'Chocolate as good as sex for women'

Is there anything that can provide a woman the ecstasy of sex, alleviate her mood or even make her melt her in your arms? Believe it or not, there is. And it’s called chocolate. Half of the women in a recent international study revealed that chocolate gives them pleasure similar to sex.

The research also said that close to 80% women consider chocolate to be an aphrodisiac. In fact, women love chocolate so much that they would stoop to even feigning pregnancy for it. Indian women have also admitted that they can even beg, borrow or steal to indulge in their “cardinal sin”. This known-though-never-studied fact comes from a poll by Axe Research Lab on 3,571 women across 13 countries.

Chocolate is scientifically known as ‘theobroma’ - which means food for gods. The study shows that women of any country and any origin would hide chocolates to avoid sharing it with others. In fact, Indian women are only second to Brazilians in hiding their chocolates. While a shocking 84.9% of 225 respondents from Brazil thought it fine not to share their “pieces of sin” with others by hiding it, 75.9% of the 220 Indians surveyed, thought along the same lines.

In fact, Indian women seem more desperate to get a piece of chocolate or to save their chocolates from others. A high 22.7% of Indian respondents said they would not think twice before stealing chocolate from a friend. This is the highest percentage across all the countries surveyed. Only Brazilians and Mexicans come somewhat close.

Indians also scored high using a fake excuse to get chocolate. Some admitted to even stooping to fake their birthday for it.

Interestingly, some said they would prefer licking their pieces of chocolate to avoid having to share it with others. About 31.4% of Indians agreed to fake birthdays, and an even higher 46.8% said they’d be happy to lick their bits to prevent others from taking a bite.

Among all the surveyed women, 78% women consider chocolate to be an aphrodisiac in comparison to celery, oysters among others. It also puts you in a good mood, felt 81% of women in India. In fact, most Indian women said chocolate was a treat they rewarded themselves with.