SEX & GENDER TRIVIA

85 per cent of men who die while having sex are doing so with someone other than their wives.

According to the ARCHIVES OF GENERAL MEDICINE, coffee drinkers have sex more frequently and enjoy it more than non-coffee drinkers.

The orchid is named after the human male's genitalia. Its botanical name, Orchidaceae, means "testicles" in Greek and may come from an early notion that the orchid possessed aphrodisiac powers.

One punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her chase a chicken through town naked.

Surveys show that 11 per cent of adults around the world have never had sex. 4 per cent were drunk when they lost their virginity. 40 per cent of adults in Indian didn't make love until after they were married. 65 per cent say their big fantasy is to fool around with a famous person. 42 per cent of men dram of getting intimate with their best friend's partner, but only 25 per cent of women do. 54 per cent of men admit they've had at least one one-night stand, compared to 42 per cent of women.

Men synthesize 52 per cent more brain serotonin than women.

Women have 133 more genes expressed in every brain cell than men have.

Men are twice as likely to be mentally retarded as women.

Women are more susceptible to chronic headaches than men.

A man's brain ages faster than a woman's.

Americans spend more money on pornography than they do on cookies.

Women are more likely to recall childhood memories than men.

A man's brain is more easily damaged than a woman's

Women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer's disease.

Men are twice as likely to develop Parkinson's disease than women.

Men are ten times more likely to have attention deficit disorder than women.

On average, women smile more than men.

Women are 33 per cent more likely to attend religious services than men.

Men are 100 times more likely than women to be a chess grandmaster.

Women are 2.3 times more likely than men to be a psychologist.

Women are twice as likely as men to be vegetarians.

Men are six times more likely than women to manage a fund on Wall Street

 

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