Posted On: February 8, 2010
The problem of sexual frustration was not limited to men who took up jobs away from their spouses and families. ‘Many young women who have migrated from rural areas, where sex education is nonexistent, experience a culture shock in bustling cities. They may follow in their friends’ footsteps by adopting a more open attitude toward […]
Posted On: February 6, 2010
People with a secure job are more active than those without in their efforts to search for a partner, according to a survey by a team at Tokyo University. The university’s Institute of Social Science sought to shed light on changes in work and home life. Its survey found that the degree to which workers […]
Posted On: January 26, 2010
The number of Thai pregnant schoolgirls and university students sharply rose to about 10,000 last year. In the past, the number had never risen beyond 5,000 in a year. “We have to prevent such cases otherwise more social problems will arise,” Social Development and Human Security Minister Issara Somchai said yesterday. He was speaking at […]
Posted On: January 8, 2010
Cosplay is a hobby that allows you to transcend the world of reality to that of fantasy. In short, you dress up as a character, but it’s not just that. You will have to ‘become’ the character and mimic the character’s personality, gestures and even speaking mannerisms! It’s like a grown-up game of dress-up and […]
Posted On: January 6, 2010
Taiwan is to protect the right of nursing mothers to breastfeed in public with hefty fines for those who try to stop them, as part of a campaign to promote the practice, officials said Wednesday. The government’s Bureau of Health Promotion is drafting a bill that would impose a penalty of up to 30,000 Taiwan […]
Posted On: January 4, 2010
China has seen a rise in divorces and extramarital affairs. Beijing Haidian District Court registered more than 2,700 divorce cases, from January to October. Three fifths of these couples have a university education, a decent job and income. More than half of them are divorcing because of marital infidelity, and about 70 percent of the […]
Posted On: December 30, 2009
It’s not what you think. The new term refers to newlyweds without a house, car, diamond ring or grand wedding ceremony. Born under global financial crisis, it refers to a no frills wedding and has become popular because of the increasing house prices in 2009. However, the attitudes of the two genders are quite different. […]
Posted On: December 28, 2009
It was the most expensive matchmaking party ever held in Beijing. There were 21 single billionaires, 22 single women and an admission fee of 100,000 yuan (S$20,570). Love has a price. But this much? That is the central question of a heated debate taking place among Chinese netizens on whether these moneyed romantics have gone […]
Posted On: December 27, 2009
As many as one in three men in Singapore could be suffering from premature ejaculation (PE). PE, a devastating condition for a man, is defined as a lack of control on a man’s part during intercourse, resulting in ejaculation prior to or within one minute of penetration, said Associate Professor George Lee Eng Geap from […]
Posted On: December 24, 2009
This is a strong-worded forum letter which first appeared in The Star, Malaysia: “I REFER to “We reap what we sow in a marriage” (The Star, 7 Dec 2009). If men have “carnal needs”, so do women. The only difference is that women are naturally more shy and considerate in asking for sex. I am […]
Posted On: December 2, 2009
HIV is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said. Data show that 40 per cent of new HIV infections diagnosed in China were acquired through heterosexual contact, with homosexual […]
Posted On: September 27, 2009
An experimental AIDS vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection in a “breakthrough” in the quarter-century battle against the deadly epidemic. The vaccine is believed to reduce the risk of being infected by almost a third, after the world’s largest clinical vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers was carried out […]
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