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A five mile bridge linking Sweden with Denmark has attracted users for very different reasons to the original business case for its construction. Swedish men are paying the 30 Euro toll fee to drive to Copenhagen to meet prostitutes.

Eternal Love?
If the Oresund Bridge is the bridge for sex, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice is the bridge for love.  Local legend promises everlasting love for couples kissing there at sunset in a gondola. The “Bridge of Thighs” linking Sweden and Denmark promises “love”, but only briefly. 

Previously known more for its pastries than its tarts, Copenhagen has seen a doubling of prostitutes, as opening the bridge at its northern end has led to opening of thighs at its southern end.  The old tongue twister was “she sells seas shells on the sea shore” – perhaps “she sells sex spells on the sea shore” is more appropriate now.

Attitudes to prostitution vary
The two Scandinavian countries have very different attitudes to prostitution.  In Sweden men are targeted for prosecution rather than the women who ply their trade, resulting in summonses issued to offenders at the family home. 

Presumably husbands hurry home to open the post lest their wives get there first.  In Denmark love isn’t exactly free, but neither male or female partners are penalised for their participation in the worlds oldest profession, hence the attraction to Swedish men.

5.5 minutes is the average
So if love is eternal in Venice, how long does it last in Copenhagen?  Of course we’re talking about sex here, rather than love. Research in 2005 from the University of Utrecht, further south again in Belgium, showed that the average time spent making love across most of the world is around 5.5 minutes.  T

The longer lasting lovers (those with the Duracell batteries) lasted a little over 7 minutes. Not saying much is it?

Although Swedish Police use CCTV to trap and identify offenders, no similarly determined research has uncovered how long the average Swedish male spends in the arms of his local Danish dish.

Great Lovemaking skills
Great lovemaking is a skill taught nowhere, by nobody to no-one. 

Great lovers die taking their secrets with them (see my blog on Casanova and National Condom week), as there is nowhere to share their information, except in books.  And how many men read books?  All that changes with www.lovemakingforum.com  For the first time men can share information about lovemaking skills.  Do we expect Swedish men to visit the website rather than drive to Copenhagen? 

Probably not, though if they did visit the website first, perhaps they’d enjoy their visits south even more.  Who can say?
 

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Sex Comment and Humour Blog. An entertaining slant on the amusing, lurid and sometimes ridiculous side of sex…

It seems wild pandas have wild sex after all.  The BBC natural history unit filming “Wild China” has finally achieved footage of passionate pandas in their natural habitat. It appears that pandas in zoos don’t show this behaviour – though maybe that’s because they don’t like people looking…

These reclusive, peaceful creatures are transformed at mating times into aggressive demanding lovers. Like so many human males, the panda sits around all day eating food of negligible nutritional value, but at mating times is transformed into a wild, sexual beast.

Pandas at risk
The Panda was adopted by the World Wildlife Fund as their symbol of species at risk, narrowly beating the whale, which the WWF felt was less cuddly and appealing than a panda.

Pandas are at risk of extinction for a number of reasons including low population numbers, low breeding rates, destruction of habitat and the inability of pandas in captivity to breed (getting whales to breed in captivity would create an even bigger problem no doubt).

Animal extinction
There’s a remarkable book on extinct animals called “A Gap in Nature”, where a naturalist has combined with an artist to create beautiful pictures and descriptions of recently extinct animals, from endearing hopping mice to stunningly beautiful birds.
Animals do become extinct if they don’t breed successfully.  The aggressive sexual activities of the Giant Panda show that every species focuses exclusively on sex at one time or another.  Each species continually strives to create another generation.   

The many reasons why humans have sex
Sex fulfils many needs apart from procreation in human beings, yes it’s huge fun, but it’s also a way that a couple bond, declaring their love for one another.  Sex reassures, it provides comfort when we’re in distress or stressed.  When we’re reminded of our own mortality, perhaps by the death of someone we love, sex reminds us of the joy and bliss of mortal existence. 

But sex is also taboo, especially among men, where discussion about sexual techniques or, heaven forbid, improving as a lover, is strictly off-limits.  But shouldn’t we all be striving to become better aware of how we can become better lovers? 

For men, it’s more of a problem for women, both because of taboo and the lack of any male advice or input on the subject.  Men don’t share this information, well up until now, at least. Now there’s a new website on the subject.  Men who have skills in lovemaking are welcome to post that information anonymously on forums at www.lovemakingforum.com. 

We welcome male and female input advising men on how they can become the best lovers they can possibly be.

Giant Pandas also welcome…