Scientific Facts about Sex!

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Scientific terms for poetic sex fetishes:

Acrotomophillia: Amputees makes you randee, baybee, yeah!

Agalmatophilia: A fantasy thing for shop dummies and mannequins.

Agonophilia: Someone who gets hot when their partner pretends to struggle.

Alvinolagnia: A weakness for stomachs, bellies and tummies.

Amaurophilia: You like your sex partner blindfolded.

Androminetophilia: boys who do girls dressed as boys - hmmm

Amomaxia: You can't stop doing it in parked cars.

Axillism: Sex with your partner's armpit.

Dacrylagnia: You love it when your partner cries tears of anything.

Emetophilia: You have a vice for vomit (gag)

Eproctolagnia: A fetish for flatulation, aka "farting"

Harmatophilia: A penchant for partners who are useless or frigid in bed

Harpaxophilia: Being robbed leaves you weak at the knees.

Iantronudia: Exposing yourself to the doctor gets you going. Either sex.

Moriaphilia: Arousal from telling dirty jokes and stories.

Oculolinctus: Eyeball licking - lizard thing?

Odontophilia: Tooth or gums fetish

Phygephilia: Weakness for hiney, ass, butt, buttock kissing.

Teledildonics: Arousal from computer sex games and graphics.

Tragolimia: Craving for sex constantly.

Zelophilia: Arousal from jealousy.

And finally - Genophobia is the fear of sex. And no one here has that one we do hope.

Aphrodisiac Veggies and Spices?

Rosemary - Madame de Sévigné found this herb intoxicating. Medieval women scented bath water with it to allure men. It is said to play on humans' keen scent memory, our tie to most emotional experiences.

Artichoke - This thorny vegetable, like many lovers, plays hard to get (which like many suitors, just makes one want it more). It was often prescribed by doctors for their male patients who sought to increase bedroom performance.

Asparagus - The great French lovers of yesteryear dined on three courses of this shapely green vegetable on the night before the wedding. It is packed with potassium, phosphorus, calcium and vitamin E, perfect combinations for increased hormone production.

Basil - Haitian lore claims this herb comes from Erzulie, their goddess of love. Early on, this herb was used for centuries to keep wandering eyes at home. Wives with straying husbands powdered their breasts with this pulverized herb. It is an Italian favorite and a basic in every kitchen.

Chocolate - The Aztecs and Mayans were the first to recognize the potency of this food, celebrating the harvest with festivals of wild orgies. It is a prime ingredient in mole sauces and desserts.

Strawberry - This luscious fruit is usually a symbol of sensuality and earthly desire in art and literature. It is often associated with fairy folk. In Bavaria, a basket of the fruit is sometimes tied between a cow's horns to please the elves so the cow will be blessed with abundant milk.

Black Beans - Lore has it that this high-protein vegetable increases fertility. This caused St. Jerome, father of the Latin Church, to warn nuns against eating it lest they break their celibacy vows.

Chiles - Lore has it that Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of Corn Flakes and founder of Kellogg's cereals, knew what he was talking about when he advised nymphomaniacs to stay away from this potent food. It gets the blood rushing, the heart pumping, the face flushing, and the pores sweating.

Honey - In 5th century BC, Hippocrates prescribed this food for sexual vigor. Tradition in India offers a bridegroom a gift of this sweet, golden food on his wedding day. Attila the Hun drank himself to death on this food on his honeymoon.

Avocado - The Aztec name for this green fruit literally translates to testicle. It was deemed so powerful that village maidens were forbidden to set one virginal toe outside the house while the fruit was being gathered.

I'm Dreaming of a White Nightshirt? - In Hastings, Nebraska, hotel owners are required by law to provide a clean, white cotton nightshirt to each guest. Evidently, no one can have sex unless they are wearing the nightshirts. Does that include masturbation?

A Fetish for Sailor Uniforms? Or Gold Earrings? - Sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died. And did they wear those earrings in their right or left ears?

Up-the-Skirt Shoes! - In Cleveland, Ohio, women are not allowed to wear patent-leather shoes. Must be something about the way they reflect up!

Venus's FEET in Furs! - In the original story, Cinderella's slippers were made of fur. An error in translation resulted in them being made of glass.

All Tied Up? - In Norfolk, Virginia, women can't venture out in public without wearing a corset. Either they have a LOT of old laws on their books or a lacing fetishist infiltrating legislation.

Peeping Death! - In 1994, Los Angeles police arrested a man for standing outside the windows of old people's homes and staring in - dressed as the Grim Reaper, complete with a scary scythe.

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On One Leg at a Time "Pants" was once considered a dirty word -- in 1880's England.

Red-hot and...Feverish? - During the fifteenth century, sick people were often dressed in red and surrounded by red objects because it was thought to help them get better.

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