It is the fact that the sex of your unborn baby is determined at the moment of conception and depends on the type of a sperm cell that would fertilize an egg cell. If the X-chromosome sperm reaches the egg, then the baby is a girl. If the Y-chromosome joins the egg, then the baby is a boy. Full story

Quite often magazines conduct all kinds of studies which involve their readers. Magazine Self is one of them; recently it held an interesting survey. Five hundred females, ages between 18 and 45, participated in it by answering some questions about their sex life. The results showed that 42% of women are quite happy with their sex life, 17% come across the concept of sex only when watching reality shows, but not in their own bedroom. Full story

It turns out even the faintest smell of a substance in male sweat is enough to increase the cortisol hormone level in women. In its turn, the cortisol is responsible for stress and sexual desire of the fair sex and even influences the ovulation in female body. Full story

Despite the fact that condoms are publicly available, people very often disregard this contraception method. According to a research done by Durex in 2003, the Chinese have the highest tendency to have sex with a new partner without the use of condoms (70%), the next are the Czechs (58%) and the British (34%). The French take the greatest care of their sexual safety - only 9% are ready to risk their sexual health. Here are some interesting facts about condoms you didn’t know. Full story

It is not a secret that people once drunk become less picky at choosing sex partner. It remained a mystery up till now to what extend exactly they get less picky. This puzzle was solved by scientists from Bristol University. They calculated how much beer makes people look more attractive in each other’s eyes. Full story

A new way of making sex as pleasurable as possible has been created in the form of gel. The gel is said to prolong and intensify woman’s orgasm. After applying it, the orgasm may last 3 times more. As scientists claim, the orgasm of an average woman lasts 25-30 seconds. The orgasm gel developers claim, that the female sexual peak is going to last up to 107 seconds with it. Full story

Scientists have recently discovered that polygamy is part of our human nature. This way we can find the reasons behind the fact that many of us get involved in the so-called love triangles. Sexologists explain this tendency by saying that each of us has three centers of love emotions. Each centre is responsible for, respectively, passion, attachment, and romantic relationships. Hence, this is the reason why any person can have not only one but two or even three objects of affection. Full story

Viagra helps not only men, but women as well; this sensational statement was made by scientists from New Mexico University, USA. 98 women, who were taking antidepressants, participated in the study. This group of medicaments reduced depression symptoms and are euphorigenic, but the side effects include lowered libido and inability to have orgasm. Full story

Some prefer to dilute love foreplay with alcohol drinks, as there is a belief that such drinks not only stimulate sexual arousal but also help keep up the erection for hours. It would be true to say that alcohol does not deserve the title of sexual stimulator. On a large scale, alcohol does improve neither the quality nor the duration of sex. Full story

It is not a secret that regular and adequate sex is one of the best ways to strengthen immunity. The benefits from sex are so multi-sided that scientists have systematized the data and developed a wide list of good reasons to have sex. You can extend the list with your own comments. Full story

Women are willing to go for various sacrifices for the sake of watching the next episode of the favourite soap opera! As British scientists found out, about a quarter of women who live in Britain are willing to give up sex completely just so that they can watch their favourite soap operas, such as “Sex and the City” and the British “Coronation Street”. Full story

Various foods have good effect on libido. A recent discovery showed that watermelon is one of those products as well. Scientists from Vegetable Improvement Center believe that the antioxidants licopen, beta-carotene and citrulline found in watermelons help relax blood vessels and improve blood circulation to many organs, including the genital organs. Full story

Only woman herself can decide whether she should go for the first date sex or do it sometime later in the dating process. British scientists, however, warn that most females are disappointed in the first date sex. A study was conducted to establish this fact. The scientists asked a large number of women to do the study’s questionnaire and then made the conclusion that intimacy is not something we can rush with. Why? Full story

As often as not, women criticize narcissistic, egoistic, and insolent fellows. A study held by scientists from a university in New Mexico State, Las-Cruses city, showed, however, that women can not resist the brazens’ and egoists’ charms and are not looking for a real prince. This fact was confirmed by the study with over 200 student participants. Full story

About 70% of men and 40% of women snore while sleeping at night. Snoring can be really dangerous for one’s health, but it also has a negative effect on the sexual life of the couple. The night trills affect the life of every forth couple. There are also many people, who just prefer to sleep in separate rooms, because one of the couple snores. A recent study conducted by British medics shows, that the relationships of the couple, one of who regularly snores at night, can become really bad. Full story

Scientists came to conclusion that women need to experience orgasm during sex, otherwise, the woman may develop such diseases as mastopathy or myoma due to stagnated blood. When lacking orgasm the female body undergoes serious stress. Arousal leads to increased levels of the hormone estrogen and the blood surges to the reproductive organs. During orgasm the stagnated blood is removed and the body is cleansed of pathogenic bacteria. Full story

The meeting, the flirting, the courtship, the dating – this is the typical scheme of a relationship. Time passes, you get to know each other better, grow fonder of each other. Every step in your relationship gets you closer to one of the most exciting moments of any relationship, the sacred moment between a man and a woman – the first sexual intercourse. Both of you had sexual partners before. Sex with some was wonderful, with others – satisfactory. But at the moment you are in love with him, with the only man in your eyes, and want your first night to be perfect. Such wish is probably the major mistake most women make. Full story

Having sex with one and the same partner is boring – at least for women. 60% of them claim at the age of 30, that they want sex with their husbands only during the first four years of marriage or living together. At the end of this time this number gradually reduces to 50%. In 20 years there are only 20% of women, who desire intimacy with their husbands. This has been discovered by German scientists. Full story

Imagine the following situation: it is not your first time having sex, and your partner hints yet once again that it would be nice to try something… And then comes a suggestion for something new, something you always viewed as impossible, unpleasant and out of bounds. Should you reject it right away or take the risk and go for it? Full story

Can differences in biorhythms of men and women disturb harmony of a love? As scientists believe, indeed they can. Those scientists offer advices on how to find that mutual passion. Psychologists affirm that "owl-lark" couples do argue a lot, it is harder for them to find a compromise, they go out in public less often, and feel disconnected from each other far more often. The issue gets intensified by the fact that the partners obviously have sex less often as well. Surely, couples that have the same biorhythms also may encounter different timings in passion. After all, the female and male sexual sensitivity clocks are very much different. We have to do something about it! Full story