Myths

Top 10 sex myths

RealBuzz – Mon, Oct 31, 2011

 

 

A woman can’t get pregnant when it’s her first time

 

The notion that a woman cannot get pregnant the first time she has sex is still a commonly held belief. In Turkey 25 per cent of young people thought this was true. However, the truth of the matter is that without reliable contraception, pregnancy is possible, whether it is the woman’s first time or her fiftieth time. 

 

I can’t darling, I’ve got a headache

 

Have you ever used the old headache excuse, or been denied some loving action because of one? Well, we have a cure for her sore head because sex has medicinal properties. When women have sex, endormorphins are released into her body, which in turn relieves pain. Therefore getting under the covers should help ease a woman’s headache.   

 

Men always want it

 

Although many men in their late teens and early twenties want a lot of it, men do not always want to have sex. Lots of things affect people’s sex drives; stress being one of the biggest culprits. If you don’t feel like it, there’s nothing wrong with you. On average Briton’s have sex six to seven times per month, whilst American’s on average have sex twice a week.   

 

If you masturbate you run out of semen

 

This is not true. The amount of semen a man ejaculates varies, being between half a teaspoon and a whole teaspoon of fluid. This equates to 40-500 million sperm.  Men who ejaculate a lot in one day may notice that the volume of semen decreases, but there is no risk of you running out of semen, you will simply produce more. 

Older people don’t do it

 

Talking about old people getting frisky can embarrass some people; but let’s face it everyone likes sex, even the granddads and grandmas. Many people think that after the menopause women lose interest in sex, but this is not always true. Many older people enjoy an active sex life beyond the menopause and it has lots of health benefits too. 

 

It’s good to lose your virginity when you are young

Although people are having sex younger, many regret it. The average age to lose your virginity is 16 in the UK. It was 21 in the 1950s. Sixty-three percent of sexually active adolescents wished they had waited longer and eighty-nine percent of those surveyed would advise their own brother, sister or friend not to have sex until at least after finishing secondary school.

 

Thin condoms break

If a condom is your preferred method of contraception, which type do you choose? There are a lot of condoms on the market: ribbed ones, sleek fitting ones, the thin, the thick and the pina colada flavored. Whichever you use, you don’t have to worry about the thickness because Durex reassures us that the thickness of the condom doesn’t necessarily correspond to safety. 

 

We’re all porn stars

Watching two of Hollywood’s finest stars perform a hot love scene is great for getting you in the mood, but it should not be used as a sex guide. Real people do not come every time and last for three hours. Studies show that 75 per cent of men orgasm two to three minutes after penetration and an estimated 30 per cent of women can only achieve orgasm through masturbation.   

 

Men cheat more than women

When you hear that a couple have split up because of an affair it is easy to assume it was the man’s fault, but recent studies suggest that women are much better at keeping their affairs secret. According to Dr David Holmes between eight and 15 per cent of children haven't been fathered by the man who thinks he's the biological parent. 

 

Women don’t ejaculate

 

Not all women ejaculate, but some do. If you have seen women ejaculate during pornography this is not an accurate depiction. In reality, women ejaculate a small amount of fluid, which is a mixture of urine and a liquid from the G-spot (the female equivalent to a prostate). However, most women do not experience ejaculation, so if you don’t, there’s no need to worry.

The Truth About Beer

Healthy Living

Beer Myths

The Truth About Beer

From born-on dating to ice-cold bottles, these beer myths persist.

By Pete Brown from MEN'S HEALTH

 

Beer may be the world’s most popular beverage, but it’s also one of the most widely misunderstood.  Neo-prohibitionists, wine snobs, old wives tales, and third-hand wisdom all have combined to leave the average imbiber baffled about what’s true and not when it comes to the average brew. Use our guide below to debunk the most common beer-related myths.

The Beer Belly
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Sure, if you make a habit of leaving six-packs in your wake, you’ll pile on the pounds to show for it—but you won’t necessarily wind up with a beer gut. The rounded, telltale belly bulge owes its appearance more to genetics than to Guinness, according to a 2009 German study of nearly 20,000 beer drinkers. So order what you want—just don’t overdo it, or you’ll find out far too fast which way your genetics lean.
  
 

Imported beer is better than domestic beer. 

The old cliché that the grass is always greener applies just as strongly to tap handles. Take the leading domestic beers from any two countries, exchange them, and each country will value the resulting import more highly. This likely dates back to the nineteenth century, when export beers like India Pale Ale were brewed stronger to help them survive long journeys. In America, post-Prohibition domestic brews such as Budweiser were also once considered thin tasting compared to traditionally brewed European beers like Heineken.  But you’d be hard pressed to find any expert arguing that Corona is now superior to the IPA from your local microbrewery. 

 

Beer is the drink of the working class
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Whether it's a few brewskis at the game, or a couple of Buds at a dive bar, beer is democratic and 
unpretentious, more approachable than wine or fine spirits. But for most of its history, everyone drank it. There are detailed records of country houses each with their own breweries, and George Washington was a great fan of porter. For centuries, boiled, sterilized beer was a safe alternative to drinking water. Even today, demographic studies show you’re more likely to drink beer the more affluent you are. Despite this fact, many people are very sniffy about the idea of beer as, say, an accompaniment to fine dining. That’s just snobbery.  Beer can be as structured and elegant as wine, and is at least as worthy as a match with food.  An earthy, funky Belgian saison both makes and accompanies a hearty chicken stew – coq a la biere if you will – while a classic pale ale such as Sierra Nevada is the perfect match for English cheddar cheese.  Don’t believe me?  Ask New York’s Grammercy Tavern, or Aubergine, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London – just two of the top restaurants with intriguing and varied beer lists.

Beer should be served ice cold.  

Warm ale on the English village green and ice-cold lager served from frosted glasses are twin myths. Icy coldness masks flavor_if the beer tastes good, why hide it? Having said that, the idea that ale should be served at room temperature dates back to when rooms didn’t have central heating. The ideal temperature for ale is 11-13 degrees celcius, because this allows the complex flavors to fully develop.  If you’ve been out in those temperatures, that’s not warm.  

Similarly, the only reason to serve lager ice-cold is to mask a flavor that would be unpleasant if it were served at the ideal temperature of 5 to 8 degrees celcius. It comes down to personal taste, but these guidelines are generally recommended by craft brewers as being the temperature range where the balance of flavor and refreshment is perfect.

Fresh is best. 

Don’t be fooled by promotional gimmicks like born-on dating. A perfect lager should mature at low temperatures for at least six weeks before bottling. Outside the brewery, there are many beer styles that don’t reach their full flavor potential until they’ve had chance to mature and develop. One of the big trends in craft brewing involves ageing ales in whisky or rum casks, where compounds from spirit and wood infuse the beer. British ales like Worthington White Shield and Belgian beers such as Orval, which have residual yeast in the bottle fuelling a slow, secondary fermentation, are not at their best until they’re at least three months old.

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