Ah, female ejaculation. The holy grail of sex. Not many have seen it, fewer have lived it, but there it is. Hanging over our heads as science continues to scramble to understand its cause, function — or whether it exists at all. A recent study from the Middle East brought to our attention by S[...]
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Are Strip Clubs Good for You?
Strip clubs — good for men? VCG Holdings, an adult entertainment giant with 19 clubs in 10 states thinks so. Recently, they commissioned Empire Research to conduct a study about the impact strip clubs have on men’s health. “Besides the obvious — beautiful women — we wan[...]
The Carnal Carnival
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes if you dare! It’s real, it’s alive, it’s… your own body, its different parts, and the products from it! That’s right, from the minds of the web’s most forward-thinking scientific bloggers comes The Carnal Carniv[...]
Booze Goggles Affect Women More
Booze goggles — helping people get laid since humans and alcohol first came together. According to a recent study published in the journal Alcohol studying the effects of alcohol on human ability to rate attractiveness (based here on symmetry) seems to have revealed that men are more accurate [...]
Women and their Toys [INFOGRAPHIC]
One in five women report masturbating at least once a week. Of those, almost 60 percent use a sex toy. Women who report masturbating score higher on a self-esteem index and have a more positive body image than those who don’t. Women who use sex toys report experiencing greater satisfaction wit[...]
Pick One: Sex or Weightloss
“Over half of American women would give up sex in return for not gaining 10 pounds”! That’s the headline over at the New York Post. Pretty interesting conclusion, considering the sample size of surveyed participants was 1,001 adults, both men and women, which hardly equals half of [...]
A Penis As Big As His Body
Scientists didn’t have a good idea about how the cephalopods – octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish – of the deep get in on. The problem is in the way the body is set up. Most of what appears to be the body and head of, say a squid, is actually a hood, called a mantle. They [...][...]
Participate in Dick Research!
We here at Sex and the 405 think that science is totally hot and sexy. As such, we endeavor to bring you every opportunity we can for you to participate in sexy science yourself. We’re cool like that. So, get this: researchers at McGill University are studying male genital self-perceptions. Th[...]
Do Strippers Make More Money When They’re Ovulating?
A common superstition among strippers is that earnings are directly related to their menstrual cycles. When they’re ovulating, the theory goes, they make more money. Well, guess what? There may be some truth to that. Research conducted by Geoffrey Miller, Joshua M. Tybur and Brent D. Jordan at[...]
June 23rd, 2010 - 10:00 AM § in Research
Does Masturbation Make Humans Unique?
Are humans the only species that masturbates? Well, yes and no. We may not be the only species that likes to play with ourselves, but we appear to be the only species that does it for the explicit purpose of cumming. And we do it A LOT. Scientific American blogger Jesse Bering tells us: In [...][...]