For eternity men have been known to be frivolous commitmentphobes who'll play with almost any woman’s heart and think of sex every eight seconds. But why?

Is this how Mother Nature meant us to be? Is it because women have better PR agents? Or is it a myth and we men simply like being thought of as playboys? In my humble opinion, it's a combination of the three.

“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: Auntyji, how can I judge if a girl is a virgin or not from the outside? Jamal, Gandhinagar 

Auntyji 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.

Love at first sight – something I’ve never had faith in. I’m told it exists. But I haven’t seen proof.

So when a friend of mine told me about how she fell in love with a guy the moment they met, I wanted to know more. “It’s real, trust me,” she said. Though I wasn’t converted into a believer, I did find it intriguing, like all love matters.

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.”

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.

It’s in a man’s genes to think a woman’s interested even if she’s giving signs that she’s not, say US researchers.

Many men are built to get it wrong, according to Dr Carin Perilloux, who used speed-dating to explore the mating game. The more women a man thinks are into him, the more women he’ll chase after. This increases his chances of passing on his genes.