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This video contains practical techniques intended to help you build additional intimacy and closeness into your relationship. Sexual interaction and intimacy occur between you and your partner all throughout the day. It’s not just something that happens in the bedroom, in bed at night. The ideas on this video are designed to give you “HINTS” to make your relationship more satisfying … ALL the time!
In a new study, lead researchers from Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion report intriguing new findings. New data has been unveiled in what the researchers say is the largest, most comprehensive national survey of Americans’ sexual behavior since 1994’s “National Health and Social Life Survey”. These findings come more than 60 years after the Kinsey report, “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male”.
Filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the study offers detailed findings on how often Americans have sex, with whom, and how they respond. In all, 5,865 people, ranging in age from 14 to 94, participated in the survey. A number of researchers functioned as lead author for different facets of the survey.
The researchers said they were struck by the variety of ways in which the subjects engaged in sex — 41 different combinations of sexual acts were tallied. These encompassed vaginal and anal intercourse, oral sex, and partnered masturbation.
Men are more likely to experience orgasm when vaginal intercourse is involved, while women are more likely to reach orgasm when they engage in variety of acts, including oral sex, said researcher Debra Herbenick, lead author of the section about women’s sex lives.
Stressed Out? ‘Looking for a simple way to calm down? Here’s an additional benefit you can derive from your strong relationship!
Yes, you’ve been working with your partner to create a strong, mutually-loving, sexually-satisfying relationship. Now that the two of you have this together, you can enjoy additional stress-calming benefits from your personal interactions.
The way to do so is through the magic of touch!
University of Virginia’s Psychology Department, neuroscientist James A. Coan, Ph.D., has conducted research into brain activity and emotional experience. He conducted brain scans of his subjects and found that women under stress displayed increased calmness as a result of holding a man’s hand. Stress reduction was most dramatic when the woman and man had close emotional ties.
So, if you want to reduce your level of stress … and do so quickly … relief is as close as holding your partner’s hand!
ScienceDaily (June 15, 2007) — In detailed research conducted at the Universite de Montreal investigation of the actual nature and content of sexual dreams was undertaken. In a large sample of dream reports from both men and women, approximately eight percent of everyday dream reports from both genders contain some form of sexual-related activity.
In this study, authored by Antonio Zadra, PhD, over 3,500 home dream reports were collected from men and women. Sexual intercourse was the most common type of sexual dream content, followed by sexual propositions, kissing, fantasies and masturbation.
The study found that both men and women reported experiencing an orgasm in about four percent of their sexual dreams. Orgasms were described as being experienced
TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) – New research looks at sexuality and sexual activity in a scientific way. In a deviation from the frequent scientific focus that often centers on illness, this new study looks at health and well-being. It looks at elements that affect quality of life – having a good sex life being critical to overall quality of life.
According to research conducted by University of Chicago’s Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine, better health equates to better sex lives. These researchers also found that healthy people were more likely to engage in sex — and good sex at that. Those in good health were more apt to express an interest in sex.
This new research also found that this association held firm into middle-age and later life as well. This research was published in the March 10 issue of the British Medical Journal.
The study authors examined two different samples of more than 3,000 adults each – in one, the subjects were aged 25 to 74; in the second, the subjects were aged 57 to 85. Both groups contained an equal number of men and women. Subjects were interviewed and filled in questionnaires on their marital status, their health (rated on a scale from excellent to poor), the quality of their sex lives and how often they had sex.
The study’s authors created a novel
measure called “sexually active life expectancy.” According to this new measure, men aged 55 could expect another 15 years of sex while women of the same age could expect about 11 more active sexual years.
This research provides even-more evidence of the far-reaching benefits of good health. An active sexual relationship nourishes intimacy and satisfaction. Having good sexual interaction — both in frequency and in level of gratification — in turn, can function to deepen a relationship, providing stronger, more enduring partnerships.
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Are you looking for a quick, simple way to spark up your Relationship Intimacy? Look no further than your — and your partner’s — sense of smell!
Smells work on the limbic system to release neurotransmitters. The limbic system of the brain not only controls drives of hunger, thirst and sex, but it also influences more subtle responses of emotion, memory, creativity and intuition. Within the limbic system resides the regulatory mechanism of your highly sensitive inner life, the core of your being.
The olfactory nerves (nerves in the nose) are directly connected to your brain’s limbic system. Hence, even subtle aromas cause immediate
ScienceDaily — Scientists of the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Granada have released a new study. Researcher Juan Carlos Sierra Freire studied how some psychological variables such as
* positive attitude towards sexuality
* sexual fantasies
* anxiety
are related to sexual desire in human beings.
The Study
Using the Sexual Desire Inventory, 608 subjects aged 13 to 43 were studied. Researchers found that 32% of inhibited sexual desire in men was associated with a negative attitude toward sexuality, as well as some sexual fantasies. Eighteen percent of such inhibited sexual desire in women was due to increased anxiety and decreased sexual fantasizing. According to researchers, these figures show that psychological factors, which have a role in sexual response, depend on gender.
The Power of Imagination
The results of this research reveal
an important relation between sexual desire and positive attitude toward sexuality in men. Men responded more positively towards sexual stimuli and thoughts, and they accepted them more easily. The male population has an attitude that, together with sexual fantasies, heightens sexual drive.
In turn, women also share the imagination at play. The more sexual fantasies they have, the more sexual desire they experience. However, “women normally present more anxiety disorders than men” regarding transitory emotional stages such as anxiety, because anxiety strongly affects women’s sexual function.
This study highlights the importance of sexual fantasies in sexuality. In fact, sexual fantasies are used in sex therapy to diminish levels of anxiety of execution or of sexual activity, provided that there are no organic anomalies (lack of hormones, endocrine disorders, etc.).
The Importance of Education
These Spanish researchers point out that education on sexual stimulation and response as well as healthy attitudes towards sexuality is extremely important. In this way, sexual intercourse is more pleasurable and there is less probability of having sexual dysfunctions.
Healthy Sexual expression is a necessary part of being a fully-alive, fully-functioning human being. Since each human person is a sexual being, every action that you perform is an expression of yourself as a sexual being. When you recognize that sexuality is both normal and natural to life, it can become easier for you to explore the aspects of what comprises healthy sexuality.
For many people, looking honestly at sexual wants and needs is akin to doing something wrong and/or bad. For many, there are a lot of proscriptions and “shalt nots” where sex is concerned. Focusing on improving your sexual health starts with positive ideas about what are normal and natural aspects of sexuality specific to you.
I hope this blog will provide you with ideas that allow you to be more comfortable with your sexuality and yourself as a sexual being. I urge you add your “comment”s here — just click on the “comment” tag and type out your pertinent thoughts. I invite you to add your ideas in ways that enhance the openness that is important to sexual expression.
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Sexual desire is a magical, enjoyable and — sometimes — elusive experience. If lately you have found yourself feeling as though your passion for sex — or your partner — is dimming, here are some VERY IMPORTANT things for you to begin to do … at once!
First of all, get a thorough check up from your physician. Make certain that you are not experiencing some other health problem that is masquerading as low sexual desire. Discuss with your doctor any concerns you may have.
Once your physical doctor gives you a clean bill of health, turn your attention to the emotional you — examine your emotions. Have you been having emotional reactions and keeping them stuffed inside? Doing so can be blunting your sexual desire. It’s time to
Also, remember to pay careful attention to the mental you — your thoughts. Have you — subtly — been telling yourself negative messages where your sexuality is concerned? Remember “self-fulfilling prophecy”? Be aware: If you have been feeding yourself negative ideas about your sexual satisfaction, these ideas can be manifesting in low sexual desire. In order to move OUT of the experience of low sexual desire, it is vitally important that you CHANGE these ideas to affirmative, positive ideas that encourage you to enjoy strong sexual desire once again!
Sexuality is one of the most important areas of Relationship Power. The partners’ Sexual expression allows the Relationship to deepen. Sexual interaction allows strong bonds to form between the participants.
As important as healthy Sexuality is to the success of a Relationship, it is — significantly enough — the area in many Relationships that is least talked about. Many adults have difficulty discussing Sexual ideas — they stumble over communication of likes and dislikes, not to mention areas of possible Sexual dysfunction.
This difficulty in discussing Sexuality often stems from childhood-to-adolescent programming. Many who have difficulty with Sex Talk were raised in a family where there was no talk about Sexual topics. By default, this left the child-turned-adult with the belief that it was avoided in their family home specifically because it is NOT all right …