"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats and facts:

* George Washington became sterile after contracting smallpox. He never had any kids.
* The word “whore” stems from an old English word for desire.
* The scientific words for missionary and doggystyle are “more hominum” and “more canum” respectively.
* A wig for pubes is called a merkin.
* Karen Greenlee, a necrophiliac who had sex w/20-40 corpses, was arrested, not for necrophilia, but for illegally driving a hearse.
* Research has shown that moderate amounts of alcohol can effectively treat premature ejaculation for dogs.
* 37% of men and 18% of women would rather have more sex partners than more sex with their current partners.
* In Thailand, Prayoon Eklang woke up to find out his wife had cut off his penis, tied it to a balloon, and let it fly away.
* In 1831, a 93-year-old man and a 105-year-old woman got married, and both died of old age the next day.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats and facts:

* The Fallopian tubes are named after Gabriel Fallopius, a physician who discovered them in the 1500s.
* Fallopius was also one of the 1st doctors to recommend condom use to protect against STD’s back in 1546.
* 90% of the world’s necrophiliacs are men.
* Part of the reason that wigs were popular in the 18th century was to cover up the hair loss caused by syphilis.AIDS and HIV rates in China are increasing among the elderly.
* One study found the 2 most important factors for marriage compatibility were religion and similarity of drinking habits.
* The World Health Organization estimated there are 100 million sex acts per day leading to 365,000 new cases of venereal disease.
* An estimated 1 out of every 200 women is born with a third nipple.
* Mo Ka Wang could lift 250 pounds of weight off the floor using only his penis.
* Most people contract STDs when they are (supposedly) in monogamous relationships.
* The “venereal” in “venereal disease” is a reference to Venus, the goddess of love and sex.
* The act of watching couples having sex in parked cars is called “dogging”.
* In America, bestiality is a felony in only 15 states.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats and facts:

* In other, non-human primates, the males often ejaculate within 15 seconds of initiating coitus.
* Another word for a pimp is a “Leno”.
* Urtication: using stinging nettles to stimulate the skin, sometimes for arousal.
* The Torah forbids a husband from engaging in sexual contact with his wife during her period, or even 7 days before her period.
* Someone with mysophilia can be aroused by smelling or chewing on dirty underwear and menstrual pads.
* The modern lap dance was originated in 1980 at the Mitchell Brother’s O’Farrell Theatre in San Francisco.
* The production and sale of condoms in the United States was illegal until 1930.
* Telegony is a (discredited) theory that a woman’s children can inherit traits from any man that she has had sex with.
* Men who undergo sex-change operations make an average of 32% less in income after the surgery.
* Women make an average of 1.5% more after sex-change operations.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* Vaginismus is when the PC muscles reflexively contract so it's painful or impossible to have sex, use a tampon or get a pap smear.
* Siderodromophilia: arousal from riding a train.
* The word “sadism” is a reference to the Marquis de Sade, who engaged in and wrote about sadistic sex acts.
* The word “masochism” is a reference to author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, who had a well-known fetish for dominant women.
* Docking is when a man stretches his foreskin over the tip of another man’s penis.
* A law that gives life sentences for adultery is still on the books in Michigan.
* February 14th is considered the first day of the mating season of birds.
* The word “molest” comes from the Latin word for harass or annoy.
* Hyphephilia refers to people who are aroused by touching fabrics.
* There’s a penis hidden in the cover art for the Disney film “The Little Mermaid”.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* A woman with tithiolagnia can achieve arousal and orgasm from breastfeeding.
* Clitoridectomies were performed on American women as late as the early 20th century to prevent masturbation.
* One of the oldest cock rings dates back to the 13th century; it was made from the eyelashes of slain goats.
* Genuphallation is a sex act involving rubbing the penis on another person’s knees.
* Male deer and zebras have been observed masturbating by rubbing their penises on their stomachs.
* Someone with hybristophilia would be attracted to partners who have committed crimes like rape, murder, and armed robbery.
* The number of active swingers in the U.S. is 5 million.
* Doctors used to use leeches to treat gonorrhea.
* Gynecomastia is when a a man develops enlarged breasts.
* Ophidicism is when a woman inserts a snake into her vagina to receive pleasure as it tries to escape. Popularized in Ancient Rome.
* Sexologists find that men who marry nymphomaniacs suffer from physical exhaustion, sleep deprivation, and anxiety.
* An average married couple spends 610 hours having sex.
* An anoraptus is a rapist who particularly preys upon elderly women.
* Pompoir is a sexual technique in which both partners remain still and the woman uses her vaginal muscles to stimulate the penis.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* Intercrural sex is when a man places his penis between his partner’s thighs for stimulation.
* Bidetonism is when women use the water spray from a bidet for masturbation.
* A sperm bank known as the “Nobel Sperm Bank” provided women with sperm from geniuses in an attempt to improve the human race.
* Only 3 Nobel Prize winners ever agreed to donate sperm to the Nobel Sperm Bank.
* 2-3 males in a thousand can practice autofellatio.
* Ecouteurism: nonconsensually eavesdropping on others having sex for your own arousal, the audio version of a Peeping Tom.
* A retrograde ejaculation is when the sperm is pushed into the bladder instead of out the urethra.
* People who suffer from erotomania have delusions that someone they don’t know, often a celebrity, is in love with them.
* As many as 40% of men over 65 suffer from some form of impotence or erectile dysfunction.
* Maieusiophilia is a fetish for pregnant women.
* The male gypsy moth can smell a female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
* Hierophilia is getting aroused by sacred objects. For example, masturbating in a church pew, or with a cross.
* According to the Journal of Sex Resarch: 15% of women have A cups, 44% are B-cup, 28% are C-cup, and 10% are D-cup.
* A 1989 survey found that the average U.S. couple has sex around once a week.
* A current poll found that U.S. couples have sex 2-3 times per week on average.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* Zelophilia is getting aroused by jealousy.
* There are stone carvings depicting vaginas that date back to as early as 35,000 years ago.
* By age 25, 95% of American females have had sex.
* Some fish have been known to engage in fellatio.
* Homilophilia isfeeling sexual arousal when listening to or giving public speeches.
* Female hyenas have an elongated clitoris that is nearly indistinguishable from the male’s penis.
* Flatuphilia is getting aroused from flatulence.
* The first Playboy magazine wasn’t dated because Hugh Hefner assumed he’d never publish another one.
* Throughout history about 10% of the population is believed to have been gay.
* 30% of men suffer from premature ejaculation.
* At age 70, 73% of men are still potent.
* Dolphins masturbate.
* Wyoming’s peak, the “Grand Teton” literally means “big tit”.
* “Vanilla” comes from the Latin word “vagina”.
* Autassassinophilia: being sexually aroused by the risk of being killed.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* Autassassinophilia: being sexually aroused by the risk of being killed.
* Beavers mate in the missionary position, which is unusual for non-human animals.
* In the 1800s, tampons were also used to stop the bleeding in bullet wounds.
* The name “Tampax” is a combination of the words “tampon” and “vaginal pack”.
* Only 17% of women planned their first sexual encounter.
* 25% of men planned their first sexual encounter.
* 72% of males over the age of 80 masturbate.
* Emetophilia: fetish for throwing up and being thrown up on.
* 10% of women admit that they have told lies in order to have sex.
* 34% of men admitted that they told lies to have sex.
* In 1989, 371,000 people reported injuries in the bedroom.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* Only 41% of women said that they enjoyed sex their first time.
* 14% of men said they didn’t enjoy sex they first time they tried it.
* Castrated men live an average of 13 years longer than non-castrated men.
* 1 in 6 adults admitted that they have agreed to sex because they were embarrassed to say “no”.
* The average weight of a Playboy playmate has increased by 1 lb since the 1960s, while the average height has increased by 2 inches.
* A baby can experience an orgasm in the first weeks of life.
* Atheists, Jews, and other non-Christians are reportedly more sexually active than practicing Christians.
* According to American women, the average erect penis length is 4 inches.
* According to American men, the average erect penis length is 10 inches.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* Women with a Ph.D are twice as likely to be interested in a one-night stand than women with a bachelor’s degree.
* A Chinese man’s testicles weigh an average of 19 grams.
* A Danish man’s testicles weigh an average of 42 grams.
* A woman sued San Francisco’s transportation system claiming that a cable car accident turned her into a nymphomaniac.
* “Gymnasium” comes from the Greek word “gymnazein”: to exercise naked.
* It is believed that the author of the Kama Sutra was celibate.
* Hirsutophilia: arousal from armpit hair.
* Isaac Newton died a virgin.
* Some have suggested that Beethoven’s deafness was a symptom of syphilis.
* Subcategories of incest: sex w/brother=Fratrilagnia, w/sister=Sororilagnia, w/dad=Patrolagnia, w/mom=Matrincest

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* The animal with the longest sperm is the Drosophila bifurca, a fruit fly. At 5.8 cm long, the sperm is bigger than the fly.
* In a typical lovemaking session, a man thrusts 60-120 times.
* Oophorectomy, the surgical removal of ovaries, was a Victorian era cure for, among other things, irritability and overeating.
* Unlike claustrophobia, claustrophilia is when you are sexually aroused by being in an enclosed space.
* Oculolinctus: the act of licking a partner’s eyeball for sexual arousal.
* The average woman will have sex 3,000 times in her lifetime.
* Only 1 in 4 transvestites are gay.
* People who work over 60 hours a week have more sex on average than people who work less.
* For married couples, sex lasts an average of 17 minutes. For cohabiting couples, 25 minutes.
* 1 in 4 women cheat on their partners. 1 in 3 men do.
* Men over 35 have a 1/77 chance of having a heart attack when they have sex.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* There are 20 times as many male masochists than female masochists.
* Middle aged men take an average of 5 times as long to get an erection than younger men do.
* On average, unmarried cohabiting couples have sex an extra 40 more times than married couples do every year.
* Over 200 Americans have sex changes every year.
* According to Kinsey, 75% of men ejaculate within 3 minutes of penetration.
* An extramarital affair usually lasts 21 months.
* The average prostitute stays in that job for 5 years.
* A rhinoceros can ejaculate 10 times in a half-hour lovemaking session.
* Since the 1940s the percent of married women who were unfaithful has gone from 26% to around 40%.
* Marilyn Monroe was paid only $50 for her 1949 nude calendar photo.
* 55% of lesbians have heterosexual dreams.
* 30% of U.S. males have had a homosexual encounter.
* Only 48% of men say their wives are skilled lovers.
* 30% of women over 80 still have sex.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* There’s more one million full-time prostitutes currently in the U.S.
* 1 in 4 women can’t name all of their past lovers.
* Nearly a quarter of mental health professionals have had sexual contact with their patients.
* Almost ⅔ of women have faked an orgasm.
* Autophagy: eating your own flesh (often as a sexual fetish).
* 20% of women with live-in boyfriends have another sex partner.
* Rasputin was famous for having a 13 inch penis.
* 70% of people have fantasized about someone else while having sex.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

* Mercury used to be used to treat syphilis.
* 18 was the “peak marriage age” in the 1950s.
* Pope Innocent VIII fathered 2 illegitimate children.
* Dendrophilia: preferring trees as sex partners instead of humans.
* Formicophilia: Fetish for having insects crawl on your genitals.
* The Egyptian Book of the Dead contains the first known written condemnation of masturbation.
* Hamsters can have sex up to 75 times a day.
* A whale penis is called a “dork”.
* White women with a college degree are the most receptive to anal sex.
* In Nevada, prostitution is only legal in towns with a population of less than 2000.
* 1% of adult females can achieve orgasm from breast stimulation
* Acrotomophilia: a sexual attraction to amputees.

"Sex 101"

This week's OMGFactsSEX stats:

*The inner nose swells during intercourse.
*The first official vasectomy was in 1893.
*Masturbation is more common among white-collar workers than blue-collar workers.
*Redheads are the least popular call girls.
*Jazz fans and gun owners are among the most sexually active Americans.
*The number of female eggs needed to repopulate the world could fit into a chicken egg.
*The number of sperm that could be fit into an aspirin capsule would be enough to repopulate the earth to its present numbers.
*Proof that sex is a prerequisite for cervical cancer: devoted nuns never get it.
*More Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.

"Sex 101"

Last night I discovered that OMG Facts (a popular fact account on Twitter) created an OMG Facts Sex account that spats out statistics, facts, and interesting tidbits about sex. So I thought maybe once a week I should share some of them. Sex is everyone's favorite pastime and topic so there's always something new and interesting to learn about it. As a disclaimer, I'd like to say I don't know where these facts come from and I don't research them. I'm posting them because they are fun. I assume at least most of them are true. Below are some posts from this week:

*Every day, 200 million couples in the world have sex.
*34% of first kisses happen at a party.
*Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.
*Only 33% of women have actually experienced a G-spot orgasm... although 80% believe they exist.
*Dr. John Harvey Kellogg proclaimed his first breakfast cereal product as an antidote to masturbation.
*Women with higher emotional intelligence experience more orgasms.
*Worldwide, 30% of men are circumcised.
*A study says intercourse lasts about 16 minutes for Europeans and just 7 minutes for Americans.
*The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were: Fred and Wilma Flintstone.