Dating & Sex
Put away your copies of 50 Shades of Gray, ladies, because according to new research, it's YOU who should be dominant in the bedroom. A study for Sex Roles Journal of Research (where do I get a subscription?) lead by Lisa Rosenthal surveyed 357 women and 126 men, ages 18 to 29, all heterosexual and …
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Couples With Cold Feet More Likely to Divorce
From the researchers that brought you "Water is Wet" and "Sun May In Fact Be Hot," comes a new study that is more shocking and unbelievable than ever - couples who experience "cold feet" before their wedding are more likely to divorce! The study, performed at UCLA, claims that when those about to get married …
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Arousal Overrides Disgust During Sex
Sometimes, when gearing up to write the blog in the morning, I think to myself that I'm surely running out of topics on which to write. I mean, certainly there has to be a limit on sex and dating stories and advice columns, right? How many times can you try and explain how to fix …
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Friday Sex Tip: Talk About Sex During Sex
We all know that pre-hookup dirty talk can be the ultimate turn on. It makes the day fly by and gives an added boost of anticipation for the night ahead. However, new research is showing that talking about sex while you're getting it on can make the experience even better. Study researcher Elizabeth Babin, an …
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The Science of Orgasms
As kids and college students alike pull on their Hello Kitty backpacks and head back to school, I think it's important for us adults to get a bit of education in ourselves. This is Booty Call University after all, and we all need to get our mushy, coffee-and-expense-report-driven brains thinking sometimes. Luckily, I found a …
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Durex Guerilla Marketing ... Yea or Nay?
Every time I see something like this, I immediately think about how uptight and prudish America can be when it comes to sex. If this were to happen on an American flight, someone would probably tackle that woman, pistol-whip her, and then tell the press that she had raped their children and then forced the …
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OBC TIPZ: Moving From Online Flirtation to Offline... Date... Ation. I'm sorry.
It's clearly been a rough day. I invoked the lyrics of System of a Down earlier. I made The Nipple Sword Lord our Hump Day Hottie of the week. So you'll have to forgive the weird mood I've been in. Let's get back to business and talk about more OBC Tips: How To Move Your …
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Touch Up Your OBC Profile
Sometimes, things that once seemed perfect begin to fade. Like, say, the fresco of Jesus crowned with thorns. Unlike that disaster, though, anybody can touch up their dating profile without completely destroying it in such a way that it's so bad it's funny. Here are a few of OBC's tips for how to give your …
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Sleeping Beauty Art Installation Seems Like a Good Idea
Oh, good. Not creepy at all. Advice to anyone who may be considering setting up a Sleeping Beauty art installation in order to meet your soul mate: people who are willing to kiss you while you fake being asleep might also be the type to ACTUALLY RAPE YOU. Stick to OBC or some other dating …
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Marriage Leads Women to Drink More
Reason #41,990 not to get married: you might turn into an alcoholic. Okay, okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. But according to a new study, women are more likely to up their intake of booze after they get married, while their husbands actually drink less! The study, performed by Corinne Reczek of …
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