Intelligent women have the best sex lives

Want to hit the big O with your bloke more often? Then why not try meditation or saying hello to people more?
According to recent research, more intelligent women have the best sex lives, reports The Sun.
But forget complicated algebra or getting your head round Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - the key for steamier sessions lies in mastering emotional intelligence.
It refers to the way we manage our built-in personality and our general emotional state, as stated in The Sun.
The findings stem from a study of 2,000 female twins who were surveyed on their sex and personal life.
It showed that those with high levels of EI had more orgasms and a more enjoyable sex life.
But why does this happen and how can we make it work for us?, here explains The Sun.
Here we speak to psychologist Jo Maddocks and sexpert Susan Quilliam for a guide on channelling your emotions to improve your sex life.
"Everyone is born with a capacity for high levels of emotional intelligence, but this can change as we go through our general life, depending on what happens to us," explains Jo.
"We may lose touch with our emotions because they become too hard to address, stemming from our past experiences.
"We can then start to use coping methods preventing us thinking about them - such as getting angry, or staying quiet and bottling everything up - methods that can become addictive.
"These mechanisms are then often used to deal with anything in our lives - including sex."
"Building bad attitudes can also directly impact our relationships with other people too," Jo continues.
"A negative attitude, poor body language and extreme reactions can shape the way people treat us too (even sexual partners) - making us feel even more isolated and troubled.
"It is acknowledging the emotions and stopping them from ruling our behaviour that gives us emotional intelligence."
Small changes
"The key is to make small changes to our behaviour, rather than attempt to overhaul our whole personality," explains Jo.
"If you feel ignored or left out at work, for example, try saying hello to colleagues everyday as they walk in to gain a sense of belonging.
"If you find yourself getting extremely emotional, try acknowledging your feelings before they escalate into this.
"Making small behavioural changes can really help you regain control throughout your life."
Having control of our emotions not only means being calmer and happier, it also means feelings won't get in the way of our sex lives, says sexpert Susan Quilliam.
"There's a whole variety of ways that emotions can affect your sexuality," says Susan.
"Anxious people often can't let go enough to orgasm.
"While those with anger problems, while sometimes ravenous for sex, can become so adamant on controlling their anger they stop feeling sexy.
"If we have control, we tend to feel confident and proud of ourselves, meaning our sex lives benefit.
"And, as Jo explained, higher emotional intelligence means better relationships with others, which also applies in the bedroom too.
"If we are more willing to trust in bed, then again sex is going to be better.
"It's a virtuous circle."

Girls love it when men use cheesy lines

The next time you approach a girl, do not hesitate to try out a cheesy chat-up line because girls absolutely love it, for they give a glimpse of a man''s sense of humour.

According to a study, six out of 10 ladies are more likely to fall for a man if he breaks the ice with a light-hearted one-liner.

Conducted by www.OnePoll.com, the survey, which questioned 4,000 adults, revealed that four out of 10 women were still dating or were married to a man who first approached them with a funny quip.

However, not every line can do the trick for you-it was found that there are do''s and don''ts in the dating game as well.

Lines such as "Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?", and "Apart from being beautiful, what do you do for a living?" worked "most of the time".

But "Do you have a map? Because I keep getting lost in your eyes" and "Is there a rainbow, because you''re the treasure I''ve been searching for," were likely to end up in red-faced failure for being "too over the top".

The study found that seven out of 10 women like being chatted up while out with friends as it gives their confidence a boost - as long as the potential suitor is good looking.

"Women like a guy with a sense of humour and a cheesy chat-up line is a good way of displaying that," the Daily Express quoted a spokesman for www.OnePoll.com, as saying

"To fire off a good chat-up line at a pretty girl the man will have to be pretty confident too, and women like confident men.

"At the very worst you''re probably going to get a smile and a polite ''sorry, I''m not interested'', but it seems there are some lines which actually work very well indeed.

"These are the ones which are light-hearted and quite clever and well thought out. It''s the really awful ones which are going to end up with a bloke having egg on his face in front of his mates," he added.