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friday, february 14 , 2014 volume 114, issue 096

Inside Coverage

Library of Love

Go big or go alone

Video games and cosplay spark romance

All girls want to be impressed on Valentine’s Day

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NU takes 2nd win against Michigan wh a t ’ s

It’s Valentine’s Day, and we’re

college students, so everyone is talking – or at least thinking – about love and sex. Before you engage in the latter, test your sexual health knowledge and see whether you retained anything you learned in that high school sex ed class.

9. Jonah Falcon has the world’s longest penis. How big is his erection? a) 13.5 inches b) 15 inches c) 12 inches 10. How deep is the average unaroused female vagina? a) 2 to 3 inches b) 3 to 4 inches c) 4 to 5 inches 11. True or false: The vagina can double in size when aroused a) True b) False

2. True or False: HPV only causes cancer in women. a) True b) False

12. Are oil-based lubricants, like Vaseline and baby oil, safe to use? a) Yes b) No

4. True or false: Only certain lubricants are safe to use with specific sex toys. a) True b) False 5. Which of the following sexually transmitted diseases is not curable with antibiotics? a) Chlamydia b) Gonorrhea c) HPV

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1. Young people make up what percentage of new sexually transmitted infections? a) 30 percent b) 50 percent c) 70 percent

3. Which of these facts is false? a) Sex improves sleep quality. b) Sex decreases prostate cancer incidence in men. c) Women can’t get pregnant from pre-ejaculate fluids.

Five of the Huskers scored double digits against the Wolverines on Thursday to win 76-68.

13. A half-hour of active sex burns how many calories? a) 100 b) 300 c) 200 14. What’s the most common STD/STI in America? a) Gonorrhea b) HPV c) Syphilis 15. What percentage of Americans age 14 to 49 have genital herpes? a) 16 percent b) 31 percent c) 24 percent

19. How many heterosexual men younger than 45 said they’ve tried anal sex, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report? a) 44 percent b) 51 percent c) 56 percent 20. What about women? a) 25 percent b) 36 percent c) 40 percent

21. What’s the effectiveness rate of birth control pills, assuming correct daily use? a) 93 percent b) 99 percent c) 99.9 percent

22. What’s the effectiveness rate of condoms, assuming correct use? a) 80 percent b) 95 percent c) 98 percent 23. What’s the effectiveness rate of pulling out? a) 50 percent b) 72 percent c) 96 percent 24. If used correctly, emergency birth control (the morning-after pill) lowers a woman’s risk of pregnancy by: a) 75 percent b) 89 percent c) 97 percent

6. What percentage of women infected with HPV will see the infection clear within two years? a) 90 percent b) 50 percent c) 25 percent

16. Speaking of genital herpes – is it more common among men or women? a) Women b) Men

25. What percentage of men and women, respectively, reported having experienced a same-sex sexual encounter? a) 6 percent of men, 12 percent of women b) 10 percent of men, 16 percent of women c) 8 percent of men, 14 percent of women

7. What’s the difference between an STD and an STI? a) They’re the same thing b) An STI precedes an STD c) An STD precedes an STI

17. On average, how many sperm are in each ejaculation? a) 1 billion b) 500 million c) 300 million

26. How many calories are in a teaspoon of semen? a) 5 calories b) 12 calories c) 30 calories

8. The average American penis is __ long when erect. a) 5.3 inches b) 6.4 inches c) 5.6 inches

18. True or false: some mammals have bones in their penises. a) True b) False

27. True or false: Shaving your pubic hair increases your chance of getting an STD/STI. a) True b) False

ANSWERS: 1. b; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a; 10. b; 11. a; 12. b; 13. c; 14. b; 15. a; 16. a; 17. c; 18. a; 19. a; 20. b; 21. b; 22. c; 23. c; 24. b; 25. a; 26. a; 27. a

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