5 Biggest Myths About Sex
These Myths Have Been Busted by Researchers and Medical Practitioners
There are several myths that people are still holding about sex. It is strange that in the modern times, people are still ignorant about sex and it is because of this medical practitioner that wrote books debunking these myths. In order to make people aware and clarify the wrong notions that they have about sex Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman of Indiana University wrote a book, Don't Put That in There!: And 69 Other Sex Myths Debunked. Here are a few major myths that people still hold about sex.
Men want sex more than women
Carroll says that this is not really true, research has shown that this idea that men are obsessed with sex and that women are not is false. A study conducted has found that more than half of the men think about sex on a daily basis but the other half does not. About 19 per cent of the women also think about sex on a daily basis. But Carroll says that the study concentrated on thoughts about sex on a daily basis.
In the book, What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, journalist Daniel Bergner says that research shows that women are as horny as men but were looked at those with lesser sexual desires. And this she said could be because of society's perception that a woman is wrong when she is sexually abused or raped, this perception is seen across various cultures. She says that men and women have similar libidos.
Penis size matters
A study was found that most women prefer to have a larger circumference than the length of their penis. It was conducted by researcher Shannon Leung, an undergraduate in biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, who presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in San Francisco. The belief is that it helps women reach a climax faster and sex too is pleasurable. This however, is a myth.
A British study that was conducted has found that contrary to the previously mentioned study, 85 per cent of the women do not care about the size of their partner's penis. "We equate masculinity and power with penis size", says Ira Sharlip, MD, clinical professor of urology at the University of California at San Francisco and president of the International Society for Sexual Medicine. "Of course, there's really no relationship".
Only men have wet dreams
"If you define wet dream as an intense dream, that's the result in orgasm that wakes you up, well then it turns out that women have them, too and at much higher numbers than you would think". Carroll says. He said that a report by the Kinsey Institute found that almost 40 percent of women had reported having a wet dream. There were several studies that were published were found that women also experience wet dreams.
Oysters are aphrodisiacs
There are a few studies that confirm that oysters are aphrodisiacs. But Carroll said that no study has ever showed any sexually enhancing effect from oysters. "Nor can scientists find any special ingredient in the oyster that would suggest an ability to turn men or women into raging beasts. Oysters are mostly water, a few carbohydrates and some minerals".
There were laboratory studies with rats but there is no evidence for humans.
Women don't ejaculate
Dr. Zlato Pastor reviewed all the previous studies on female ejaculation and found that nearly 10 to 54 percent of the women report fluid explosion during orgasm. The report is published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. This is not vaginal wetness but a "gush or spurt that occurs with orgasm". Researchers agreed that women too experience ejaculation and the phenomenon is called, "female ejaculation". But Pastor said that if women do not experience there is nothing wrong, some ejaculate and some do not. Both are normal.
