By Anthony France

News.com.au

Armed police boarded a flight at London's Heathrow Airport and arrested a trio involved in mid-air argument over a sex act.

The incident involved a model who allegedly flew into a drunken rage on a plane after catching her boyfriend engaging in a sex act with a woman sitting next to him.

Magazine covergirl Sarah Hannon, 35, is said to have woken from a nine-hour flight onboard Kingfisher Airlines to London from the Indian city of Bangalor to find partner Daniel Melia enjoying a sexual act, The Sun reports.

A police source said Ms Hannon fell asleep after drinking with Mr Melia before and during the flight.

Mr Melia then “got on well” with Ms Irby underneath a blanket but was stopped by hostesses – at which point Sarah awoke and started screaming.

“They certainly put the bang into Bangalore,” the source said.

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image: Shock ... model Sarah Hannon allegedly saw her partner enjoying a sex act with a woman next to him mid-flight (image by news.com.au)

The dress code is an attempt to cast a projection of their self onto others

By Elena Gorgan, Life & Style Editor

December 27, Softpedia

That women are addicted to shopping and fashion is no longer something many are ignorant of, but the greatest mystery related to this compulsive behavior, as it’s been deemed, meaning, for whom women dress, still remains unsolved. A couple of days ago, the girls from fashion-oriented website TheFashionistaDiaries and WWD tried to come up with an answer to the ever burning question during fashion week.

Despite their efforts, they still came up more or less empty handed. After performing the admirable task of asking front row celebrities and fashion insiders about what they thought about whom women dressed for, the conclusion was still the same: it’s not certain, but it could be that women are most likely not dressing for themselves but for the people around them.

"Most women dress for their most fashionable friend," actress Anne Hathaway said, refraining, however, from saying in what way and to what extend she saw that happen. French Vogue's Carine Roitfeld stated she dressed for herself and herself alone. Designer Isabel Toledo was perhaps the most honest and, according to WWD, the closest to the real answer. "Women dress for men. I do dress for myself because it makes me feel empowered, but I’m definitely looking for [my husband's] expression, not his approval," she said.

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image: The question of whom do women dress for could remain one of the greatest mysteries of life (Image credits: ShinyLittleThings)

December 9, Viagrahelp.net

Have you noticed that most of the spam that fills up your inboxes seems to be related to sexual performance?

It starts with the simple and traditional, "Buy cheap viagra online." and then slowly grows into the more extraordinary ways in which men may apparently impress a woman.

Let's not deny that size is an important factor, but even if it was possible to realize some of these promises on the part of the man, you really do have to question whether the women would swoon in anticipation or run screaming from the room.

Anyway, no matter whether men ever do need something more than simple viagra (which is often available cheaply through sites like this), there's no denying that spam is an annoying problem. It seems you can tweak the filter as often as you like, these clever marketers tweak right back with new ways to get the mail through.

Worse, there's so much of it flowing through the internet at any one time that it seriously slows the operation of the whole system. So governments have been passing laws to outlaw spam. Like that's ever going to deter people. When almost all the major spam operations cross national boundaries, the laws of any one state are of little interest to the big businesses behind the use of email to sell product.

But October 14 goes down as a brave gesture by the US authorities to do something about the problem. Armed with warrants and restraining orders, the Federal Trade Commission closed down a number of sites thought to be critical to the spam network. Unfortunately, it turned out that the spammers had a back-up plan and their operations were almost completely unaffected. It's such a shame that the Commission decided to hold press conferences to sell the story of their success.

In fact, all it did was to demonstrate the difficulty that every government has when trying to act against an international group with multiple servers in different countries. So the spam for cheap viagra continues to drop into inboxes around the world. Perhaps the governments should promote legitimate websites like this as a reliable source of viagra.

That way, they will drive the spammers out of business.

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July 17, News BBC

Plans to legalise prostitution for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa have been criticised by religious groups and opposition parties.

The local authority in Durban wants legalised adult entertainment venues during the tournament.

But African Nazareth Democratic Movement (ANDM) president Thokozani Hlatshwayo said the proposal was "against the word of God".

Opposition parties fear that, if introduced, it could become permanent.

The main opposition Democratic Alliance and the youth wing of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) have condemned the suggestion.

"Plans to legalise Durban's red-light districts before the 2010 World Cup should be condemned in the strongest possible manner," said Pat Lebenya-Ntanzi of the IFP youth brigade.

She said the South African government was sending out mixed messages to young people.

"On the one hand it preaches strong family values and moral regeneration, but on the other hand they want to legalise prostitution on Durban's streets. It doesn't make sense," she said.

An additional concern is Aids - some five million people in South Africa are HIV-positive - making it one of the world's worst-hit countries.

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photo: The authority says it wants to protect sex workers (News BBC)

May 27, Sydney Morning Herald

Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier has resigned after it emerged he had left classified documents in the apartment of a former girlfriend with suspected ties to organised crime.

"Minister Bernier has learned and informed me that he left classified government documents in a non-secure location. This is a serious error. (He) has accepted his responsibilities in offering to resign," said Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Mr Bernier, 45, had been under increasing pressure to quit amid revelations about the personal life of Julie Couillard, the former girlfriend who has been linked to the Hells Angels.

An authoritative political source said on condition of anonymity that Mr Bernier had left the the documents in Ms Couillard's apartment. An interview with her was set to be shown at 9pm on Monday (11am Tuesday, Sydney time) on Canadian television.

Mr Bernier, who took over the job last August, had also been under fire for a series of recent gaffes.

Most notably, he embarrassed Ottawa in April by openly suggesting that Afghan President Hamid Karzai replace the governor of Kandahar province. Canada has 2500 troops based in the southern Afghan city.

Mr Bernier was the first minister to quit the cabinet under a cloud since the Conservatives won power in January 2006. Mr Harper said Trade Minister David Emerson would take over as foreign minister on a temporary basis.

A grim-faced Mr Harper, speaking just hours before departing on an official visit to Europe, insisted Mr Bernier's resignation had nothing to do with the media furore over his relationship with Ms Couillard.

"This is about one thing and that is a failure to uphold expected standards on government documents. It is a very serious mistake, regardless of who the minister is, regardless personal life," he said.

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photo: Maxime Bernier arrives to be sworn in as Canada's new Foreign Minister in August 2007, accompanied by Julie Couillard (AP)

May 21, Reuters

WASHINGTON - A survey examining sexual practices of U.S. teens has undercut the notion that many engage in oral sex rather than intercourse to stay "technically" virgins, researchers said on Tuesday.

The findings, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, were based on answers by 2,271 females and males age 15 to 19 in 2002 in response to a government survey.

The researchers found about 55 percent of the teens said they had engaged in oral sex but that this practice was far more common among those who also had engaged in vaginal sex.

Teens said they began vaginal and oral sex at roughly the same time -- by six months after first vaginal intercourse, 82 percent had also engaged in oral sex, according to the study.

"There is a widespread belief that teens engage in nonvaginal forms of sex, especially oral sex, as a way to be sexually active while still claiming that, technically, they are virgins," Laura Lindberg of the Guttmacher Institute in New York, who led the study, said in a statement.

"However, our research shows that this supposed substitution of oral sex for vaginal sex is largely a myth. There is no good evidence that teens who have not had intercourse engage in oral sex with a series of partners."

The Guttmacher Institute studies sexual and reproductive health issues.

About one in 10 of the teens said they had engaged in anal sex. These teens were far more likely to have also engaged in vaginal sex.

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photo: Teen girls are seen in a file photo. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi)

By staff writers

April 29, News.com.au

A PROSTITUTE who brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer is suing the founder of a series of risque videos for more than $US10 million ($A10.7m).

Ashley Alexandra Dupre filed a lawsuit in Miami Federal Court today which said she never gave Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis permission to use her name and likeness to advertise the video series.

Ms Dupre said she was 17 and not old enough to sign a contract when the videos were made in 2003.

Ms Dupre, now 22, was identified last month as a prostitute named "Kristen" who had been involved with Mr Spitzer.

Mr Spitzer was forced to resign as New York governor when the call girl scandal emerged.

But now he has been hit by further allegations about his sexual predilections, with federal investigators reportedly uncovering links to another prostitute.

According to reports in the New York Post, federal investigators have uncovered the identity of the second woman - who remains nameless.

She allegedly corroborated the testimony of Ms Dupre and told investigators Mr Spitzer was fond of using sex toys on himself and had a "penchant for props".

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photo: Not happy ... Ashley Alexandra Dupre (By News.com.au)

April 15, Reuters

NEW YORK - A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million, the broker of the deal said on Monday.

Memorabilia collector Keya Morgan said he recently arranged the sale of the silent, black-and-white film from the son of a dead FBI informant who possessed it to a wealthy Manhattan businessman who wants to protect Monroe's privacy.

"The gentleman who bought it said out respect for Marilyn he's not going to make a joke of it and put it on the Internet and try to exploit her," said memorabilia collector Keya Morgan. "That's not his intention and I would never get my name involved if that were to happen."

Monroe is clothed and the man's head remains out of the frame for the entire 15 minutes of the film, said Morgan, who watched it.

Monroe was rumored to have had an affair with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and Morgan said then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, a Kennedy rival, went to great lengths to try to prove it was Kennedy in the film.

One of Monroe's ex-husbands, the late baseball great Joe DiMaggio, once tried to buy it from the collector for $25,000 but "he would not part with it," according to FBI files on Monroe that are available on the FBI Web site.

Morgan is a well-known collector who owns memorabilia from the estates of Monroe and DiMaggio and said he was friends with Monroe's other two husbands, Jim Dougherty and Arthur Miller.

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photo: An employee of Butterfields auction house displays a copy of a model release signed by Marilyn Monore in front of one of the photographs of Monroe during a Hollywood photo shoot in 1949, in Los Angeles, March 22, 2001. A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in an oral sex act with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million, the broker of the deal said on Monday (REUTERS/Fred Prouser)

By staff writers

April 11, NEWS.com.au

THE internet is abuzz with a heated debate as to whether US Vice President Dick Cheney went fly fishing with a naked woman.

Since Wednesday, internet blogs and forums have been scrutinising a White House photograph of Mr Cheney, according to newswire MCT.

The photo – a close-up of Mr Cheney's face – shows him sporting dark sunglasses and a grin.

But it's the reflection in the Vice President's sunglasses which is spilling a lot of cyber ink. Some believe the reflection looks like a naked woman.

On DemocracticUnderground.com, one internet user kicked off the debate with the following posting:

"Notice anything … interesting … reflected in his sunglasses? Something that has little to do with conventional 'fly fishing'?"

On sportsshooter.com, a website dedicated to professional photography, another user came to their own conclusion:

"Naked woman? That explains his heart problems!!"

Not everyone agreed. Some, including White House staff, could see only the profile of a man's face and cigar, according to MCT.

On AOL's Political Machine, readers could vote on what they thought was reflected in the sunglasses.

But what does the Vice President think? His office issued the following statement:

"Clearly the picture shows a hand casting a rod," said spokeswoman Meagan Mitchell.

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photo: Naked truth? ... Was US Vice President Dick Cheney fly fishing with a naked woman? Picture: White House

April 3, CNN

Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed.

A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, strike at the notion that endurance is the key to a great sex life.

If that sounds like good news to you, don't cheer too loudly. The time does not count foreplay, and the therapists did rate sexual intercourse that lasts from 1 to 2 minutes as "too short."

Researcher Eric Corty said he hoped to ease the minds of those who believe "more of something good is better, and if you really want to satisfy your partner, you should last forever."

The questions were not gender-specific, said Corty. But he said prior research has shown men and women want foreplay and sexual intercourse to last longer.

Dr. Irwin Goldstein, editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, cited a four-week study of 1,500 couples in 2005 that found the median time for sexual intercourse was 7.3 minutes. (Women in the study were armed with stopwatches.)

It's difficult for both older men and young men to make sexual intercourse last much longer, said Marianne Brandon, a clinical psychologist and director of Wellminds Wellbodies in Annapolis, Maryland.

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photo: It's difficult for men of all ages to make sexual intercourse last much longer, a psychologist says (Getty Images)

Simple strategies that will turn your old flame into a towering inferno

By Steve Calechman

March 27, Men's Health

Repetition is great--if you're learning Spanish, grooving your backhand, or making sure the sutures don't rupture. But it's death for your sex life, turning the pursuit of happiness into a holding pattern. Over Newark.

Well, enough of that stuff. It's time to accelerate your pulse with some good, clean, original sex. It doesn't mean risking arrest in a public garden--although it could--but it does mean injecting surprise into the proceedings. Yes, surprise--even if you think you know her body better than the quickest route to the local 7-Eleven.

We have 32 ideas to launch a voyage of sexual discovery unlike anything you've seen . . . at least since Cindy Lou let down her guard senior year. The difference now: You know what you're doing, and you have a partner who deserves your respect, attention, and devotion. So make the most of it. Now, repeat after us, "I will . . . "

1. START THE ACTION ANYWHERE EXCEPT THE BEDROOM.
The same old place is too conducive to the same old patterns, says Stella Resnick, Ph.D., a psychologist in West Hollywood and author of The Pleasure Zone. Explore some new erogenous areas: The kitchen. The bathroom. Quebec City. Your bodies will be in new places, making it unlikely that you'll follow old routines.

2. COMPLIMENT HER.
And keep doing it . . . at least five times a day. It'll make her feel noticed, special, and appreciated, and she'll feel closer to you. "The more connected she feels, the more sexually inspired she'll feel," says Laura Berman, Ph.D., director of the Berman Center in Chicago. Compliment what she feels good about and cares about--her hair, shoes, singing voice, work triumphs--says Gloria Brame, Ph.D., a sex therapist and the author of Come Hither: A Commonsense Guide to Kinky Sex. A confident sex partner is an adventurous sex partner.

3. GO CANOEING OR HIKING.
Add a distinct but manageable touch of danger to the day. It will stimulate dopamine in her brain, which may trigger her sex drive, says Helen Fisher, Ph.D., an anthropologist at Rutgers University and the author of Why We Love. Pick the right trip--a guided whitewater excursion, for instance--and learn all about both the risks and the precautions you'll take. She'll see you as the cause of the excitement, as well as the source of security. Book the right B&B for the afternoon dry-off and you're set.

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By SERGE F. KOVALESKI and IAN URBINA

March 13, NY Times

She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.

Kristen, prostitute described in a federal affidavit as having had a rendezvous with Mr. Spitzer on Feb. 13 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, has spent the last few days in her ninth-floor apartment in the Flatiron district of Manhattan. On Monday, she made a brief appearance in federal court, where a lawyer was appointed to represent her. She is expected to be a witness in the case against four people charged with operating a prostitution ring called the Emperor’s Club V.I.P.

In a series of telephone interviews on Tuesday night, she said she had slept very little over the past week, with all the stress of the case.

“I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster,” the woman said as she told the tiniest tidbits of her story.

Born Ashley Youmans but now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupré, she spoke softly and with good humor as she added with significant understatement: “This has been a very difficult time. It is complicated.”

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By DANNY HAKIM and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

March 11, NY Times

ALBANY — Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-end prostitution ring broken up last week by federal authorities, according to law enforcement officials, a development that threatened to end his career and turned the state’s political world upside down.

Mr. Spitzer’s involvement with the prostitution operation came to light in court papers filed last week, the officials said, as federal prosecutors charged four people with operating the service, Emperor’s Club V.I.P. Mr. Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap discussing payments and arranging to meet a prostitute in a Washington hotel room last month. The affidavit, which did not identify Mr. Spitzer by name, indicated that he had used the prostitution service before, although it was not clear how often.

Mr. Spitzer, 48, appeared briefly with his wife at his Manhattan office to apologize, but did not specifically address any involvement with the ring. He said he needed to repair his relationship with his family and decide what was best for the state, but he declined to take questions, leaving after barely a minute.

“I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong,” the governor said. “I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better.”

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photo: Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaving with his wife, Silda, after making a statement to the news media on Monday (James Estrin/The New York Times)

By Associated Press

March 04, Foxnews

BEIJING — The no-tell motels in Beijing's university districts pulsate with sex.

Every weekend, lusty college couples make a beeline past greasy spoon restaurants and bootleg video game shops for the dim hotel lobbies to book three-hour blocks of privacy. Students fill half the simple but tidy rooms at the Cheng Lin Ming Guang Hotel, a 10-minute walk from Beijing Normal University.

China is in the midst of a sexual revolution, a byproduct of rising prosperity and looser government restrictions on private life. The relaxed attitudes about sex mark a historic turnaround from the days when love and sex were denounced as bourgeois decadence, and unisex Mao suits and drab austerity were the norm.

But the revolution is taking place largely behind closed doors, and the word "sex" — or "xing" (pronounced shing) is spoken only among close friends, and then usually in a whisper.

As a result, sex education has not kept up with sexual activity, with some unwelcome consequences. High school girls make up 80 percent of the patients at Shanghai abortion clinics during one-week school holidays, state media reported last year.

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photo: July 12, 2007: A pole dancer entertains patrons at a Beijing bar which hosts games meant to break the ice between strangers (AP)

Without being a porn star

By Stefan Anitei

Feb 26, Softpedia

Not only drugs cause addiction. Sugar or sex can be addictive as well. It's all in the dopamine (feel good hormone). The case of estate agent Amy Michaels was described by newsoftheworld.co.uk. Her job enabled her to make any house-hunting men offers they couldn't reject: after seeing the flat, the guys could bet as bonus Amy
naked in the bedroom. This was at the point of making her lose her £50,000-a-year job. When Amy got married, she had to give up her lifestyle, but only after cheating on her fiance 30 times before.

"I've had sex with at least 1,000 men - but I'm no slut. I'm a sex addict," the 33-year-old Amy told newsoftheworld.co.uk. Amy states she has slept with one guy every week since the age of 17, when she started her sex life.

"I began doing it with clients while we were supposed to be viewing houses. I had a boyfriend at the time but it wasn't enough. At the same time I was also at it with a colleague at work. We used a house we were supposed to be selling and one night I ended up in a threesome with him and his flatmate. It was incredible. Having two men giving you attention for hours on end is something every woman should sample at least once in her life. I love the adrenalin buzz the moment just before I know I'm going to have sex with a stranger. For a second I think, 'what are you doing' but that just adds to the excitement," Amy said.

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photo: Amy Michael (credits: newsoftheworld.co.uk)

This is shown by ultrasounds

By Stefan Anitei, Science Editor

Feb 22, Softpedia

This new research could revolutionize the life in your bedroom. The British weekly New Scientist has made a report on a new research published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine,
showing that the German gynecologist Ernst Graefenberg, in whose honor the G spot is named, might have been right six decades ago.

He was the first to describe a highly sensitive vaginal area that triggered powerful orgasms when stimulated. But this was followed by a vivid debate, as studies made by various researchers found nothing. In the new research, the author Emmanuele Jannini, of the University of L'Aquila, Italy, points that the G spot really exists, but not all the women possess it, explaining the contradictory results brought by various researches.

Jannini scanned with ultrasounds a vaginal area said to comprise the G spot in 9 women experiencing vaginal orgasms and 11 who stated they didn't. This tissue, described by all studies claiming the existence of a G spot, is found on the frontal vaginal wall right behind the urethra. In subjects that stated they had vaginal orgasms, this tissue was significantly thicker than in the case of those who did not experience vaginal orgasms.

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By Wong Mun Wai

Feb 14, Channel New Asia

SINGAPORE : Singaporeans are the biggest spenders in Asia for Valentine's Day. This is according to a survey which found that 60 percent of Singaporeans would spend up to S$500 to mark this occasion

Besides respondents from Singapore, those in Korea and China are likely to be big Valentine's Day spenders.

50 percent of the Chinese surveyed indicated that they would spend up to S$500. 78 percent of Koreans who took part in the survey said they would spend up to S$250.

The survey was conducted by GE Money Asia, which had polled 3,115 GE Money Asia and Joint Venture partner employees.

Besides Singapore, China and Korea, the survey also covered India, Thailand, Japan and the Philippines.

The poll showed that 60 percent of Singaporeans used their credit cards to splurge on their loved ones, and only started shopping for the gifts a week before February 14.

Three in four Singaporeans felt that Valentine's Day is a commercial exercise.

90 percent of the women surveyed said that Valentine's Day is here to stay. 67 percent of men support Valentine's Day and do not think it should be cancelled.

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By Jenny Ringland

Feb 9, news.com.au


IT'S what many have suspected for some time, but now it's official - men are becoming more vain.

According to a recent survey, men now spend 30 per cent more time on looking good than they did five years ago.

The study published in the UK found the average man takes 30 minutes to get ready for anight out.

The most commonly cited reason for taking so long was the desire to "look good" - and it seems Aussie men are displaying similar tendencies.

Supermarket sales of men's toiletries in Australia are increasing by 5per cent a year, according to the latest Nielsen findings.

The most popular category, face care - which includes cleansers and moisturisers - is increasing annually by 10 per cent.

Professional ambition is one factor, with the survey revealing many men believe paying closer attention to personal grooming will impress the boss.

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By John Bingham and Helen William

Feb 8, news.com.au

DODI Fayed had all-night sex sessions with his previous lover while wooing Princess Diana in the Mediterranean, an inquest has heard.

In a foul-mouthed final phone call, underwear model Kelly Fisher raged: "You even flew me down to St Tropez to sit on a boat while you seduced Diana all day and were f...ing me all night."

Fisher said she taped the conversation in August 1997, about two weeks before Dodi and Diana were killed in a car crash in Paris.

A transcript of the 20-minute call was read to the jury at the couple's inquest in central London.

Fisher, who believed she and Dodi were engaged, accuses the son of Harrods tycoon Mohamed al Fayed of abandoning her for the Princess.

In an angry tirade, she claims that Dodi even spoke to her of marriage during one of his holidays with Diana.

At one point she said: "You told me you didn't even like her ... why do you suddenly like her?"

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photo: Enraged ... model Kelly Fisher believed she and Dodi Fayed were engaged and accused him of abandoning her for Princess Di (AP)

Headache Doctors Say Sex Can Both Cause and Cure Headaches

By LAUREN COX
ABC News Medical Unit

Feb 6, ABC News

Popular culture always sends us mixed messages about sex. First there was the old cliche of "not tonight dear, I have a headache," implying sex makes pain worse.

Then Marvin Gaye turned the tables on the sex-pain connection with his 1982 song "Sexual Healing."

So, who is accurate — Gaye or the tired spouse? Does sex make or break a headache? Well both, say headache researchers, depending on the person and the headache.

Much of sex's influence on a headache remains shrouded in mystery, but doctors know a little and are discovering more.

A Discovery

In 1988, a forthright woman in a headache treatment study inspired an Oklahoma doctor to question the sexual healing of migraines.

"This lady said 'I really don't need a pill, I need a guy's phone number," said James Couch, a neurology professor at Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The patient told Couch she had trouble curing her headaches since her husband had divorced her and she'd signed up for a pain treatment study.

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