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Beautiful Women Can Be Bad for Your Health, According to Scientists
The Telegraph ^ | 03 May 2010

Posted on 05/04/2010 9:47:25 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Meeting a beautiful woman can be bad for your health, scientists have found.

Just five minutes alone with an attractive female raise the levels of cortisol, the body's stress hormone, according to a study from the University of Valencia.

The effects are heightened in men who believe that the woman in question is "out of their league".

Cortisol is produced by the body under physical or psychological stress and has been linked to heart disease.

Researchers tested 84 male students by asking each one to sit in a room and solve a Sudoku puzzle. Two strangers, one male and one female, were also in the room.

When the female stranger left the room and the two men remained sitting together, the volunteer's stress levels did not rise. However, when the volunteer was left alone with the female stranger, his cortisol levels rose. The researchers concluded: "In this study we considered that for most men the presence of an attractive woman may induce the perception that there is an opportunity for courtship.

"While some men might avoid attractive women since they think they are 'out of their league', the majority would respond with apprehension and a concurrent hormonal response.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: anotherstudy; helenthomaspics; junkscience; napl; pseudoscience; science; studies
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1 posted on 05/04/2010 9:47:25 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy

ping


2 posted on 05/04/2010 9:48:09 AM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: nickcarraway

well I’m screwed then...lol...I’m killing myself slowly and oh so wonderfully

thank you God for a glorious death


3 posted on 05/04/2010 9:49:18 AM PDT by wardaddy (never been particularly pious but I stand with Franklin Graham...bigtime...you betcha...ya'll)
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To: nickcarraway

bttt


4 posted on 05/04/2010 9:49:20 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: nickcarraway
Yup!

Navel Engagement!

5 posted on 05/04/2010 9:49:35 AM PDT by Young Werther ("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
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To: nickcarraway

They’re bad on your wallet, too.


6 posted on 05/04/2010 9:51:05 AM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: nickcarraway

Helen Thomas should be in high demand.


7 posted on 05/04/2010 9:52:40 AM PDT by b4its2late (It is easier to beg forgiveness than get permission.)
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To: nickcarraway

8 posted on 05/04/2010 9:52:53 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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To: nickcarraway

This must mean Helen Thomas is drop dead gorgeous. Every time I see her picture my stress level skyrockets.


9 posted on 05/04/2010 9:52:59 AM PDT by nhoward14 (A mind is a terrible thing to waste. That is why Obama gave his away.)
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To: wardaddy

Duh, she isn’t out of your league man! lol But still, what a nice thing to say about your beautiful wife.


10 posted on 05/04/2010 9:53:10 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I'd rather drink Tea than Koolaid)
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To: nickcarraway
This would explain a lot. My husband hasn't been healthy for a single day since we got married nearly fifteen years ago.
11 posted on 05/04/2010 9:54:43 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (God to Obama: Don't think I'm not keepin' track. Brother.)
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To: nickcarraway

I once won a ping pong tournament. The toughest game was against a beauty in a bikini. She wasn’t really that good but I just couldn’t keep my eyes on the ball.


12 posted on 05/04/2010 9:55:22 AM PDT by chopperman
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To: nickcarraway

Its your fault, girls!

I work with a team of total babes.
Its hard to concentrate. I have to keep my eyes “Up here.”
I have to keep quiet and pretend to work when they discuss sessy lingerie.
No wonder I come home exhausted.


13 posted on 05/04/2010 9:58:21 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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To: wardaddy

Damn Wardaddy you done good!! She is a knockout.


14 posted on 05/04/2010 10:00:37 AM PDT by GUNGAGALUNGA (Democratus Suckus Teatus is the Latin root for Democrat and it means to tax)
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To: nickcarraway

“If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
Don’t a-make a pretty woman your wife
and from my personal point of view
get an ugly girl to marry you”

Not, of course, including Mrs. Colonel.

Colonel, USAFR


15 posted on 05/04/2010 10:00:55 AM PDT by jagusafr (Don't make deals with pirates)
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To: nickcarraway

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall
As soon as he marries her then she starts
To do the things that will break his heart

But if you make an ugly woman your wife
you’ll be happy for the rest of your life
An ugly woman cooks meals on time
And she’ll always give you peace of mind

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

Don’t let your friends say you have no taste
Go ahead and marry anyway
Though her face is ugly, her eyes don’t match
Take it from me, she’s a better catch

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

Say man!
Hey baby!
I saw your wife the other day!
Yeah?
Yeah, an’ she’s ug-leeee!
Yeah, she’s ugly, but she sure can cook, baby!
Yeah, alright!

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you


16 posted on 05/04/2010 10:01:23 AM PDT by Roccus (......and then there were none.)
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To: Cyclops08
I work with a team of total babes. Its hard to concentrate. I have to keep my eyes “Up here.”

Pics or it ain't true!!!

17 posted on 05/04/2010 10:02:51 AM PDT by acad1228 (Palin/Watts in 2012!!!)
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To: nickcarraway
They've been watching US sitcoms again:


18 posted on 05/04/2010 10:05:07 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: nickcarraway

I was wondering what this was all about—this getting stressed around beautiful women?

Then I got to the part that said it affected men who “thought they were out of their league.”

Aye...there’s the problem. If you “think” they are out of your league, you will never find out. Tis better to take a walk to the batter’s box and face their fast ball. You’ll never know if you can hit it, if you stay in the dugout.


19 posted on 05/04/2010 10:06:25 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (This nation, of the people, by the people, and for the people has perished from the land.)
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To: nickcarraway
"...when the volunteer was left alone with the female stranger, his cortisol levels rose."

I don't think that was his "cortisol" that was rising...(ahem)....

LOL

This is just a new way to say that "men are visual creatures". Of course these things happen around females that "arouse" the interest of men. I think it's caused by little things called "hormones" and "testosterones"...they way the good Lord designed it all to be.

Women who are not attractive don't cause that much interest, so it is bound to be "attractive" females, mostly.

Insofar as "being out of their league"...well, I've seen some knockouts with the ugliest, homely guys I've ever seen.

All guys get nervous around females...remember your first date?
20 posted on 05/04/2010 10:08:14 AM PDT by FrankR (Standing up against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future will belong to the tyrants.)
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