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Men with smaller testicles make better dads
New Scientist ^
| 09 September 2013
| Victoria Druce
Posted on 09/09/2013 4:12:25 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Men with smaller testicles tend to be more involved as fathers, a new study suggests.
James Rilling and his colleagues at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, used MRI scans to measure the volume of the testicles of 55 fathers. The team asked these men and the mothers of their children a series of questions to determine how involved they are as fathers. The team also used fMRI brain scanners to look at the brain activity of the men as they viewed photos of their kids.
Men with smaller testicles got the best parenting scores in the questionnaires. When looking at pictures of their children, these men also showed more activity in regions of the brain associated with empathy and motivation to care for offspring than men with bigger testes, which suggests they are more nurturing fathers.
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To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:30:00 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: ErnBatavia
I think the father is Hillary.
42
posted on
09/09/2013 4:30:51 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: gaijin
43
posted on
09/09/2013 4:35:24 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Slings and Arrows
I wonder how many millions of tax payer dollars went into this earth-shaking, need-to-know research.
To: Slings and Arrows
Filing that info away for a future argument ;^)
To: gaijin
er.... the fellow on the left... FONDU???!?
That’s a little gay, isn’t it?
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:36:49 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Boogieman
I’m glad we agree. I nutured my son and daughter without being their second mommy. Whenever possible, children need a good male and female role model.
47
posted on
09/09/2013 4:38:08 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: DManA
48
posted on
09/09/2013 4:39:02 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: Anton.Rutter
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:41:06 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Dads say “You can do it.”
Moms say “Be careful.”
ya need both.
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:41:28 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Gefn
If he’s a good dad. Don’t worry about the rest.
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:41:31 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: gaijin
I am neandersexual. Add a 3rd graphic please.
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:45:29 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: DManA
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:46:26 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: Lazamataz
Shocked me, too. Sheesh, they might as well have put, “quiche”.
(shaking head)
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:46:41 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
Bacon. THAT would have been the right choice.
55
posted on
09/09/2013 4:48:40 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Androgyny. They haz it.
I did a white paper on this in college. Androgynous men DO make better fathers. Didn’t study the sizes of their testicles though, but it seems logical.
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:48:48 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(My caps work, You gotta earn them.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Its SCIENCE!
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:49:53 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Now, armed with the size of men’s balls, they will start to look at all kind of behaviors that individual researchers are interested in. The list include (not an exhaustive one) of studies that we might hear in not so distance future:
The size of testicles is associated with:
- being conservative/ liberals
- left/right handed
- homo/heterosexual
- cheating/faithful
- lying
- success in life
- longevity
- smart
- rich/poor
- voting for 0bama
- etc, etc...
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:53:19 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Liberals teach Whites about guilt and shame better than Christian churches do...)
To: Slings and Arrows
I guess what we're missing here is a study about whether large testicles really do mean big, brass -- well, you know.
Could it be that there's no actual correlation beyond slang and folk wisdom?
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posted on
09/09/2013 4:54:24 PM PDT
by
x
To: Slings and Arrows
So now y’all know something about your dad you didn’t know before.
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