Want to know how not to woo a woman? Ask the experts: single girls. Five single women, five top tips on what not to do when you’re trying to impress them on a date – from putting on an act and trying too hard to getting too steamy too soon.
“My guy and I had to find safe public spots to have sex,” Priya says. Like many Indian couples, Priya and her boyfriend made love in parks and other deserted spots because both lived with their parents in Mumbai.
Half of all women under 25 say they sometimes or always have pain during intercourse. Why do they put up with it? In most cases there’s no medical cause, says Dutch psychologist Ellen Laan.
A first date is special but also nerve-racking - how do you make it the perfect night to remember? It’s so exciting yet gives you butterflies in the tummy! Where should you go, what should you wear, what should you say, what should you avoid saying... Phew!
Saliva, semen, sweat… sex is basically pretty gross when you think about it, says researcher Charmaine Borg. Luckily, once we get turned on we soon forget the yuck factor. Borg investigated how sexual arousal wins out over disgust.
Shifa's exams were due so she would stay up till late at night ‘studying,’ which meant watching TV with her textbooks in front of her. She discovered they were screening everything from Blue Lagoon to Caligula.
I first found out about sex when I was 13. It was a series of things that were happening all at the same time. That year, we saw a woman nude on screen for the first time and discovered a favourite pastime: masturbation.
“They think I’ll randomly have sex with them and get a girlfriend along for a three-way.” Shantanu, Smitha, Revant, Yasmeen and Ashley have two things in common: they’re all bi-sexual, and sick of people assuming they’re confused.
Living with your boyfriend or girlfriend without being married? It’s still a taboo for most Indians. But a growing number of couples are daring to make the move. “It’s a constant battle,” says Amrita about her parents' insistence that she get married.
“I discovered masturbation by accident,” says Bangalore-based Marion. Till the age of 16 she didn’t know what she was doing. “I mean I knew what ‘masturbation’ meant when boys did it, I didn’t think girls could do it.”
Prostatorrhea is a disease which mainly seems to affect conservative men. Dr. Hussein Ghanem, sexologist at Cairo University, says the symptoms may be alarming, but the cure is simple: more masturbation.
Contraception - a topic so varied that the city of Vienna dedicated an entire museum to it! Talking about condoms may be unsexy but you need to think about it. Marking our partnership with family planning provider DKT, here's our Top Five Facts #5.
