female swimmers, swimmers in their 60s reported sex lives comparable to those in their 40s. Since sexual activity can be an act of endurance, long-distance swimming can keep you going and going like the Energizer bunny. Swimming for at least 30 minutes three times a week will increase sexual endurance and also lead to weight loss, which can also lead to better sex. A randomized, single-blind study of 110 obese men with ED found that losing just 10 per cent of their body weight improved sexual function in one third of the men. And it’s no secret that losing excess body fat will help attain those six-pack abs and make you more attractive to potential partners. The result: better sex!

Try doing some (or all) of the above workouts to improve your sexual technique, endurance, and flexibility. Your lover will be impressed with your sexual powers and, as a side benefit, you’ll get healthier and fitter along the way.

Flash 40 pc of flesh to woo a man: Study

Can't make out how much to bare on a night out? Well, ladies, flash just 40 percent of your flesh to woo Mr Right, says a new study.

Researchers at Leeds University have carried out the study and found that women should wear an outfit which reveals 40 percent of her skin -- this provides just the right amount of attention.

For their study, the researchers sent four female colleagues to one of the city's biggest nightclubs. There, they stood on a balcony overlooking the dancefloor, and noted what the female clubbers were wearing and how many times they were approached by men.

All their observations were taped on dictaphones hidden in handbags. Seventy hours of recordings revealed that a man was much more likely to ask a woman to dance than vice versa, the 'Daily Mail' reported.

Specifically, women who showed off around 40 percent of their skin were approached by twice as many men as those who were more covered up, the study revealed.

"Any more than 40 per cent and the signal changes from 'allure' to one indicating general availability and future infidelity. Show some leg, show some arm, but not any more than that," lead researcher Colin Hendrie said.

However, some suitors fared better than others. Hendrie said: "The male couldn't be too thin and he couldn't be too fat. Most particularly, he couldn't be too tall and he couldn't be too short. He must be more than a head taller than the female and certainly not shorter than her."

At least some of the men passed the height test, with the researchers noting that 30 per cent of people leaving did so as part of a couple, compared with 20 per cent of those arriving.

The study has been published in the 'Behaviour' journal.

Men are quicker at confessing love

Men are quicker to say 'I love you' to their partners than women, says a new study.

According to the dating survey, which was conducted for a magazine, men take an average of seven months to tell a new partner that they love them, however, when it comes to women, they take almost eight months, reports The Telegraph.

The study also found that when it comes to dating, the over 55s are the most active – and experimental – of all age groups.

To reach the conclusion, the magazine commissioned YouGov to interview almost 2,000 men and women of all ages and backgrounds who have been on a date in the past year.

Jenni Trent Hughes, a relationship counsellor, said: "Although women do tend to wear their heart on their sleeves more than men do, men are just as emotional and sensitive – sometimes even more so."

Oliver James, the clinical psychologist and author, said the findings supported other studies that showed that men fall in love more frequently than women. "This is because women mature sooner than men and develop to be more hard-nosed, realistic and in touch with their emotions," he added.

He added: "So when a man says 'I love you' it might be his way of dealing with a lot of complex, difficult emotions that he doesn't really understand, whereas when a woman says it, it might carry a greater weight. The classic cliché is that men use love to get sex and women use sex to get love."

Why men fail to control Arousal

While some men are able to control their physical and mental sexual arousal, there are others who can''t do it. Now, a new study by University of British Columbia researchers has explained why it is so.

The study found that men, who can regulate their arousal to some degree, are the ones who could control their other emotions as well.

"We suspect that if an individual is good at regulating one type of emotional response, he/she is probably good at regulating other emotional responses. This has never been shown before," Live Science quoted Jason Winters, the study''s research head as saying.

The study employed 16 randomly ordered video clips-eight were erotic, and eight were funny (specifically, the funny video clips featured the least sexy comedian the researchers could find: Mitch Hedberg).

Participants were instructed to control their response to certain videos, and simply to watch the others.

They then rated their arousal following each clip, and were hooked up to machines that measured their erections.

Researchers wanted to know if men could control sexual arousal, fooling both themselves and others.

And the found that participants were, on average, able to regulate their physiological sexual arousal when told to do so- in fact, they showed a 25 percent reduction in erectile response.

"This is consistent with success rates from previous, well-controlled [measuring-device] faking studies in which success rates range from 26 to 38 percent," said Winters.

Men who were more easily excited were, unsurprisingly, less able to regulate, while guys who tended to be sexually inhibited because of performance issues were better able to stave off an erection.

Furthermore, the study found that the men who were best able to control their response to the pornographic videos were also able to control their response to Mitch Hedberg.

But for those who had difficulty regulating, reverse psychology could be to blame.

"The finding that was most surprising was that some men became more sexually aroused when they tried to regulate their sexual arousal. In other words, they responded more strongly (both physiologically and self-reported) during trials in which they attempted to regulate their arousal than trials during which they merely watched the stimuli. We attributed this increased response to anxiety - in this case, demand anxiety. It''s sort of like when you tell someone not to think of a white elephant; those [who] are most anxious during the task have the most trouble not thinking about the white elephant," said Winters.

Census to quiz Britons who are they sleeping with!

The latest census in Britain has been branded as a sex snoopers’ charter after revelations that it would ask citizens private questions like who are they sleeping with.

Controversial new forms will ask citizens to reveal the number of bedrooms in their homes, and the name, sex, age and address of overnight visitors.

Ministers stopped short of including a question on people’s sexuality, fearing it would spark a backlash.

The 32-page Census form is aimed at creating a comprehensive image of social trends in the UK every 10 years.

And residents can be fined 1,000 pounds for supplying false information or failing to return the form.

The Parliament has yet to approve the proposals, but a draft form is due to be put before MPs in the next few days.

However, conservatives have branded the 2011 Census a sex snoopers’ charter.

“These bedroom snoopers are ­another sign of how the Labour ­Government has no respect for the ­privacy of law-abiding citizens,” The Daily Express quoted Shadow Cabinet minister Nick Hurd as saying.