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The Buehler Institute Newsletter
Intimacy...In and Out of the Bedroom
March 2007
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In this issue
-- Profit or Peril: G-Spot Shots
-- Really Weird Sex Stories
-- Institute News

Greetings!

Really Weird Sex Stories is a new section this month, and it has a history to it. Quite a long time ago, I wrote a children's book called Really Weird News Stories under the name Dana del Prado. (It was in print for nearly a decade, but now you can currently purchase it on amazon for a penny.) I agreed to write it because I have always loved reading the ridiculous, the strange, and the downright absurd things people do. Well, after seeing some of the stories out there related to sex, I realized I was onto something. Each month I'll present some really weird sex stories that I've culled from the Internet and other sources. Enjoy!

My blog...I think every blogger has a love / hate relationship with their blog. If you could see the nature of the comments that spammers leave. I never knew you could do that in a Renault...Seriously, please consider leaving a good, clean comment on my blog and show those spammers a thing or two!

Readership of this newsletter has grown by over 50%. Gratifying to know that people want information on how to have more intimacy, in and out of the bedroom...


Profit or Peril: G-Spot Shots
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Want to know the latest trend in vaginal wear? It's a collagen injection in a woman's g-spot. What's the G- spot? It's a little area in a woman's vagina, belly side, about 1-2 inches from the entrance. Some women find that pressure on this spot, either through intercourse or massage, is just the ticket to exquisite orgasm. Others say it just makes them want to urinate.

The idea is that if a physician injects collagen into a woman's G-spot, she will have more pleasure. The spot will be easier to locate, and there will be more contact or friction during intercourse.

Is this the miraculous secret to great sex that women have been seeking for centuries, or a barbaric throwback, something akin to Chinese foot binding? Well, consider that the body absorbs collagen, so the shot needs to be repeated every 4 months. It doesn't heighten sensation, but merely brings awareness to the spot.

In the middle of preparing this article, an AASECT member posted a remarkable letter from a Beverly Hills physician to her physician husband. The letter discussed what a money-maker the G-spot shot has been for his practice. A basic kit for the injection costs $450, and the physician can mark up the kit and his or her services to $1450 per injection. The physician demonstrated how, over the course of a year, a physician could make something in the neighborhood of a million dollars offering this service. He also discussed his public relations and marketing efforts and how these would benefit a physician who bought his kits.

Like other cosmetic or "lifestyle" procedures, a G-spot shot is a personal choice. There is nothing inherently "wrong" or unethical about it. However, marketing something that has dubious value always brings to my mind the notorious snake oil barker.

As a psychologist and sex therapist, is it something I would recommend? No. There simply are too many other ways to get pleasure than to focus on one little Grafenberg spot. In addition, in the practice of tantra, women are taught that the G-spot holds body memory. For some women who have been affected by sexual assault or abuse, rubbing this spot may bring distress and even tears. That is why there is a great deal of preparation before G-spot massage, and why it is suggested that only a trusted partner administer it.

But here is the question I've been pondering these past few days: Is riding through the French Alps on a tour bus an inferior experience than touring them on a bike like Lance Armstrong? I don't know about you, but I'd rather sit on the bus with a beer and chatting with friends than tasting bugs and getting hit with road grit. Is a plain old orgasm an inferior experience to a G-spot orgasm? Isn't pleasure more about context than destination?


Really Weird Sex Stories
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Spider, Man. Scientists in Brazil have discovered venom from a spider that causes erections, according to a BBC News report. In a sort of unimpressive equation of putting two and two together, scientists learned that men bitten by the Phoneutria nigriventer experience priapism, or painful, long-lasting erections. (Priapism can cause permanent damage to the penis if untreated. It's part of the drug warnings you hear or read about in ads for PDE5 inhibitors like Viagra.) The trick will be to find the way to enlist the chemical properties of the venom to turn it into a useful drug for ED.

For the Glory of the Girth. Did you know that for the past 8 years Leonard Nemoy has been taking nude photos of big women? Here's an article about his passion in a recent New York Times article.

Michael B. and Olli K. Win Sex Toy Payout. CNN's "Offbeat News" tells how these soccer stars sued a sex toy company for using their names on vibrators and won. . .


Institute News
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A columnist, at last! My column is up on the Body Beautiful Magazine website, which will be teased in the June issue.

I also have a new Workshops and Media page on my website. Please visit to see what kinds of workshops I am able to offer. I also have an online media kit for reporters and others to download to learn more about my background.


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