Most women will tell you — guys who show off trying to impress usually turn them off instead. Researchers studied women’s reactions to stereotypical situations, such as a confrontation that leads the man to become aggressive, and found women prefer them to walk away and deal with situations in a calm manner rather than puffing up like a gorilla on steroids and going berserk. After the “staged scenarios,” the men believed their partners appreciated the aggressive reaction, when in reality the women didn’t like the guys who showed a big ego.
Source: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Guys with “baby faces” may wonder why they don’t get as many women as men with strong, masculine facial features. A study published in Evolution and Human Behavior reveals a woman’s eye tends to wander during her fertile period (when she’s ovulating) and her tastes in men change depending on the stage of her menstrual cycle. When she’s fertile a woman prefers masculine traits such as muscular bodies and deep voices. Researchers base a masculine face on having a pronounced chin and jaw with eyes not as wide open as a woman’s. They used examples as George Clooney being masculine and Pee-Wee Herman to be more feminine. Women whose partners have more feminine facial features were more likely to be attracted to other men during their fertile phase of their cycle. That’s not to say they are likely to cheat on their partner during that time, but they are more likely to look and find strangers attractive.

There are so many reasons to where a condom every time you have sex, but research shows that you have to take other precautions as well to cut your risk of contracting genital herpes. Researchers conclude that the disease can still spread from person to person even when condoms are used. A study shows condom use lowers the risk of getting genital herpes by 30%. The herpes virus (HSV-2), a lifelong viral infection is transferred mainly from skin contact in areas that may not be covered by a condom. Know your partner’s history and if she’s having an outbreak you may want to wait until it’s cleared up before being intimate again.

According to a poll in Fitness magazine, 51% of women would give up sex for a year if it meant they could fit into their skinny jeans. The other 49% claimed they would rather have great sex and be 30 pounds overweight. Many women feel pressured to attain a certain look in order to feel sexy. It’s up to their partners to let them know they love them no matter what. If she wants to lose weight for health reasons, encourage her by improving your own diet and exercise together. All those diet fads out there may get her to lose a few pounds, but it won’t last. Change your lifestyle together by eating clean and training with expert advice and tips from publications such as Reps!, Oxygen and the Eat-Clean Diet series of books, complete with recipes that will help her lose weight naturally and please her taste buds. She’ll have so much energy, there’s no way she’ll give up sex!

Despite numbers showing that fewer young adults are participating in sexual activity these days, an in-depth report from the CDC shows that nearly half of the 19 million new cases of STIs were among people aged 15 to 24, proving that many of those sexually active teens and young adults aren’t taking proper safety precautions. Of those surveyed, 63% had been sexually active with one partner over the last two years, while 8.6% had been with two partners and 10% had engaged in sexual activity with three or more partners.