Many reasons account for boredom in the bedroom and both men and women contribute to the problems that provoke sexual dissatisfaction. But what is a woman’s role in making the sexual aspect of her relationships interesting? Dr Andre Kwasi Kuma, a Medical Director of the Eden Family Clinic offered a few tips on the common mistakes women make in bed during a discussion on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Wednesday. During foreplay: Foreplay is crucial because it begins the sexual activity. It includes intimate and physical acts like kissing and ‘smooching’ between partners to create a desire for the actual ‘thing’ – sex. But many factors determine whether or not this can be successful and lead to sex itself. So where does the woman come in? Dr Andre Kwasi Kumah stresses the importance of hygiene – he mentions, for example, that some women wear weave-on(s) for weeks without washing them, therefore the stench emanating from that alone is enough turn-off for any man. He adds that excuses such as ‘I have a headache’, menstrual flow (which the man finds out only after initiating the sex), low confidence that make some women insist that lights should be off, breaking the act to visit the washroom and excessive noise by the woman which disturbs neighbors all make men uncomfortable in bed. Some women also lie in bed as ‘dead fish’ and expect the men to do everything and end up putting their men off. During the act: The doctor says men are very concerned about the way many women fake orgasms. He said men know it when orgasms are faked and sometimes get bored. But why do women fake orgasms? Dr Andre says women do this because they may be tired. Again, he adds that making fun at your man’s organ could hurt his ego and decrease his interest in sex. Men, he says, can also be turned off by certain new techniques that women introduce thinking they’ll rather increase their men’s desire for them. Dr Andre advises that partners reach a common understanding to be compatible in terms of the frequency, style, techniques and new ideas for successful sexual relationships. He advocates the need to acquire more knowledge from various sources like books and especially the internet but warns that not every information gleaned from these sources are appropriate for the Ghanaian context. Men and women, he said, must reach common grounds as to what is decent/indecent looking at the background.