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Sex spikes during holidays
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| 12/22/2008
| Staff
Posted on 12/22/2008 10:56:42 AM PST by Red Badger
A study by biorhythm researchers and makers of sex-related products say the uptick in sex is fueled by resolutions to have children, alcohol and parties.
WASHINGTON — The Christmas-New Year's period produces a year-high spike in sexual activity and conceptions in the United States, according to biorhythm researchers and makers of sex-related products.
They attribute the increase to holiday leisure and New Year's resolutions to have children. New Year's irresolution fueled by alcohol and partying is another contributing factor.
"Right before New Year's Eve is our highest sales peak," said David Johnson, group product manager for Trojan brand condoms, the leading U.S. seller.
As expected, the holiday urge surge also expresses itself as a peak in U.S. births in September, according to David Lam of the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center in Ann Arbor.
Holiday intimacies aren't just an American rite, according to Gabriele Doblhammer of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. Heavy Christmas-New Year's sex "is characteristic of all Christian cultures in which it has been evaluated," she and co-researcher Joseph Lee Rogers found.
A quartet of British public health researchers went so far as to liken the Christmas-New Year's period to a "festival on fertility" in a 1999 article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: alcohol; inthemood; wishfulthinking
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To: fanfan
That goes without saying...
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posted on
12/22/2008 1:11:25 PM PST
by
Doctor Raoul
(It's no longer the Press Van, it's a "Tanker" Truck!)
To: Doctor Raoul
LOL.
Shows what I know....
62
posted on
12/22/2008 1:17:33 PM PST
by
fanfan
(Update on Constitutional Crisis in Canada.....Click user name)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Heck I even offered to pay for one for em they wouldn’t have anything to do with that, they wanted to see thier “beautiful grandchillin on Christmas mornin’”
I wonder If the Mrs. and I could just go stay in a hotel room.
now thats an Idea I could get my arms around.
63
posted on
12/22/2008 1:37:40 PM PST
by
Rightly Biased
(McCain is the reason Sarah Lost <><)
To: Red Badger
My birthday is near Christmas...that may throw the statistics off.
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posted on
12/22/2008 1:43:53 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
My wife’s birthday is Christmas Eve................
65
posted on
12/22/2008 1:46:48 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
My wife of 27 years and I both have birthdays within the week before Christmas.
66
posted on
12/22/2008 1:48:58 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
Mine is three weeks after Christmas. My daughter’s is the first week in December........Yes, I hate December............
67
posted on
12/22/2008 1:50:39 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
Speaking of Max Planck, here's a picture of him and some of his friends...
68
posted on
12/22/2008 1:52:04 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
It’s a wonder any of them ever got lucky, holidays or no...
69
posted on
12/22/2008 1:54:19 PM PST
by
Palladin
(When will Bill Ayers start bombing buildings again?)
To: Red Badger
Gotta start the year off right!
To: Red Badger
Gotta start the year off right!
To: Rightly Biased
...the in-laws are gonna be at my house... Sounds like natural family planning!
72
posted on
12/22/2008 2:37:55 PM PST
by
hunter112
(We seem to be on an excrement river in a Native American watercraft without a propulsion device.)
To: Red Badger
Painful to you is enjoyable to others........ Sort of like the Obama administration.
73
posted on
12/22/2008 2:38:44 PM PST
by
hunter112
(We seem to be on an excrement river in a Native American watercraft without a propulsion device.)
To: MplsSteve
I have been approached by two ex-girlfriends who asked if I wanted to “get together” or “exchange presents” one night. Both made it clear that they weren’t looking to restart our relationships. My hat's off to you, sir!
(just my hat, you seem a bit, well, dangerous)
74
posted on
12/22/2008 2:40:50 PM PST
by
hunter112
(We seem to be on an excrement river in a Native American watercraft without a propulsion device.)
To: Rightly Biased
in-laws are gonna be at my house so pad the bed and turn up the radio.
75
posted on
12/22/2008 2:43:28 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
To: Doctor Raoul
Women have a lot of pressure/desire to have a man during the holidays. I've observed that. My lady and I met on a dating website for larger people, we first drew each other's interest from postings on a message forum on that site. Clearly, over the years on that website, where larger women way outnumber larger men looking for at least semi-serious relationships, there is a spike in the "woe is me" posts at the holidays.
76
posted on
12/22/2008 2:44:57 PM PST
by
hunter112
(We seem to be on an excrement river in a Native American watercraft without a propulsion device.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
oh my....ha ha ha, lucky, some of us are at work... Then the boss it doing it to you!
77
posted on
12/22/2008 2:46:17 PM PST
by
hunter112
(We seem to be on an excrement river in a Native American watercraft without a propulsion device.)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
You gotta check your coat for little white stains before you leave. If you find’em, somebody’s gettin’ a dry cleaning bill.
78
posted on
12/22/2008 2:47:56 PM PST
by
ichabod1
(Reagan wouldÂ’ve fired them.)
To: hunter112
It’s funny how this happened, but when I was younger I wanted to be in a relationship SOOOO BAD, and now I could really give a flip. When I consider it all I can think of is how disruptive it would be and how I wouldn’t be able to get any girl that was worth the disruption.
I think that’s probably not healthy, but I just can’t seem to make myself care.
79
posted on
12/22/2008 2:55:11 PM PST
by
ichabod1
(Reagan wouldÂ’ve fired them.)
To: ichabod1
You gotta check your coat for little white stains before you leave. If you find’em, somebody’s gettin’ a dry cleaning bill. Or you had Bill Clinton over at your house for Christmas ....
80
posted on
12/22/2008 3:06:02 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
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