Remember that STRANGE story about a North Carolina woman who castrated a man with her bare hands at a party - hosted by the man’s girlfriend, over the holidays?  The woman, who police said was drunk at the time of the assault, assaulted the man, who’s in his late thirties, for reasons unknown, and the guy ended up a castrato and in the hospital just a little while longer.

The woman’s lawyer says there is more to the story than what is being told so far, and asks that people withhold judgment til “all the facts” come forward.  Perhaps this guy was trying something he shouldn’t have on his assailant?  Maybe they got really drunk and played a stupid game of truth or dare?  Who knows, but one thing is for sure, this must be the talk of the town in this normally quiet location, and it made national news, so I’m sure neither the victim nor his assailant are happy about that. 

Most people think the old cliche that people just stop having sex the longer they’ve been together is true, don’t they? Well, in fact it may be true in many cases, or at least partially true for some couples who may have lost interest in sex of just lost interest in wanting to please eachother, there are also many couples that say growing older together has just enabled them to kick it up a notch in the bedroom.  In fact, many of these couple counterparts who say sex is more enjoyable the older they get, is women. 

The myth that women reach their biological sexual prime in their older years, namely starting in their forties is likely due to the fact that they simply have shed a lot of their old inhibitions and are much more open minded to try new things when it comes to sexual encounters, so researchers say. 

Not only that, but many women report that they do orgasm much more easily when they reach this age.  While the anatomical reason for that isn’t really clear, it may be due to certain unique hormonal activity that goes on in women past the age of forty which accounts for an easier stimulation, and ultimately, an easier orgasm for women.  Some men also report that the sex gets better with their partners as they age, because their partners, likewise, tend to be less inhibited, and a little more agressive than they used to be in their younger years.

Not only that, but increasing technology in aging more gracefully and helping us to feel younger, like HGH enhancing supplements and nutritional vitamin supplements has furthered out health and well being, including our sexual stamina and natural libido, well beyond our fifties and sixties for once!

We all tend to gain a lot of confidence in who we are as we age, and what we are capable of.  This goes for both men and women.  If we can translate that into our relationships, then we can help build a stronger lasting relationship that stays sexually healthy, and is open for communication, paving a path for a deeper intimacy and better sexual experiences for both partners. 

Well, yes condoms, on their own, barring the idea that humans must put them on correcly, are virtually error free.  This means, that much like the female contraceptive, the birth control pill, condoms are almost 100% effective, when used correctly.  That’s ALMOST 100% effective, but not quite.  What that means is that most errors that occur, and semen that breaches the barrier of a condom, is because the man putting it on his penis has put it on incorrectly or not read the directions properly on how to put a condom on. 

The standard that the good old FDA, the Food and Drug Administration, has put on condoms sold to the public outlet is that they must only have up to a .4 percent error margin.  This means that 99.6 of the condoms tested must hold up to rigorous breakage tests and be tested out of a certain quality group in order to be sold to the public as a contraceptive device. 

So, really your condom, without any human error, is a pretty darn good way to guarantee that you won’t have any little squirts running around, and will also protect yourself from many STD’s, as long as the condom is put on correctly by the man or woman, and as long as it is not a defective condom, and you also should make sure the condom has not expired. 

I believe all condoms must have an expiration date on them, since they may not be guaranteed to be so unbreakable as time passes and they may dry out, or degrade and become much less tough and more likely to break and cause unwanted pregnancy or exposure to an STD that can be prevented through the wearing of condoms. 

Yeah, you read that right.  Apparently the state of North Carolina actually has a name for when someone gets their male genitalia maliciously attacked needing medical attention, with the intention of the attacker being to render a person impotent or commit harm to an individual.  It is not clear how the female attacker did it to the 38 year old North Carolina man, but it sounds like she grabbed his testicles and/or penis with her hands and just starting ripping them away from his body, causing injury and the need for 50 stitches. 

The police report states that the man, the 34 year old woman who maliciously castrated him, and the 38 year old man’s girlfriend who was the host at said party, were all extremely intoxicated when the event went down (no kidding, I hope so), and that charges were filed against the woman, whose name is Rebecca Arnold Dawson.

The town this happened in is a relatively small one of about 3,000 people and no malicious castrations have been reported there as of yet.  Jeez, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard of this one in my town, but I’d venture to say malicious castration does NOT happen very often at all! 

Well, that’s what some people, including the group that sponsors the somewhat potentially controversial ads on the sides of buses and other places in the metropolitan San Francisco are, which encourages men (targeting particularly high risk men), to get tested for various STD’s, including syphilis.  The ads are showing a positive outcome, with men seeing the ad becoming more likely to remember the importance of getting tested for this STD and being aware of its importance. 

The ads are mostly shown at bus stops and on the sides of public transportation buildings and vehicles, and feature a cartoon “character” that looks like a man’s penis.  The intention is to use a little humor to get men to get tested, and it does seem to be doing the trick, although some areas or companies are refusing to display it since it is deemed “racy” or something. 

The ads have actually been running in San Francisco since 2002 and are sponsored by the health department in that area as a means to help reduce infection of high risk male groups to the disease, and it has actually helped in the decline of reported syphilis cases, and I believe also other infectious sexually transmitted diseases, so it’s doing its job to say the least.

I think it’s funny actually, and whatever works, works to curb the spread of syphilis and other STD’s that can be life threatening.  I mean, what else is going to attract attention like that of an animated penis character?  It’s practically ingenius! 

Happy New Year from Male Enhancement Magazine.  May this year bring you a great sex life, and much love.  Don’t forget to bookmark MEM for great men’s health news and updates and the latest in sexual health for a great 2007!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!