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Posted 01.24.2013 at 12:00 pm
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Condoms Are Still Fun
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Good news, everyone: safe sex is still fun sex. And now we have a published study to prove it. (In case you needed that confirmation, for some reason.)
Researchers from Indiana University crunched the data from the 2009 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, examining the most recent sexual "event" for adults ages 18 to 59. The people who used condoms and lubricant during their "event" rated the experience "as highly arousing and pleasurable with few differences based on condom or lubricant use." The team's results are published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
And a bonus, sort-of-obvious subpoint emerged, too: more than twice as many men as women knew the condom was lubricated or what material it was made out of. (Because men are more likely to purchase and apply the condom, the researchers suggest.)
Hopefully all of that wasn't stopping you from practicing safe sex. But if you needed a data-driven, scientific push, you have no excuse now.
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I don't believe any of these researchers have had sex....because if they had...they would know that no one thinks sex with a condoms is "fun". It is a precautionary product that inhibits most of the feelings of sex.
It does inhibit many of the feelings, but I don't find one of the other to be less satisfactory, unless I've had a lot recently then the condom can prevent the climax of the story.
When in doubt, do it in the butt.
"Good news, everyone: safe sex is still fun sex."
All right readers of PoPSCi, here is your homework assignment. All of you tonight go and have safe sex tonight and report your results tomorrow.
Rate you results from a scale of 1 to 10.
1, you chewed your arm off to escape the situation.
10, you are not a love addict!
Or an essay of your adventure is ok too.
GOOD LUCK! ;)
10, you are NOW a love addict!....
LoL, ... oi.
This is the deal. If you care about the girl your brain will make it enjoyable either way. But, if you don't care about her having a condom does make it less enjoyable.
Every man knows it is even better without a condom or lubricant.
The colorful "bananas" featured on this article are absolutely hilarious, especially with their cartoon expressions.
I get paid over $87 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing, Great70.com
What a profound insight. No wonder there are people in the street that think science is for nutcases only. They should have used the funds they spent on the study to send some sex starved teenagers on a mind expanding holiday in Bangkok.