Sex: How Couples Can Communicate Their Needs (cont.)
Moderator: And if that doesn't work? When is it time to move
on to a new partner?
Dr. Cadell: It's time to move on to a new partner when you
ask yourself one question: "How would I feel if I never saw this person
again?" If the answer is, "Relieved," then it's time to move on.
And if the answer is, "I would miss this person," then obviously
you've got someone good in your life and you need to work at it.
Moderator: What scents, fragrances and odors are the biggest
turn on's to women? To men?
Dr. Cadell: Quite honestly it depends upon the individual.
However, scientists have been doing some research and they have come up with the
following: It seems that men like sweet fragrances, which is why women always buy
flowery perfumes and soaps. And men are also very partial to cinnamon and apple
pie for those ladies that cook well. Women are stimulated by more musky scents,
which is why men's fragrances smell completely different than women's.
Moderator: How powerful are pheromones?
Dr. Cadell: I've never heard of an addiction but pheromones
are how people are attracted chemically to one another. It comes from our sweat
glands and when someone says you smell so good and you're not wearing fragrance,
they're talking about your pheromones. This is how animals find each other and
are attracted to one another. The moth will fly for miles because of the scent
from another moth. As we all know, dogs are always sniffing each other's behinds
before they have any sexual contact and they're checking on the sexual
attraction from the pheromones.
Moderator: What is the most commonly neglected erogenous
zone?
Dr. Cadell: I love that. I would say that all the erogenous
zones are neglected except for the sexual organs and the breasts. We are covered
in erogenous zones from top of our head to tip of our toe. One exercise that I
give couples is to invest the time in kissing and caressing their partner from
the head to the toes, moving a half an inch at a time. The receiver of pleasure
must give verbal feedback and rate their erogenous zones from one to ten, ten
being the most pleasurable. If one wants to, you can take away one of the senses
but not necessarily. You only need to remember the erogenous zones that are
seven and above, and you can keep going back to those. There are some unusual
erogenous zones such as the back of the knees, licking of the eyebrows and the
navel.
Moderator: What are the most erotic foods?
Dr. Cadell: I think anything that you eat with your fingers
can be very erotic, especially when you feed one another. Chocolate turns me on.
Also it's what you do with foods that makes them erotic. For example, if you
take a cooked asparagus and one of you puts one end in your mouth and the other
takes the other end and then you nibble away until you meet in middle for a
passionate kiss, this makes asparagus highly erotic. There are foods which are
known for [containing the mineral] zinc such as oysters, and thereby release extra testosterone in the
body which is why that is an aphrodisiac.
Moderator: Is sex with different foods, i.e., fruits and
vegetables, safe?
Dr. Cadell: It is not safe to insert anything into the human
body because you can get infections, especially sweet foods. However, if you
were to put a condom on a vegetable, I would not be against that if both of you
wanted to do it.
Moderator: Is it common for people to be allergic to
condoms?
Dr. Cadell: Some people are sensitive to latex which is why
they have polyurethane condoms. If you're allergic to one [condom], you can use the
others. There are also lubricants that don't have nonoxynol-9. You have to
practice safe sex and you can't be allergic to everything. Polyurethane condoms
are approved by the FDA and they're available everywhere, as are latex condoms.
The female condom is made out of polyurethane. I think it's terrific but not as
comfortable and as easy as a man wearing a condom.
Moderator: Physiologically, what occurs during an orgasm?
Dr. Cadell: There are four stages of orgasm. An orgasm is
reached when a male or a female has reached the highest degree of sexual
tension, triggering involuntary muscular contractions. According to Masters and
Johnson, there may be from six to 15 contractions, each lasting for about a
second or between one and three seconds. This is for men and women. In both
sexes, the whole body is involved with the spasmodic contractions. At this
point, blood flows into the genitals and fills the genitalia with as much blood
flow as possible, causing them to swell. Some women are multi-orgasmic, whereas
when men reach an orgasm, they usually ejaculate at the same time even though
it's two completely separate functions.
Moderator: It is possible for a man to achieve orgasm
without ejaculating?
Dr. Cadell: Absolutely. A man can separate his orgasm from
ejaculation by squeezing his PC (Pubococcygeus)
muscle. The PC muscle is the support muscle in
the genital. The best way to identify it is to imagine that he is urinating and
he has to stop the flow of urine. One can exercise this muscle without
urinating. You just have to think about it and you have to strengthen the PC
muscle, which is as thin as a pencil or as thick as three fingers, depending on
how strong it is. After you've exercised it for at least three weeks and built
up some stamina, then you can better control ejaculation by squeezing that
muscle when you feel the climax approaching. With a lot of practice, a man can
literally experience the same full body orgasm as a woman without ejaculation.
Moderator: And this is healthy?
Dr. Cadell: Very healthy. Some men practice this and they
don't ejaculate for days, for weeks, and others don't ejaculate for months.