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Women "Advertise" Fertility

Posted by kdawson on from the but-we-knew-this dept.

Dik Zak writes with word of a paper published in the journal Hormones and Behavior. A study found that women take greater care over their appearance when they are at peak levels of monthly fertility. The researchers took two photos of each of 30 women, one near ovulation and one at the other end of her cycle. They then showed the paired photos (with faces obscured) to a group of observers, who were asked to judge in which photo the women were trying to look more attractive. The observers chose the "high fertility" subject nearly 60% more of the time than would be expected by chance.

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by FST · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like kdawson isn't too fertile right now.

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  2. What does this mean for men? by atari2600 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like you uhh know you we are (most of us) are at the 100% fertility rate most of the time and uhhh we don't care about advertising it. I am not sure where i am going with this. Oh snap, i need to shave the 4 month old beard. Wonder where dad keeps his razor...

  3. Re:Women? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    google it. There are lots of web sites with pictures of them advertising their fertility.

  4. False Advertising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So they'll advertise, but never actually have any for sale? It's like shopping at Best Buy.

  5. Re:Researchers should pay more attention by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny
    But then again, how many guys know their wife's monthly schedule?
    I know your wife's monthly schedule.
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  6. "who did not know what the study was about" by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doc: Thank you for volunteering for our experiment
    Subject: That's fine. What's it about?
    Doc: We can't tell you. But could you tell me what part of your menstrual cycle you're in?
    Subject: So it's about menstrual cycles?
    Doc: No. We ask everyone that quaestion.
    Subject: I believe you.

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  7. Re:No, 60% more by EraseEraseMe · · Score: 5, Funny
    the partner chosen by the woman has some quality that the husband/boyfriend lacks
    Like a Porsche...
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  8. Re:Researchers should pay more attention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    > Knowing when she ovulates means knowing which days I can skip shaving and don't have to clean up before giving her a kiss after doing yardwork.

    I've heard cunnilinguis called a lot of things before, but "yardwork" wasn't one of 'em.

    Until tonight.

  9. It means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the one type of advertising where you don't want your pop-up to be blocked.

  10. Be careful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you allow a plug-in root access, there's always risk of spawning child processes.