Facts and Tips: Did You Know?
Facts and tips on love, teen relationships, sex, and the emotional battle against cancer.
By: PT Staff

• 80 percent of young men undergoing chemotherapy say banking their sperm before cancer treatment helped them in their emotional battle against the disease.
• 28 is the average number of hours teen girls in serious relationships spend with their boyfriends each week.
• In men's magazines, 41 percent of articles about sex focus on what women like.
• People who have just fallen in love spend over 85 percent of their waking hours thinking about their amour.
• Two-thirds of parents with children in high school believe sex education is "very" or "somewhat" effective in helping teens avoid pregnancy.
• 65 percent of men and 55 percent of women say that their partner's faults don't really bother them.
• 75 percent of men and 83 percent of women say that knowing their significant other is in love with them is more important than having sex with him or her.
• 60 percent of greeting cards come from friends.
• 27 percent of cards contain just the sender's signature without a personal message

Psychology Today Magazine, Nov/Dec 2005