1) Why do men like to play games where they can hurt each other?
Asked by Analissa H. from Whispering Pines, NC

Men are strange creatures. We battle an overwhelming genetic urge to follow the same template of our cavemen ancestors and strange sublimations follow.

For all humans, there are basic needs; preservation of self, mating, self nourishment, restoration, and a desire to horde goods. Women are more skilled at using communication and intelligence to find satisfying channels for these base desires. Men, slaves to a preponderance of testosterone, often choose instead crude and easily accessible outlets with violence and energy depletion; namely sports.

Sports may also reveal a subconscious desire to touch another man in a socially acceptable way. Witness how a coach will often slap his star player's buttocks after a great play. Rarely do you see a scientist slap his colleague's ass after he just concocted a brilliant hypothesis for cold fusion. So while underlying homosexual impulses may be present in some cases, we'll leave that for another conversation.

2) What do men really think about a woman who will have sex on the first date?
Asked by Weena D. in Bedrock, Colorado

Here's where we enter into a strange duality for men. Most guys will undoubtedly take advantage of a woman offering up entrance to her private sanctum. He then will mock her to his friends and think of her as "slutty". While in some cases, there may be unconscious transfer of her "moral frivolities" as a reflection on himself, most dudes associate that type of woman as abnormal and potentially a carrier of venereal disease.

I don't think I've ever heard a man say "I just met this really wonderful girl. She was intelligent, sensitive, classy, and she gave it up on the first date! I really respect the fact that she doesn't reserve sex as a special or something worth waiting for. I can't wait to show her off to the parents. And hey, why is my crotch burning?"

We're not used to the girl allowing sex on the first date and it indeed sends ups warning flags. But who is worse; the woman who's "easy" or the man who thinks she's "easy," yet can't help but have sex with her?

3) It is said that men think about sex every 7 seconds. Is this true?
Asked by Stephanie C. in Lake Orion, Michigan

If this were factual, simple conversations would be impossible, and humping would be the National pastime. This is a misleading statistic based on a study that took the estimated number of times that men thought about sex during a day and divided it into 24 hours.

Considering that there are 86,400 seconds in a day, dividing that by 7 would equal 12,343. You now deduct that with allowances for even the most amorous male, this number is too high. So let's logically assume that this male sleeps 8 hours a day and we'll reduce the sum by a third. The new amount then would calculate to 8,229 times a day and we're still at an impossible total.

In conclusion, yes, we think about it a lot.....and often, but not that much. Daily life allots for blocks of the day when we're too busy with trivial matters and general life duties to ponder carnal pleasures.

4) Women always want to ask men about their past relationships and how many other women they have slept with. Is the past as important to a man as it is to a woman?
Asked by Kristin B. in Tampa, Florida

First off, it's not a pleasant to think of your "little sweetie," getting hammered by some sweaty male. So while we know you're not a virgin, we hope that you've had very few partners and that the sex was very, very, very dull. Please don't tell us that you have phenomenal oral skills unless you want us to imagine you performing a symphony on some guy's "upright organ." Many of us do not want to ponder how you got to be so good in bed - we're just happy that you are.

Now imagine a world where all penises were the same size. For many insecure males, this would be a wonderful and warm blanket to wrap around their egos. It has been argued that comparison is the root of unhappiness, and many men fear the thought of his partner having been with a man with a huge phallus. So be sure to "forget," how potentially massive your previous partners may have been and be sure to compliment your guy on his size.

So yes, it is indeed important, but you may find that most males don't want the whole truth. Be very selective with your information.

5) Why do some men have such a difficult time with committment/monogamy?
Asked by Amber J. in Avon, Ohio

It's because they place higher values on ephemeral pleasures than on permanence.

The main deterrent for men with the concept of monogamy is the concept of one sexual partner for life. Many men want "sex only," because they've never experienced true love and therefore don't know what they're missing. Men also tend to falsely determine their virility on their total number of conquests. Being true to one girl trumps the continuation of that summation.

So how do you find men who have advanced to a higher intellectual realm? I'd suggest me, but I'm taken. : )