27 Sex Myths You Need to Stop Believing

[Hypoxia]

27 Sex Myths You Need to Stop Believing

Read'em and weep, authors.

Then consider if LIT readers really care.

 

[Ewobbit]

Not too many surprises for me. But, I did run into a few that I throw the "bullshit flag" on unless I see the methodology and raw data.

#25 - Don't know about foods and beverages, but my wife swears that cutting smoking DID change the taste, and so did the meds the Doc put me on. I'm not about to check it myself, so I'll take her word on that.

#21 - Actually, I've often wondered what the rest of you fuckers think about the other six. Now, you're telling me the rest of you assholes don't even think about it THAT often? What's the matter with you guys?!

#18 - As with any aerobic activity the number of calories is going to depend on just how you do it (trapeze comes to mind) and how long. A candy ass that does missionary for about seven minutes must have written this thing.

#15 - And then there's that happy horseshit about "platonic affairs"... don't get me started. (I'm pretty sure she saw it on "The View", but do NOT care enough to check.)

#12 - No shit?! Oh, wait. They said earlier it didn't hurt. Never mind, carry on.

#11 - I knew that. But, at least now I don't feel so wierd at seven.

#2 - Don't look at my ass, man. I'm a misandrist lesbian trapped in a hairy assed body with a seven and a half inch clit.

#1 - No fucking way. Seriously? I want to see the data on this one. Fifteen is the absolute lowest before I allow myself. Am I really that strange? What the hell are you fuckers doing?

 

[GoldenCojones]

#3 There is nothing in water of ANY temperature that can kill off sperm.

I'd be willing to bet that boiling water would kill sperm. Just sayin.

It was an interesting slideshow though. I got a few laughs from it.

 

[sr71plt]

I think some of those myths do work simply because 75 percent of arousal is mind play. I'll tell you that I do look at the hands and feet (and I write about doing so too).

 

[rjordan]

#3 There is nothing in water of ANY temperature that can kill off sperm.

I'd be willing to bet that boiling water would kill sperm. Just sayin.

It was an interesting slideshow though. I got a few laughs from it.

I don't think I was reading too much into it to assume that the water in question was coming from a pool or hot tub. So, I have to admit, I didn't consider BOILING water.

rj

 

[49greg]

Well, Darn.

But just because at least half a dozen stories in my "working on" folder should now be changed, I don't think I will. I'll just continue to go along with the popular myths in the ones I've already started.

Heck, I may never finish them anyway.

I may do it right in future stories.

 

[Handley_Page]

25.
I remember being told (by a usually reliable source) that semen CAN have a taste slightly affected by food intake. She didn't like the curry. . . .

 

[Handley_Page]

25.
I remember being told (by a usually reliable source) that semen CAN have a taste slightly affected by food intake. She didn't like the after-burn of the curry. . . .

 

[SlightlyGone]

The only thing that had me shake my head just a little bit was that there is an annual masturbate-a-thon.

#2: Bullshit. There is straight and there is gay and all the sub levels homosexuals like to create. Some guy named Kinsey makes a scale, that doesn't make it gospel.

 

[lovecraft68]

The only thing that had me shake my head just a little bit was that there is an annual masturbate-a-thon.

#2: Bullshit. There is straight and there is gay and all the sub levels homosexuals like to create. Some guy named Kinsey makes a scale, that doesn't make it gospel.

Like Brad Pitt says in Se7en "Just because he has a library card doesn't make him Yoda."

 

[Bramblethorn]

#2: Bullshit. There is straight and there is gay and all the sub levels homosexuals like to create. Some guy named Kinsey makes a scale, that doesn't make it gospel.

... really, you're claiming bi people don't exist?

 

[sr71plt]

The only thing that had me shake my head just a little bit was that there is an annual masturbate-a-thon.

#2: Bullshit. There is straight and there is gay and all the sub levels homosexuals like to create. Some guy named Kinsey makes a scale, that doesn't make it gospel.

Doesn't bother me if you choose to miss the fun.

 

[lovecraft68]

... really, you're claiming bi people don't exist?

No, bi females always exist! Its bi men that there is the issue of if you take a cock you aren't bi, you're gay. Women can lick a pussy and justbe bi though because...

That is the misogynistic view of sexuality that 'real men' have.

Personally I"m straight, but don't give a rats ass what anyone else is as long as they're happy that way.

 

[SlightlyGone]

... really, you're claiming bi people don't exist?

They fall under one of the gay sub categories. Male and female. And like lovecraft said, so long as the person is happy.

 

[Hypoxia]

Modern studies seem to update Kinsey's scale to a more granular model. They say our sexual identities tend to cluster, but with inclusions. We may be pretty straight (or gay) until we encounter a certain someone, etc. Of course 'straight' and 'gay' (and monogamy) are social constructs. More than a few people will fuck anything. Go figure.

 

[SlightlyGone]

Modern studies seem to update Kinsey's scale to a more granular model. They say our sexual identities tend to cluster, but with inclusions. We may be pretty straight (or gay) until we encounter a certain someone, etc. Of course 'straight' and 'gay' (and monogamy) are social constructs. More than a few people will fuck anything. Go figure.

I had a friend ... bartending friend who pulled pussy left and right (6'3, solid) pulled more than me (for the sake of humility, wasn't hard) ... but he pulled 'anything' from the unattractive to the high 8's, I never saw him with a 10 ... He once asked me to help him help his uncle move and his uncle was gay, he told me, 'my uncle has good gaydar' and I said, okay (what the fuck do I care, right) ... so I'm at his home one day and this was a good 10 years ago at least, and he throws me a porno CD (I don't know what they were called) and opened it and the first disk was normal porn, but shoved up against it was gay porn ... I gave it back to him and said (for what I remember) ... 'I didn't watch it. But here."

He opens it, looks at it, and says, "Oh snap," (not lying, he said 'snap') and said, I was looking for this.

Now, here is a guy who I only knew he slept with women, from 1 to 10 ('fucks everything) ... but that gay porn in my eyes, as a straight male, says, 'gay' and I have no problems with gay people. The fact that saying 'gay' sounds like a four letter word seems silly to me.

But in truth, there is either straight or gay (and whatever gay you are) ... all these sub classes of a simple way of life I find ridiculous.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

No surprises here.

 

[sr71plt]

They fall under one of the gay sub categories. Male and female. And like lovecraft said, so long as the person is happy.

There's no convenient divide like that. A bi could be more prone to straight arousal and activity than gay and identify as more straight but still feel a pull toward same-sex arousal/activity. There isn't a black-white cutoff point, regardless of whether or not some find that personally threatening. If you do, that's your own problem and definitions that only hold for you.

 

[someoneyouknow]

People claiming there are sharp divides in sexual preferences would be like saying anyone who is blonde or brunette has the same hair color as everyone else who is blonde or brunette.

 

[Bramblethorn]

They fall under one of the gay sub categories. Male and female. And like lovecraft said, so long as the person is happy.

I think you're confused about what "gay" means.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

#3 There is nothing in water of ANY temperature that can kill off sperm.

I'd be willing to bet that boiling water would kill sperm. Just sayin.

It was an interesting slideshow though. I got a few laughs from it.

There are these monks, that boil their balls often- it works.

 

[Hypoxia]

There are these monks, that boil their balls often- it works.

I won't even ask if their canteen serves BBQ meatball sandwiches.





We stayed around Naples, Italy for a month in early 2001. The most common posters on walls were a local con-priest later elevated to sainthood, and Michael Jackson. Shops displayed wares on racks and tables on the sidewalks. Many shops displayed anatomically incorrect dolls of nuns and priests. As is, they stand demurely. Finger the tab on their back and their robes rise, revealing a monstrous cock or huge soggy cunt as appropriate. Ooh.

Clergy are not held in high regard there. I have seen black-clad nuns or priests walk past a crowd that whispers, "spiders..."

 

[rainbowdash30]

Sad thing is, I've known all of this for years. Especially the one about the hymen. Baffles me how people still believe this shit.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Sad thing is, I've known all of this for years. Especially the one about the hymen. Baffles me how people still believe this shit.

Because the Catholic Church wants them to believe it.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

Because the Catholic Church wants them to believe it.

Not sure why you're singling out the Catholic Church for these myths. There are plenty of other churches that are much stricter.

Otherwise, I believe most of these are the result of people treating anecdotes as data.

Beyond that, I find lists like this good fodder for grounding characters. If a character repeats the converse for most of those items, most readers will find that character believable because the character is repeating their beliefs. Doesn't make the myth true, of course, but it can make your character feel more like a real person.