What has this world come to I ask?  I mean seriously, a MD town is considering banning those fake bull balls or bull testicle ornaments that you see dangling from the hitches of trucks many times - probably because they don’t want kids to be exposed to this “suggestive” ornament.  OK, if we weren’t so uptight about this anatomical stuff, don’t you think maybe our kids might be a little more well adjusted and informed about sex and sexuality? 

I think there is a serious problem when legislation is pending for the elimination of a piece of free expression - especially if it is all encompassing and says that any displays of public nudity are inappropriate and a person will get fined for $500 if they are found to have any type of vehicle ornament displaying nudity.  Where is our right to free expression? 

This is really depressing to me.  But the good thing is, the town is fighting back and saying what are we supposed to do then, not even allow people to walk their dogs outside because a child might see or an adult might be offended by the “nudity” and anatomical parts of a dog hanging out.  Hopefully there will be some resolution to this, or a happy medium can be reached, because it is scary that this right could be taken away so easily. 

Uh-oh, guys may be in more trouble than they think, and the phrase “not tonight honey I have a headache” may take on a whole new enlightened meaning.  According to some recent news, surveys have been done that show women may actually want clothes and other material good in life more than they crave sex.

Specifically, women are willing to give up sex for an alotted amount of time (yes, it’s a long time), for a whole new wardrobe.  Apparently women don’t think this is a all that bad a trade off.  After all, you can get sex anywhere, you can’t afford of find the means to afford a whole new wardrobe any time or any place, now can you?  Ehem, at least that’s what women are probably thinking.  Also, they can always resort to masturbation, or maybe they just keep themselves occupied and keep their mind out of the gutter a little more easily than guys do…

Apparently, according to the survey, more than half the women also said they’d rather give up sex a couple of weeks than give up their favorite article of clothing.  This gives new meaning to the term clothes horse! 

Hey, a nicely clothed woman probably figures that she’s got more to offer a guy, and a lot more ways to attract him, as well as a better sense of self confidence and feelings of sexiness if she has all the right clothes.  Women truly do love clothes, it’s kind of ingrained in them, and guys are a close second to that.  Heck, a lot of guy friends I have love clothes more than they love sex too, although I doubt they’d be willing to readily admit that! 

Umm, yeeeeah (in my best Lundberg voice from Office Space), this story will probably make you think twice about dating or otherwise bedding that crazy woman you’ve had your eye on that seems like she might be a little into some weird stuff…  In the news recently was a story about a woman convicted of stabbing a man she was having sex with WHILE she was having sex with him, allegedly to drink his blood. 

The allegation is that the 23 year old Tempe Arizona woman tied up her lover and proceded to stab him several times, telling him she liked to drink blood.  Yikes, this guy is going to suffer some serious sexual issues from now on I bet.   The two of them both admit to drinking and taking drugs prior to this bizarre encounter (jeez, what a shock), but the woman is claiming the whole shindig was consensual (um, I doubt this guy wanted to be stabbed repeatedly). 

The man, whom the report said lived with this psycho, said that he did agree to being tied up by the woman who became his attacker, but became afraid when she began attacking him with a knife.  He struggled free (thank God), and was able to run away from the looney tune, but not before she began chasing him with yet another potential murder weapon - a pickax.

Talk about straight from a horror movie!  Jeez, these types of stories make me glad that I’m in a long term, secure relationship.  It’s a wild, wild world out there gentleman, and you just never know what you’re getting sometimes.  Same goes for the ladies too I suppose…

Boy oh boy, just another reason to keep that prostate healthy!  I recently read an article that links the typical treatment for prostate cancer and a shortening of the penis.  This means your penis becomes smaller, shorter to be exact, and most men do not want this unless they are already hung like a horse or something!  Why exactly does the prostate cancer treatment shorten the penis size?

Well, many men who have prostate cancer treatments for local prostate cancer, receive a combination of a hormone treatment along with a series of radiation treatments.  Research shows that these treatments together have resulted in a significantly shorter penis in a lot of men who have had the combo therapy.

The research was done on a group of men who received this combination therapy for prostate cancer, and it was found that the average penis shrinkage after eighteen months of treatment was astoundingly high - about 2 inches of shrinkage, or even a little more, give or take a few centimeters. Up until now, the evidence that radiation therapy alone could shrink a man’s penis was purely anecdotal, but now this new study appears to prove that at least the hormone combo therapy with radiation tends to shrink the penile length significantly.

Why can’t it do the opposite, like make these men’s penises grow larger, at least, so they can have a good side effect?  But no, we all know things don’t usually work themselves out that way, that’d be too lucky!  Perhaps these men, after successful treatment, could embark on a penis enlargement exercise program and that would help to stretch the penis as well as re-train it to grow longer on its own.   

Scientists are working on an interesting new theory, and God knows how they even though to come up with this theory, but it is kind of a scary one, if I do say so myself.  They are now linking the fairly common male surgery to “fix” him and disable his sperm production so that he may not impregnate a woman, the vasectomy, with a higher risk of dementia, a form of mental illness that involves delusional thinking and other unsavory mental side effects.

This specific dementia linked to the vasectomy though, is actually a very rare form of dementia, which may explain why the seemingly obscure link was found.  This specific vasectomy related dementia is marked by a rapid decrease in language skills.  The reason for the link is that an astounding 40% of the men with this rare form of dementia who were surveyed indicated that they had a vasectomy, which makes it at least a big coincidence. 

The study was admittedly done with a relatively small group of test subjects though, and researchers are trying to get resources together to get an even bigger and more comprehensive and thorough study together that can perhaps supply a more concrete bed of evidence showing this link is actually very likely.

The dementia is usually brought on along with alzheimers, and is typically only found in those 50 years old and older, but the vasectomy link came about when a patient with this specific dementia said he noticed the symptoms came into play just a few years after he had his vasectomy. 

An interesting study was done recently in NY which involved the study of young people newly in love and what parts of their brains were “turned on” and most active during these first, thrilling stages when a person has just fallen in love with someone.  We all know that falling in love or lust with someone can be totally consuming when it first happens, for a few months or even up to a year.  Of course, this excitement does gradually fade as the love matures, but it is a very powerful, overcoming feeling at first which involves brain areas that are responsible for the feelings of elation - almost a “high” if you will.

The study involved studying MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain of those newly enthralled with their loved one, and when presented with images of the one they love, various areas of the brain involved with the production of dopamine and cravings “lit up”, showing that the creation of additional dopamine accounts for the feelings of being on cloud nine when first in love with someone. 

They even differentiated between love and sexual feelings, or lust without love, and did not find that these same areas lit up, which is fascinating, because one would think love and lust would be closely related to one another in relation to the areas of the brain it would stimulate, but this apparently is not the case with love and its counterpart lust. 

Not only did they find out why new love feels so incredible, but these finding also explain why when a person is rejected by their loved one, it can be ultimately defeating and very emotionally painful.  The most intersting part to me is that it is fairly conclusive at this point that lust and love operate out of two different brain centers at first, and then as the love matures, they kind of blend the line and become fuzzy (probably because sex becomes more of something that has to be kept interesting as a couple is together longer).  I’d love to see a study like this on the pheromones affects on the human brain, both on men and women.  I don’t think that’s been done yet….

We all know exercising is great for us, and that we should always try to maintain a regular fitness schedule for the health of our heart, our mind and our overall body, as well as for weight loss and maintenance. But what about exercising for sexual health and our natural libido, or craving for sex which makes us feel youthful and alive? What about exercising for staying healthy, young and virile for as long as we can as men?

We’ve all heard that working out can help rev up our sexual appetite, partially because of the endorphins released during the workout itself, and the virile air to a good, hard, long workout with sweat included, but what about yoga to rev up your sex drive and to improve your actual sexual interlude quality? 

Fitness experts are saying that the ancient, religiously undertoned exercise, relaxation, and stretching techniques taught in this ancient form of fitness can actually improve your sex life.  It can be the ultimate helper in natural male sexual enhancement and natural female sexual enhancement. 

Yoga is thought of often as mostly an exercise for women, but LOTS of men are getting in to the practice, and are finding that not only does it help them in their stretching, relaxation and stress management, but also that it sculpts some chick-magnet muscles, burns fat, and makes you a better lover in ways you wouldn’t even think of most likely.

Yoga does a few things for us, and this translates into better sex for both a man and woman practicing yoga on a regular basis.  First of all, the breathing techniques in yoga are excellent for stress reduction, and actually oxygenate the blood and improve blood flow.  We all know that sexual enhancement drugs for both men and women have a primary goal of increasing blood flow, and herbal male enhancement products such as VigRX and Deer Antler Plus are designed to do the same, because the blood flow to the nether regions is a key to orgasmic pleasure, and also to endurance and a better feeling sexual experience all together.  Guess what that translates into?  You craving sex more with a renewed sense of vitality and energy.  For a review of Vig RX and Deer Antler Plus see : Deer Antler Plus Review and VigRX Review

Yoga not only improves blood flow and circulation, but it also is  a huge stress management tool.  Guess what stress does to both men and women sexually?  Yep, you guessed it, it saps the ever-loving sexual energy right out of us.  So to manage stress effectively is an immediate improvement tool for your sex life, guaranteed.  Another one that may be overlooked and draw some snickers even is the fact that yoga positions and postures make us WAY more flexible. 

You know what that means.  More naughty sex positions for you and your partner!  New sex positions not only feel great, they also improve your sex life and make things a lot more fun for both partners.  In short, yoga is a great way not only to stay in shape, but also as many are finding, a great way to keep your love life in prime shape! 

It looks like a bad relationship really might kill ya!  Or, at least some evidence is pointing to the fact that poor relationships, such as romantic relationships where there is no trust between the partners, constant bickering or fighting, or other issues which tend to generate displacement and feelings of angst and resentment, can actually have the effect on the body of weakening the immune system.  The evidence was shown in an Italian study of women (no men so far I don’t think, although one would think this would have very similar effects on a male immune system as well).

The study reflected the fact that women who tended to have issues with creating a close, loving and trusting bond with a sexual partner showed signs of a weakened immune system functionality.  In fact, they showed that the immune cells that typically destroy harmful invaders into the body were weaker than the women’s who tended to be able to form loving, close and trusting bonds with their sexual partners more easily.

This study really is just an extension of a much larger school of thought, and current ongoing studies on the effect of psychological stressors affecting someone’s immune system, and how stress can systematically weaken a person’s immune system, making them more susceptible to sickness and possibly even disease. 

The typical psychological pairings of people who tend to have difficulty forming, loving and lasting, while also trusting and secure bonds with lovers, are people who were brought up in a way that they had difficulty establishing trust in relationships, or have a fear of their partners or family members abandoning them.  They also may have a hard time relying on another or feeling dependent on having another person around. 

This psychological phenomena of having difficulty letting others get close is called “attachment insecurity” and has been shown in several studies to have a weakening effect on the killer cells of the immune system.  Perhaps therapy can help change these people’s outlook on relationships?  The sad thing is that once something like this is learned through a whole lifetime of experience, it’s hard to re-teach people to trust and be open to a partner.

This is a very interesting concept, and since I have actually been hypnotized before, and believe it is a powerful mind over matter and body concept because I have experienced its effectiveness in other avenues of my life, I totally believe that hynotism can be used to benefit men who either have lack of libido or have problems such as ejaculating too early (premature ejaculation).

We are going to talk about this a little more, after I research a little more thoroughly, but hypnotism is used for everything from stopping procrastination, to smoking cessation and weight loss, to, well, sexual enhancement and premature ejaculation. 

There are some excellent hypnosis programs out there on CD, and yes, I believe still tape as well, that allow you to basically put yourself in a deep trance, while the hypnotists addresses deep seated emotional issues which ultimately affect your physical body and your conscious life.  It’s a powerful concept, and we’ll get more into it later!