Tuffy Luv Debunks Crap

March 24, 2009     Posted in Relationships, Sex

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By Sara

Dear Tuffy Luv,

I’m just curious – what are some sex myths that aren’t true? I keep hearing stuff (like that you can you have sex under water with out a condom and you can’t get pregnant) that I don’t know if it’s true.

Thnx!

Curious

Dear Curious,

Thanks for your question–Tuffy luvs this shiz. Sex myths? Hysterical. But also dangerous. Okay, here’s a list of ones that are just that: myths. You can’t get pregnant from having sex under water. Uh, you can so get preggers from sex under water. You can also get STDs. Water don’t wash away sperm. Nice try though. Condoms, pleez.

You can’t get pregnant on your period. EHHH! Try again. You can totally be fertile while you’re menstruating.

Two condoms are better than one. Nope. Actually, using two condoms together make it more likely that they’ll rub against each other and break, leaving you wide open for pregnancy and STDs. Stick with the standard usage: one condom to a romp.

If you love someone, the sex will be great. Oh, life is never that simple. Sex doesn’t always mean love, and love doesn’t always mean good sex. It all needs honest communication and compatibility.

Oysters are an aphrodisiac. Just no.

If he pulls out, I can’t get pregnant. You know that little bit of fluid that comes out when he starts to get excited (but wayyyy before he comes)? That’s sperm, baby. It’s just less of it. It can still knock you up.

Mountain Dew prevents pregnancy by lowering sperm count because it contains the dye Yellow No. 5. Wow, this is an oldie. So, first of all, Yellow No. 5 doesn’t actually lower sperm count. But even if it did, lowering does not equal eliminating. Use condoms and don’t rely on random chemicals from soda to keep you babyless.

If I start taking birth control pills today, I can safely have sex tomorrow. Wrong. It takes a month for that sh*t to kick in. Listen to your doctor and don’t be stupid.

Semen has a low carb count. Nice try, guys. It’s actually mostly fructose and therefore quite high carb, fyi.

Well, there you go. Was it as good for you as it was for me?

Hearts & Skulls,

Tuffy Luv

7 Comments on "Tuffy Luv Debunks Crap"

  1. laura says:
    Tue, 24th Mar 200912:35 pm 

    Ejaculate does not have a significant amount of calories. You'd have to ingest 400 loads to equal the calorie content of a "death by chocolate" dessert.

    http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/semen.html

  2. Lauren says:
    Tue, 24th Mar 20091:20 pm 

    I love that you included the Mountain Dew myth. You couldn't open a can of it at my middle school without hearing some random sperm reference.. hilarious.

  3. Meag says:
    Tue, 24th Mar 20098:57 pm 

    oysters… I know Ive heard that one before :P too bad there are people out there who believe it to be such a hot thing.. when it is not.

  4. Michael says:
    Wed, 25th Mar 20093:02 am 

    with the oysters…

    physically it is not an aphrodrodisiac, but mentally it is.

    now-a-days it might just be because people think it is, but they think that back in the day it started because well, oysters kind of look like lady flowers (vaginas) and the slurping noise you hear when you eat it is just like when you eat a va-jay-jay, and the fishy smell the licking you have to do to get it out and the texture, i think you see where this is going.

  5. Tera says:
    Wed, 25th Mar 20098:13 am 

    Tuffy Luv fail.

    It's significantly harder to get pregnant on your period. You can't get pregnant if you're not ovulating. You shouldn't be ovulating during your period. It's hard to predict, though, and sperm can hang around for a while, so it's obviously always best to use protection… but it's not the "totally fertile" situation you make it out to be.

    Pre ejaculate does not contain sperm. That would be a myth. If there is left over sperm in the urethra from a previous ejaculation that can be carried out along with pre ejaculate, but peeing clears virtually all of it.

    STDs are often found in pre ejaculate, though, so it's clearly again still best to use protection.

    Pulling out doesn't work well to prevent pregnancy because men are terrible at it, not because of sperm in pre ejaculate.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12286905

  6. Kayla - California S says:
    Wed, 25th Mar 200912:41 pm 

    Thanks, Michael. I'll never be able to eat seafood again without feeling like a lesbian :P

  7. Meregan says:
    Wed, 25th Mar 20097:13 pm 

    Also, most birth control pills take a week to become effective, not a month. Although multiple methods are always good when trying to avoid babies–and especially STDs.

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