Porn lies to us!

In porn lesbians are always really hot, but the reality is that lesbians are twice as likely to be obese? Aww man!

 

LESBIANS are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for obesity-related health problems and death, US researchers said.

The report, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is one of the first large studies to look at obesity among lesbians.

Ulrike Boehmer of the Boston University School of Public Health and colleagues looked at a 2002 national survey of almost 6000 women, and found that lesbians were 2.69 times more likely to be overweight and 2.47 times more likely to be obese.

“Lesbians have more than twice the odds of (being) overweight,” the authors wrote.

This would put them at a higher risk for diabetes and heart disease, among other ailments.

“Our findings indicate that lesbian sexual identity is linked to a greater prevalence of overweight and obesity,” the authors wrote in the study, released this week.

They reviewed smaller studies that have suggested a higher prevalence of obesity among lesbians and the possible reasons why.

“The results of these studies indicate that lesbian women have a better body image than do heterosexual women,” they wrote.

But the authors said they placed little confidence in the idea that lesbians were more muscular than straight women, and thus were more likely to have a high body mass index, or BMI, while having little body fat.

High muscle mass is “unlikely to lead to classification as obese,” the researchers said.

“We reported greater odds of both overweight and obesity in lesbians and we feel confident in asserting that these differences are a result of increased adiposity,” the researchers wrote.

Well, there go my fantasies of jumping into the middle of a hot lesbian orgy. =P

Though maybe that South Park Episode was right, maybe a couple lesbians are more than a match for an army of persians.

Mark

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Women are worse oglers than men!

Ha, I knew it!

Women are worse oglers than men – despite the widespread belief they are less physically focused.

Scientists used eye-tracking technology to pinpoint what people looked at when shown a series of sexy photos, reports The Sun.

They expected women to be more interested in faces and men in the naughty bits – but it was the other way round.

Dr Heather Rupp of the US-based Kinsey Institute said: “Men looked at the female face much more than women and both looked at the genitals comparably.”

So what were the women looking for? 6 pack? Frame? General state of body? Makes sense.

Guys, don’t let women perpetuate the myth that they don’t ogle, they’re worse than we are.

Mark

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Hooters in the “Holy Land”

I love this restaurant.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. restaurant chain Hooters, known for waitresses in low-cut blouses and short skirts, will open its first branch in Israel this summer, in the Mediterranean seaside city of Tel Aviv.

“I strongly believe that the Hooters concept is something that Israelis are looking for,” Ofer Ahiraz, who bought the Hooters franchise for Israel, told Reuters Monday. “Hooters can suit the Israeli entertainment culture.”

At Hooters, waitresses the company calls Hooters Girls serve spicy chicken wings, sandwiches, seafood and drinks.

Ahiraz said a specific location in Tel Aviv, Israel’s most cosmopolitan city, had yet to be chosen, but he said it would not open restaurants near large religious populations, and they would not be kosher.

He said his plan was to open as many as five Hooters restaurants in the next few years, including one in the southern resort city of Eilat.

The Tel Aviv version of Hooters is expected to mimic most of the chain’s other 430 restaurants in the United States and in 23 countries including China, Switzerland, Australia and Brazil.

Ahiraz said, however, he expected some minor modifications to meet Israeli tastes since U.S. chains have had a mixed response in Israel.

Food chains such as Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and Hard Rock Cafe failed, Kentucky Fried Chicken closed many locations, while others such as Burger King and McDonalds have thrived by altering their offerings to suit the Israeli market.

“It shows that if you are flexible and listen to your customers you can be a success story,” Ahiraz said.

The opening of Hooters in Israel is part of the chain’s global expansion. Privately held Hooters said it planned to open 17 restaurants in Colombia, Dubai, Guam, New Zealand and India in the next two years.

“International expansion is a major focus for our company, and we are very excited to add Israel to our family,” John Weber, executive vice president of franchise operations for Hooters of America, said in a statement.

This is just one example of how advanced Israel is becoming, though I’m not sure if the religions out there will appreciate this kind of thing… If any terrorists blow themselves up inside a Hooters I say that’s ground for turning counties into glass parking lots.

Random bombings is a terrible atrocity, but targeting babes is punishable by divine retribution. =P

Mark

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Woman marries corpse!

I suppose that’s a pretty touching devotion.

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – An Indian woman, despairing over her lover’s accidental death when he fell down a well soon after their engagement, insisted on ceremonially marrying his corpse just minutes before the cremation.

“It was for just few minutes the girl was dressed as a bride and then as a widow,” K.M. Kapadia, a police officer in the town of Anand in western Gujarat state, said on Saturday.

Wedding attendees sat the corpse up by a fire, the traditional center of Hindu wedding ceremonies, and chanted some marriage prayers before cremating the body, police said.

“The girl refused to give away the body of her lover for the cremation till she tied the knot with him,” Kapadia said.

The bride’s parents opposed the marriage but later attended the wedding ceremony and gave their 22-year-old daughter Tulsi Devipujak clothes and utensils as gifts, according to the Hindu tradition.

I suggest we refer to her from now on as the Corpse Bride! =P

I wonder if she did this just to get free utensils and clothes or if she was really that devoted. Maybe both.

Mark

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Cheating man wants stand-in mistress for wife’s wrath

Somethings you just can’t make up…

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese businessman has advertised on the Internet for a stand-in mistress to be beaten up by his wife to vent her anger and to protect his real mistress, Chinese media reported on Monday.

“When the woman found out her husband had a mistress, she insisted on beating her up,” the Beijing Youth Daily said, citing the advertisement posted on a popular online jobs forum on sina.com.

More than 10 people had applied for the job, the newspaper said. The “successful” candidate would be 35 and originally from northeastern China and would be paid 3,000 yuan ($400) per 10 minutes, it said.

Many Chinese businessmen keep mistresses in second homes, a trend banished after the Communists swept to power in 1949 but which has made a comeback with market reforms in recent decades.

Frankly I think it’s hilarious that the guy would go so far as to do this. Though what if his wife figures out about this ad and wants to check somehow to make sure this is really the cheating woman?

Of course the prospect of the money (winds up being $2,400 per hour) would be very appealing for plenty of women… Hell, if I was a chick I’d do it.

Though the whole part where she’s Chinese (and quite possibly adept at Kung Fu) really may be discouraging…

Mark

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The “Hoohaa” Monologues?

It’s stuff like this that can make you lose faith in humanity… It’s guessed they missed the whole point of calling it “The Vagina Monologues” and the message behind the whole show…

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A modified marquee in which “Hoohaa” replaced a word in the title of a play after a driver complained about finding the previous wording offensive continues to draw attention.

The marquis for Atlantic Theaters advertises a number of plays including, the Masquerade Ball, Band Jam, and now The Hoohaa Monologues.Some said hoohaa is a strange word and that its definition depends on its context, while others said it sounds like a country band, according to the WJXT-TV report.

However, it’s not a band at all. In fact, most people know hoohah by a different name — vagina, WJXT-TV reported.”We got a complaint about this play The Vagina Monologues,” said Bryce Pfanenstiel, of the Atlantic Theater.The Hoohah Monologues is a replacement title for The Vagina Monologues — a well-known play about that part of the female body.

“We decided we would just use child slang for it. That’s how we decided on Hoohah Monologues,” Pfanenstiel said.

They did this after a driver who saw it complained to the theater, saying she was upset that her niece saw it.

“I’m on the phone and asked ‘What did you tell her?’ She’s like, ‘I’m offended I had to answer the question,'” Pfanenstiel said.

Some parents said they applaud the title change.

The theater said they’re trying not to offend anyone, but the publicity doesn’t hurt.

“We hope people understand we’re trying to do the right thing. But as far as doing it for attention, we’re a comedy club, we do all kinds of shenanigans,” Pfanenstiel said.

The play is being brought to the theater by a group of law school students and all of the proceeds are going to various charity organizations.

The director of the play said she was going ask the theater and comedy club to return the title back to its original name.

Well, obviously a young girl should not know the name of part of her anatomy. Obviously knowing the word would encourage her to become a sexual deviant and some kind of perverse immoral person. We should keep the fact of the vagina secret, it’s clearly such an evil thing that it must never be spoken of publically… The whole point of the actual play is wrong!

Uh-huh, right… =P

Mark

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Stem Cells for natural breast enhancement!

Yep, it seems Stem Cells can be used to boost breast size. From repairing severed spinal cords, to complete tissue regeneration of a man’s jaw, and now to tit enhancement. Is there anything stem cells can’t do?

Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman’s breasts using fat and stem cells.

The technique uses fat from the stomach or thigh which is then enriched with stem cells before being injected.

It is hoped the method could prove a more natural-looking alternative to artificial implants filled with salt water or silicone.

But plastic surgeons working in Britain have greeted news of the technique with “extreme caution.”

Kotaro Yoshimura, a surgeon at the Tokyo University medical school, said more than 40 patients had been treated.

The enhanced breasts are soft and natural, so they are the patient’s “real” breasts Cellport Clinic Yokohama

Mr Yoshimura said he believed the stem cell and fat combination, which can increase a woman’s cupsize by two sizes, was a success.

“There have been no serious complications,” he said.

During the operation, surgeons suck fat cells from the stomach or thigh, and this “slurry” is enriched so that there are higher numbers than usual of stem cells.

These are “master” cells which are capable of making new fat cells.

When the enriched stem cell mixture is combined with normal fat tissue, it can then be injected into the breast area.

More natural look

The treatment aims to offer a softer more natural look than traditional silicone implants.

Mr Yoshimura said the he believed combining stem cells with fat gave an improved result.

He said breast enlargement using fat and stem cells did not create a lumpy effect.

Lots of small particles were added rather than “one big lump”.

Cellport Clinic Yokohama in Japan are currently the only ones to provide the treatment.

The clinic website claims: “The enhanced breasts are soft and natural, so they are the patient’s “real” breasts.”

Consultant Norman Waterhouse said he had concerns about such a procedure.

He said: “It would be incorrect to suggest that a breast implant equivalent could grow from stem cells alone, and fat transfer, which is not a new procedure, can still lead to complications and give a lumpy effect.”

“This appears to be a rather optimistic view of what is yet a theoretical approach.”

Consultant Rajiv Grover added: “We greet this news with extreme caution.”

However, Adam Searle, past president of British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said the development should not be dismissed.

“There is exciting potential but no reality in practical terms at the moment.

“The stem cell ‘soup’ is too non-specific to really focus on what you want.”

Stem Cell research really is an amazing and astonishing thing. Sure it’s just potential and speculative at this point, but it would nevertheless be awesome! Boobs that are fake but real, actual fatty tissue instead of plastic bags, yay.

I’m sure this would convince plenty of women to go for it, so we’d see bigger breasts all around!

At the very least this is good publicity for stem cell research. If only they’d develop it further, and then we’d have to see it allowed in America which is decidedly anti-stem cells.

Mark

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An awesome job!

Private Investigators getting paid to have sex.

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Sydney officials have paid private detectives thousands of dollars to have sex with prostitutes to gather evidence needed to shut down illegal brothels, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Nine local councils have paid private investigators a total of 25,000 Australian dollars (US$19,740) over the past three years to go undercover and root out the illicit trade, according to The Sunday Telegraph newspaper.

Nick Ebbeck, the mayor of Kuringai council, which has reportedly spent A$7,000 (US$5,520) in the past month employing detectives to have sex with prostitutes, said extreme measures were necessary.

“We have to employ private investigators to actually go through with the act and come up with reports that will suffice in a court process,” he was quoted as saying.

“On numerous occasions over numerous days and times they had to fulfill the act.”

He said the evidence given by the investigators was successful in closing two illegal brothels this month.

Licensed brothels are legal and relatively common in Sydney, but a number of unlicensed premises operate throughout the city. Some councilors have complained that the burden of proof for shutting down illegal brothels is too high.

As long as you took the right safety precautions this would be an amazing job… I sooo have to move to Australia and become a Private Investigator!

Mark

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One more reason Amsterdam rocks!

They are building a statue to honor prostitutes!

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amsterdam’s red-light district will soon get a new attraction: a statue to honor prostitutes around the world.

The statue, designed by artist Els Rijerse, will likely be unveiled at the end of March, Dutch news agency ANP reported.

“In many countries, prostitutes struggle and people have no respect for them whatsoever. The statue is meant to give all those men and women strength,” Mariska Majoor, a former prostitute who commissioned the statue, told ANP.

ANP said the statue, made of bronze, shows a woman who confidently looks out into the world.

Hey, it is the world’s oldest profession and I guess we have to pay tribute to it somehow. I mean we have statues for generals, leaders, and people who change the world – so why not prostitutes? I’m sure Cleaopatra would appreciate the gesture…

Mark

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Musical Condoms!

This is like something I’d talked about before… I wish I had pursued the idea because I could have been first to this market and made a lot of money!

Start sex on the right key with musical condoms

HONG KONG, Jan 19 (Reuters Life!) – Forget chocolates or roses this Valentine’s Day — a gift of musical condoms is bound to be more entertaining.

Hong Kong’s Ondo Creation, which makes designer condoms, hopes its Idom sheathes will put a more romantic spin on safe sex — and reduce the risk of a slap on the face that a pack of six might elicit among some conservative Asians.

The Idom itself doesn’t sing — but the mint, strawberry, chocolate and banana flavored condoms come in an attractive package with a music CD to get you in the mood for love.

“We create an environment for lovers who would like to try a different experience,” said Victor Tsang who runs Ondo Creation.

“We try to create products that are not embarrassing, but very trendy and hip. It’s a lifestyle product,” he added.

Cynics may scoff at the marketing gloss, but the 18 month start-up’s products sell across the world. The firm also won a bronze medal in the Industrial Design Excellence Awards run in conjunction with BusinessWeek magazine, which said Ondo had managed to “revitalize the image of condoms.”

Tsang, a former IT executive, says his product was inspired by a desire to promote safe sex and to provide a fun, relaxed alternative for what he calls “more conservative” customers.

The brand eschews regular prophylactic distributors, instead peddling its wares in bookstores, record shops and trendy nightspots in a long list of cities that includes Hong Kong, London, Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Singapore.

“We’re targeting more lifestyle stores, rather than 7-11’s and pharmacies,” said Tsang.

“There’s a market gap in the condom industry that we may be able to make fun — and also penetrate,” said Tsang who expected a 30 percent surge in sales ahead of Valentine’s Day.

The Idom’s Exotica, Chocotasy and Loveberry brands come with CD compilations of chillout, acid jazz and dance music.

“The music starts slow, then medium, then becomes fast before getting slow again,” said Jack Wong, who helped with the music.

He shrugs off the fact that the CDs run for exactly 18 minutes: “Whether this is long enough or not, really depends on the individual.”

They have an interesting choice here in product and marketing. I love that the music runs for only 18 minutes, that means some of us are going to have to stumble out of the bed to go press play again. :p

I hope they add the option for Stairway to Heaven… millions of people had sex to that song in the 70s.

Mark

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