5 Myths About The Male Body
Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
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1:00PM, Monday July 20th 2009
Think you know everything there is to know about the male body? Think again. LiveScience has published an article debunking five myths about men — including how often they think about sex. After the jump, five facts about the male body that may surprise you.
Myth #1: Big feet equals big you-know-what.
Fact: Despite a shared gene that influences the growth of toes, fingers, and the penis, in several studies there has been absolutely no correlation found between the size of a man’s foot and his dick.
Myth #2: If you shave your head or beard, the hair will grow back thicker and coarser. (The same might be said for the hair on a woman’s legs, right?)
Fact: “Stubble may look darker and coarser because it has not yet been exposed to sun and other wearing elements. Once it grows in, it looks identical to the hair that was shaved away.”
Myth #3: Semen is loaded with calories. (Wait, really? I’ve never actually heard this myth before. Good for the skin, I’ve heard, but not the bit about calories.)
Fact: It’s only 5-7 calories per, uh, serving.
Myth #4: Single guys have better sex than married guys.
Fact: “A 2006 study by the National Opinion Research Center found that husbands get lucky between 28 percent to more than 400 percent more often than bachelors, depending on their age. And it is not a ho-hum roll in the matrimonial bed; not only are married women more likely to be orgasmic, married men also give and get more oral sex.” Hmm, my soon-to-be husband will be happy to hear that.
Myth #5: Men think about sex every seven seconds.
Fact: According to the article: “In one of the nation’s most comprehensive surveys about sexual habits in the United states, completed by Edward Laumann and colleagues in 1994, 43 percent of men reported thinking about sex not even once a day, but rather somewhere between a couple times a week to a couple times a month.” Oh, come on! A couple times a month? I think even dead men think about sex more frequently than that, don’t you? [via LiveScience]
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_jsw_
wrote on July 20 2009 @ 01:20 pm: [report]
As far as myth#5 is concerned: I think there’s a difference between actively fantasizing about having sex and seeing something as sexual. Men see many people, parts of people, and things in a sexual way, but that’s somewhat reflexive. That sort of thought might occur frequently. Not every seven seconds, but frequently. The actual fantasizing occurs less often. I’m assuming it occurs at least as often as masturbation, though, so the “couple times a month” guys must be, oh, 100 years old or so.
Myth #4 is an average and so, as with anything, it is misleading. Some married guys have sex multiple times a day. Some single men never have sex. And the opposite is true as well.
bogart4017
wrote on July 20 2009 @ 02:00 pm: [report]
Myth #4-Married guys sex is much better. Its just not as frequent as hen you’re single.
Myth #5-Men with jobs don’t have every 7 seconds to think about sex. We’ve got reports and deadlines and assignments that are occupying the front of our brains. So forget that.
Myth #1-Woman now follow the 3rd finger rule: If your third finger is longer than your forefinger you are indeed endowed!
Shasta
wrote on July 20 2009 @ 03:10 pm: [report]
Myth #5 depends upon several factors:
A guy’s age.
How often is he gettin’ it.
Does he have a job.
wonderfultonight
wrote on July 20 2009 @ 10:53 pm: [report]
#3 - I heard it was loaded with protein, vitamins and other nutrients to nourish the little swimmers on their way to the intended destination.
@bogart4017 I have read that the distance from the tip of a man’s index finger to the middle of his palm correlates to the length. Never actually measured, though.
ksdancer
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 06:09 pm: [report]
Whatever happened to the saying…...“Big hands, big feet, big nose, big…..” well, you get the idea
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 06:12 pm: [report]
@ksdancer: That is myth numero uno. Whatever happened to reading comprehension? Where did our schools fail us?
roastchicken
wrote on July 22 2009 @ 12:12 pm: [report]
Geez..the ONLY way to tell what a guy’s packing is to actually see it! All those other methods don’t work for crap.
I know from experience.
eskim00ninja
wrote on July 22 2009 @ 07:00 pm: [report]
Dude, I’m always thinking about sex (married female) so I can imagine that the average male thinks about it more than once a week…I don’t even believe that once a month garbage!
thahuntr
wrote on July 22 2009 @ 10:06 pm: [report]
uhhh..#4 & #5…. was the writer smoking crack?? I’m a man, 38 yr old, If i’m not actively thinking about sex, it’s definitely in my subconscious. As for number 5, I was married 10 years and have now been single 10 years and single sex is waaaayyy better than married sex. I have 4 close friends ranging in age from 28 to 45 and they all agree.
Now that the caveman in me has said his part, thinking about sex doesn’t have to include hot steamy sex. It could be as simple as seeing an attractive woman and the thought is there..maybe for only a couple seconds but it is there.
As far as the married/single sex thing, it may depend on matching sex drive, desire style of the partner that effects enjoyment. I married early to someone that thought sex was utilitarian. As a single man I tend to find women are more free and open with their sexuality today (20 years after my marriage) than they used to be. That’s my two cents.
Ghirardelli
wrote on July 28 2009 @ 11:59 pm: [report]
I never even thought about the calories! What a bummer that there’s so few though—“Sorry honey, I am on a diet and I just don’t need the extra calories tonight.” Good excuse that would be.
fosjoh
wrote on October 24 2009 @ 10:48 pm: [report]
Disagreeing with dahunter.
The deeper you get into a good marriage, the better the quality of sex. casual sex is too full with not knowing exactly what pleases your partner and their dislikes. In a deeper longer relationship, each partner knows all the bells and whisles of the partner and canm play with them at will.