fertility

According to a 2010 paper (via Time.com) published in the journal of Personality and Individual Differences, women in their 30s and 40s not only have more sex than women in their 20s (take that fresh-faced undergrads!) they report more frequent and intense sexual fantasies (double whammy!).

Studies show men’s sperm count on steady decline; 11 tips for cheaper travel; the homeless man with the golden voice gets a job; Costa Book Award winners; and more scary unexplained animal deaths.

Oh, babies. What won’t we do to have them? And thanks to breakthroughs in fertility treatments more and more women are able to have children in ways never dreamed possible. But with endless possibilities come ethical concerns too. If we can do almost anything to get what we want, where do we draw the line, if at all?

The results of a massive new survey of more than five thousand Americans revealed that 85 percent of men say their last sexual partner had an orgasm, while only 64 percent of women reported having one. To what do we owe this statistical inconsistency? Common sense compels us to chalk it up to that magical phenomenon known as faking it.

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