Womens Corner

Women are better at defining casual sex encounters than men, says a new study, adding that this is because such sexual encounters put women in a more risky situation in society.

To reach this conclusion, researchers from the University of Ottawa in Canada sent an online questionnaire to 800 participants below the age of 30 on social media.

It asked about their personal sexual experience and how would they define forms of causal sex such as one night stands, booty calls and friends with benefits, the National Post reported.

A “sexy” air hostess of Turkish Airlines was recently fired from her job for being “too raunchy”.

Zuhal Sengul, who flaunted her busty figure for a series of photos and a music video, has been fired from her job after bosses discovered the raunchy pictures, Metro.co.uk reported.

The airlines bosses saw Sengul’s showing off her curves in low-cut tops and corsets for a series of Gothic-style photoshoots featured in an Italian magazine.

Soft objects and loose bedding – such as thick blankets, quilts and pillows – can obstruct an infant’s airway and pose a risk of suffocation, according to a research.

Nearly 55 percent of US infants are placed to sleep with bedding that increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), reveal the findings from a research campaign called “Safe to Sleep”, which was conducted by the US National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other institutions.

A Women Helpline was launched Monday by police here.

Speaking on the occasion, Uttar Pradesh Inspector General of Police Navneet Sikera asked women to be fearless.

Sikera said the helpline number 1090 was “very useful for women”.

He said college going girls and working women faced trauma when they were confronted by stalkers.

IANS)

According to researchers from the Utah-based Brigham Young University, babies are more likely to remember an incident if there is a positive emotion or affect that accompanies it. “People study memory in infants, they study discrimination in emotional affect, but we are the first ones to study how these emotions influence memory,” said lead author and psychology professor Ross Flom.

Babies are more likely to remember an incident if there is a positive emotion or affect accompanying it
Babies are more likely to remember an incident if there is a positive emotion or affect accompanying it

Haryana government on Monday announced that it will honour the two sisters, who single-handedly took on three alleged molesters in a moving bus, on Republic Day as the girls came in for praise for their bravery.

Both the girls had shown indomitable courage and bravery by opposing the misdemeanour of three youth who tried to “molest” them in a moving bus of Haryana Roadways at Rohtak, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said in a statement, adding effective steps will be taken to ensure security of women passengers.

A vaccine against breast cancer developed at Washington University’s School of Medicine is safe for patients afflicted with the disease, results of a clinical trial indicate.

Preliminary evidence also suggested that the vaccine primed the patients’ immune system to attack tumour cells and helped slow the cancer’s progression.

The new vaccine causes the body’s immune system to home in on a protein called mammaglobin-A – found almost exclusively in the breast tissue.

A new one dollar easyto-use injectable contraceptive has been developed by researchers who plan to distribute it in 69 of the world’s poorest countries by 2020.

The special device, with a smaller needle and no traditional syringe, will be sold at just $1 a unit.

An agreement has been signed which will make contraceptive injections available to women in 69 of the world’s poorest countries, BBC News reported.

The deal has been reached between the Gates Foundation, the drug company Pfizer and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.

Women leaders from different religions, countries and groups came together on the banks of the Ganga here Sunday to commit themselves to better water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices.

The Women for WASH Summit at Parmarth Niketan was part of the first global mega event organised by the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) with technical support from Unicef.

Over 100 women leaders from India, Britain, the US, Europe and Indonesia took part in the first meeting of women faith leaders on WASH, an issue that is of vital and immediate concern to women and children.

That contraceptive pill has a secret to share. According to research, women’s sexual satisfaction is not affected if she meets her partner while she is already taking the pill.

However, women do see their sex drive fall if they stop taking the pill during a relationship.

Woollen clothes may seem a misfit for a workout session, but The Woolmark Company has launched sports apparel made of Merino wool — and it promises comfort.

The apparel can absorb up to 35 percent of its dry weight in moisture vapour, and is reactive to temperature, making it ideal to wear at a gym.

The Woolmark Company has listed some interesting facts about Merino wool that can change the mindset of gym-goers about wearing wool while sweating it out:

A new research has revealed that 60 percent of moms feel pressure to appear well off on social media, which leads to financial insecurity.

Laurie Gelman, lifestyle contributor for BabyCenter.com., said that keeping up with the Joneses is actually keeping up with the e-Jonses, thanks to Instagram and thanks to Facebook, ABC News reported.

BabyCenter’s Cost of Raising a Child Report also found that 60 percent of moms envy or feel embarrassed about their own financial situation after logging in their social media accounts.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Grand coalition has agreed to introduce a quota for women in senior corporate positions.

Minister of Family Affairs Manuela Schwesig Wednesday said the law was an important step for equality because it would bring about a cultural change in the workplace.

The quota stipulates that 30 percent of members of boards of directors or supervisory bodies in around 100 shareholding companies in the stock market must be women.

Victoria’s Secret has launched a new bra, which comes with a built in heart rate monitor.

According to Wearable Tech Insider, the ‘Incredible by Victoria’s Secret Heart-Rate Monitor Compatible Sport Bra’ has sensors and technology from the Finnish fabric maker Clothing+, and has been prices at about 75 dollars.

The undergarment which has the sensors built into the fabric itself, is actually functional, and can help one keep a track of their heat rate. (ANI)

Fight winter woes by using beauty oil, cream cleanser and not relying on toner when the temperature drops.

Celebrity dermatologist Kiran Lohia shares a few tips:

* Know the number of times to wash face: Don’t wash your face more than twice a day. Using a face wash frequently will steal all your skin’s hydration and nutrition. If you are feeling dirty or just got back from the gym, just splash some water on your face.

For women over age 50, daily exercise can be prescribed as medicine to reduce the risk of death, research says.

According to Australian researchers, in addition to conventional treatments for physical and mental health, doctors should prescribe tailored, moderate to high intensity exercise programmes for older women.

A new campaign has been recently launched in order to find a term for “female masturbation,” it has been revealed.

The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU), a national not-for-profit group that “works for an open, positive view of sex and relationship issues,” wants women to have their own word for the solo sex act, in the belief that it will bring about more open discussion of a taboo subject, the Mirror reported.

A new study has revealed that high-achieving women are not meeting their career goals they set for themselves in their 20s because of their husbands, and not children.

The authors interviewed 25,000 men and women who graduated from Harvard Business School over the past several decades and found that the “opt-out” explanation is a myth because women are allowing their partners’ careers to take precedence over their own, News.com.au reported.

Real-life Sleepinmg Beauty from Aberporth in South Wales has a rare condition that makes her sleep 21 hours a day.

Helen Waterson is forced to take strong drugs just to stay awake just for three hours and said that she goes through life either sleeping or feeling like she’s sleepwalking, has missed all the important moments of her life and doesn’t even have a social life or love life, the Mirror reported.

Efforts to utilise music and games to help pre-schoolers learn self-regulation skills could help prepare at-risk children for kindergarten education, a new study says.

The intervention was most effective among children who are considered to be at the highest risk of struggling in school – those belonging to low-income backgrounds and learning English as a second language.

Self-regulation skills that help children pay attention, follow directions, stay on task and persist through difficulty are critical to a child’s success in kindergarten and beyond.

A floral painting by the late US painter Georgia O’Keeffe has broken the record for the most expensive piece of artwork by a woman.

The artwork, which was sold for 44.4m dollars at an auction, smashed the previous record set by Joan Mitchell’s untitled work of 11.9m dollars, the BBC reported.

O’Keeffe, who died in 1986 at the age of 98, was celebrated for her large-format depictions of flowers which she painted as if they had been seen in close-up.

Her Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 was offered at auction by the O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

—ANI

Job authority increases symptoms of depression among women but decreases them among men, a study from University of Texas at Austin finds.

“Women with job authority – the ability to hire, fire and influence pay – have significantly more symptoms of depression than women without this power,” said sociologist Tatyana Pudrovska.

In contrast, men with job authority have fewer symptoms of depression than men without such power, she added.

The study analysed over 1,300 middle-aged men and 1,500 middle-aged women who graduated from high schools in Wisconsin.

Fight winter woes by using beauty oil, cream cleanser and not relying on toner when the temperature drops.

Celebrity dermatologist Kiran Lohia shares a few tips:

* Know the number of times to wash face: Don’t wash your face more than twice a day. Using a face wash frequently will steal all your skin’s hydration and nutrition. If you are feeling dirty or just got back from the gym, just splash some water on your face.

If you need help from men on the road, wear high heels. This is the message from a new study, revealing that how the height of a woman’s shoe heel influences how men behave towards her.

The findings showed that men’s helpfulness increased along with the height of the heels a woman was wearing.

However, heel height had no influence on other women’s willingness to help, found lead researcher Nicolas Gueguen from Université de Bretagne-Sud in France.

A new survey has revealed that a quarter of sex-mad single Brits have confessed that they have had sex with someone who is married.

The survey conducted by UKMedix.com showed that 54 per cent said it was just the once, while 27 per cent stated it had become an extended sexual affair, the Daily Star reported.

The survey was questioned 2391 men and women, who were all 18 or older, single and sexually active.