Another "Duh" Study

Hey, being obese raises the risk of problems with sex? Wow, who knew? Maria Cheng of the Associated Press reports.

In a new study, European researchers found obese women had more trouble finding a sexual partner than their normal-weight counterparts, though the same wasn't true for obese men, and were four times as likely to have an unplanned pregnancy.

The first part is obvious. The second is almost as obvious. Obese men do have a little more trouble gaining money, power, and fame, and until they do, they will have a harder time "finding a sexual partner". But once these guys do "make it" they won't have any trouble. The last part of that sentence has been confirmed elsewhere, which is one more reason for men to avoid the fatties.

Fat men also reported a higher rate of erectile dysfunction.

Yup. Stay healthy, guys!

Previous studies have found similar trends, but researchers were surprised by the discrepancy they found between the genders as to how excess weight affects peoples' sex lives.

Perhaps they are just saying that to be politically correct.

"Maybe women are more tolerant of tubby husbands than men are of tubby wives," said Kaye Wellings, a professor of sexual and reproductive health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and one of the BMJ study authors.

Duh. Generally, women marry mostly for "security" and men marry for sex and children. They want a hot wife who is in shape for many reasons, including the health of their child. Women like hot men, but they choose security above that.

Obese people are at higher risk anyway for diabetes, depression and urinary stress incontinence, all of which can hinder sex. If people are extremely heavy, they might also have muscular or skeletal problems that make sex challenging.

Also, a man needs to be turned on enough to get an erection or there is no sex. Women can use lubricant.

Pregnant fat women and their babies also faced a higher risk of complications and death than normal-weight women.

Like I said.

They also found that women tended to have partners with a similar body shape. Nearly 70 percent of fat women reported having a partner who was also heavy, while only about 40 percent of fat men had a similarly proportioned partner.

You can look around to see this. Generally, a fit man is with an obese woman for one of three reasons: 1) He married her when she was in shape, and then she gained a lot of weight but his love and vows have kept him with her; 2) She was obese when he married her, and he was poor or insecure and didn't have a lot of marital options; 3) He's a chubby chaser.