“All homophobes are closeted homosexuals,” wrote Love Matters’ resident guy next door Kuber Sharma in his recent blog.

Is there any science on his side? Do guys who hate gays actually fancy men themselves? A US study set out to investigate. It turns out that Kuber is exaggerating. Not all homophobes are turned on by men – only 80 percent of them.

Q: How can I judge if a girl is a virgin or not from the outside? Jamal, Gandhinagar 

Bubbley says… Beta ji. First of all let me solve your problem. There is actually a very simple and effective way of finding out if a girl is virgin or not. Just go ahead and ask her. Because there is no other way of finding out!

A growing number of women in urban India are discovering that their ovaries aren't working properly. They’ve got polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

Gynaecologist Dr Kanthi Bansal says 60 percent of the women patients at her fertility clinic have PCOS. And the numbers are rising. It’s down to a combination of genes and lifestyle, the doctor says.

“For me, intercourse is a thing of the past.” A comment from a Love Matters reader who blames his sex problems on circumcision.

Circumcised men and their partners have more orgasm trouble, Love Matters reported. In response we received a string of comments from readers who recognised the problem. It’s a hidden complication for cut men, says Dutch expert Gert van Dijk.

Ever wondered why most Indian men are so scared of being labelled gay?

Are they afraid of being hit on by actual homosexual men or worried that they'll never get laid? Yes, increasingly this blog has become a collection of things that scare men. But the gay label is something that sends shivers down the spine of every straight man I know.

“When I’m tickled, I get an erection. Am I normal?”

The question came from a visitor to Love Matters’ Latin American website, Hablemos de Amor. Intrigued, we set out to discover more about the psychology of erotic tickling. Some people just love to tickle and be tickled, leading Argentinean sexologist Adrián Sapetti told us. “Everything starts with the skin.”

Q: I love my wife very much and find her very attractive, but she doesn’t respond when I try to arouse her.

We’ve been married for just over a year. She uses excuses to put off having sex and when we do, she doesn’t seem to enjoy it, though she’s never said so outright. What can I do to bring her round?
Nitin, Noida

Happy Dampatti, or Happy Couples, is a hit reality show all about birth control.

It’s keeping thousands of slum-dwellers in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh glued to their TVs or radios, eager to hear their neighbours talk about their family planning decisions. The couples who use contraception in the most impressive ways win prizes like fridges – and gain role-model status in their community.

Last week, my parents celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. Sure, they deserve a trophy – a gold-plated, diamond-studded trophy – for their togetherness. But what I find commendable is how they got together.

While we were having a quiet celebratory evening, a friend of mine who was at the party asked them, “So tell us how it all began.” And that’s how they started narrating their sweet little adventurous love story.