Enough with this lie: 5 myths about sex that you still believe in - Walla! health

2021-10-20T06:22:26.431Z

How many calories are actually burned in sex, what's the matter with men reaching their sexual peak before women - and 3 more myths that got stuck in our heads because we watched too much TV in our youth

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Enough with this lie: 5 myths about sex that you still believe

How many calories are actually burned in sex, what's the matter with men reaching their sexual peak before women - and 3 more myths stuck in our heads because we watched too much TV in our teens, and it's time to shatter

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1. Sex burns full of calories

full?

Definately not.

Experts estimate that in 30 minutes of sex you can burn between 85 and 150 calories.

In a rough and light calculation that weights an average daily calorie intake - you will need to have sex more than 30 times a day to burn a pound.

And that's without us referring to the 30 minute time limit (you would be dead!).

For most people, sex lasts much less than half an hour.

How much less?

The average ranges from 3 to 7 minutes.

So do the math yourself (maybe the math effort will burn you another calorie or two).

30 minutes elk.

Gif man and woman in bed (Photo: Giphy)

2. There is a decade gap between the sexual record of women and men

Testosterone (male sex hormone) levels peak around the age of 18, while estrogen (female sex hormone) levels peak around the mid-20s.

Because low hormonal levels are linked to lower libido, some experts conclude that libido necessarily peaks at the same time as hormones peak.

But if one tries to estimate the state of sexual desire according to another parameter - for example, the frequency of sexual intercourse - then there is no difference between men and women, not one that is related to age at least.

Sexual desire is a volatile and variable matter in each and every one and is affected by many factors, not just age.

Men and women alike experience ups and downs in their level of sexual desire throughout their life period.

3. Men think about sex every 7 seconds

A study published in the Journal of Sex Research completely disproved this myth.

To find out how many times a day men (and women) think about sex, the researchers asked university students to document their thoughts on food, sleep and sex for an entire week.

Analysis of the data revealed that men think about sex much less than we think, when the average was 19 times a day (which is a little more than once an hour, minus hours of sleep), and very far from 8,000 times a day (which is the calculation of thinking about sex once in 7 Seconds, double 24 hours).

Food came to the minds of men in second and very close place with 18 times a day, and sleep with 11 times.

For women - 10 thoughts about sex a day (which is about half of men, so there is still a gap), 15 about food and 8.5 about sleep.

Teach you about priorities.

Men think about sex 19 times a day, how many times do women think about it?

Man and woman lying in bed (Photo: ShutterStock)

4. Sex can impair athletic performance

The story of avoiding sex before important games or big competitions accompanies professional sports for decades, and there are coaches who really teach (or ask) their players to take care of it.

A study published 5 years ago in the journal Frontiers in Physiology decided to examine this in depth and concluded that sex has a very limited effect on athletic performance, and if so - it is positive.

5. Sexual stimulation in women happens more slowly than in men

The truth is that sexual stimulation takes more or less the same time in both sexes - this is the conclusion reached by researchers who have studied the subject, biologically and physiologically.

In a study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, an experiment was conducted in which researchers used thermal cameras (which measure body temperature) to measure the blood flow to the genitals of 28 men and 30 women, while watching funny, neutral or erotic videos.

They found that the time of sexual arousal, measured by the time it took for the genitals to reach the highest temperature after watching the sexy videos, was the same in women and men.

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