A new health study suggests that there is a link between men’s sexual activity and heart-disease risk. Apparently, men who shag two or three times a week are at a lesser risk of heart disease than men who reportedly have sex one a month.
“The Researchers found that there was an increasing risk of cardiovascular disease with decreasing frequency,” states the study, which was published in the American Journal of Cardiology. “Compared to men who reported sexual activity at least 2-3 times a week, men with sexual activity of once per month or less had a 45% increased risk of cardiovascular disease during the study period. The findings took into account factors such as age and ED status.”
Having frequent sexual activity might improve health through stress reduction and social support, especially if a man is in a steady relationship.
As if men needed another reason to fornicate, here’s a productive reason to do so, just strap up.
Images of female bodies are everywhere. Women – and their body parts – sell everything from food to cars. Women’s magazines are full of articles urging that if they can just lose those last twenty pounds, they’ll have it all – the perfect marriage, loving children, and a rewarding career but unfortunately, their goals are unattainable for all but a very small number of women.
If you visit the magazine stand at your local Barnes & Nobles or Borders bookstore you’ll see a thinly lingerie-claded Fergie on the women’s beauty magazine Allure while a svelte Sienna Miller wears a skin-tight red dress on the cover of this month’s Vogue. These are only two of the many magazines on the stand that feature thin physically attractive women are the cover to sell the issue.
Representations of women across all media more often highlight beauty, size/physique, sexuality and emotion as opposed to intellect, and relationships instead of independence. Advertising is arguably the most important and influential by-products of television. The average adult spends one-and-a-half-years of his or her life watching television advertisements. For the amount of time, it is highly possible that it will have some kind of effect on those who watch.
