| Monday, October 27, 2008 | ||
| Madonna and Sexless in One Sentence? | ||
This is not a blog that deals with celebrity gossip, at least not until we heard reports that the Madonna-Ritchie break-up was allegedly triggered by a their sexless marriage for the past 18 months.  This is not a posting about a sexy star's secret life of abstinence. It's about what's going down in more and more relationships and it seems that no-one is exempt. Not even if you're hot, rich and sharing a bed with a much younger man. We can't know exactly why the icon of feminine prowess and sexual reinvention decided to just said NO! Or perhaps if he's the one rolling over and pretending to be asleep. After all, sexless marriages are not caused (as Guy Ritchie will have us think) by women being obsessed with other activities (half of every day at the gym, in this case). They are caused by couples deprioritizing sex, either because they are distancing themselves emotionally or because, despite good intentions, they are not making an effort to fight the monotony, routine or the competition with other duties. How about using this as a reminder that effort and time spent together in bed, goes a longer way than even the hardest abs and ass. |
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| Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | ||
| 105 and Probably Never Been Kissed | ||
Now here's a lady who shows us that abstinence education does work sometimes. Either that or she's telling the truth: she just never got round to having sex. For 105 years.  Clara Meadmore, who celebrated her hundred-and-fifth on Saturday, seems rather happy about her lifetime without boyfriends, without male-related emotional melt-downs and without taking time to learn and relearn contraception, safe sex and sex aids. Come to think of it, nowhere did she deny finding time to squeeze vibrator play into her hectic schedule of gardening, cooking, reading and listening to the radio. But okay, let's not assume that she is any cooler than she really is. There were a few explanations given by the birthday girl on her lifetime of virginity. Sex seemed like a hassle to her, and she said she was glad to have done without it. She noted that she is is not gay, she simply hadn't fancied having sex. When she was a girl, sex was something you only had when you were married and she never wanted to get married. Of course her childhood was before World War I! She was in the army during the second World War. And the didn't get any action there!? Or during the sexy 60's? Or when the women's movement showed up and said it was okay (she was a very big girl by then). Okay then, if virginity is her choice and she is well into her second century with a smile on her face, we have to applaud her independence and tenacity. I still think, though, that you can't reach that age without a few erotic birthday presents from well-intentioned friends. I certainly hope so too. Find out more about abstinence. |
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| Monday, October 06, 2008 | ||
| Is It the Real Thing...? | ||
And the Ig Nobel goes to the lady who showed us that Coke explodes sperm. Seriously - there is someone out there who got funding to dip sperm into coke and draw conclusions. And now she has been honoured by the tongue-in-cheek alternative Nobel committee. But wait.... hold your applause....  Deborah Anderson, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University Medical Center, discovered that coke can kill sperm. Unfortunately, men don't ejaculate into coke bottles (well some do, but they aren't the rule), they ejaculate into women's vaginas, or at least this is the way it is usually done when contraception is called for. And they ejaculate tens of millions of the little swimmers, so one might want a safer option than tossing some juice into the vulva and hoping for good coverage. Its nice that in the name of science, people are always looking for more alternatives, and contraception is a great arena to explore. But listen up folks, hosing the vagina down with coloured sugar water is a bad idea all round. Yeast infection thrives on sugar and so will other bacteria who are otherwise doing well without being sent into a sugar frenzy. By the way, the research also showed that Diet Coke had a similar spermicidal effect, but don't take that mean that DC gets the thumbs up. Prof. Anderson does not recommend Coca Cola for birth control. |
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