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Male lust is blind, research suggests
Telegraph UK ^ | 20 July 2008 | Roger Dobson

Posted on 07/26/2008 10:01:37 AM PDT by shrinkermd

Men have long been accused of judging women on looks alone, but even the plainest Jane can get their hormones raging, a study has found.

Research involving a group of male students found that their levels of the hormone testosterone increased to the same extent whether they were talking to a young woman they found attractive – or to one they didn't fancy much at all.

After 300 seconds alone in the same room as a woman they had never met before, and in some cases did not find particularly attractive, the men's testosterone levels of the hormone had shot up by an average of around eight per cent.

..."Testosterone levels rose motivating men to seek mating opportunities. That in turn triggers changes in unconscious behaviour designed to attract a mate. The rise in levels of the hormone bring about changes in way men display themselves.

"Once levels have risen, they can display more dominant behaviour. They talk more with their hands, there is more eye contact, their posture is more upright, and they are more likely to tell stories designed to impress the woman. We known that women can be attracted by these kinds of things. All this, we believe, may be fuelled by the rise in testosterone that we have found."

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: lust; males; testosterone
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To: Mr. Silverback; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ..

Exhibit B for the defense. (Helen Thomas is already present.)



41 posted on 07/26/2008 10:39:15 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
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To: Necrovore

Yep, you are right.


42 posted on 07/26/2008 10:43:02 AM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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To: shrinkermd

43 posted on 07/26/2008 10:50:22 AM PDT by jsh3180
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To: pissant

Just had a great idea. Take rapists and other sex offenders and put them in a room with Helen Thomas! I think that could neuter them!


44 posted on 07/26/2008 10:53:29 AM PDT by dvan
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To: pissant

Patty Murray must be sitting on 12 phone books in that photo. She’s a toadstool.


45 posted on 07/26/2008 10:56:42 AM PDT by Junior_G
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To: Always Right; All

I would much prefer a Plain Jane over a prim-and-proper party-4-days-a-week my-daddy-bought-me-a-BMW girl any day.


46 posted on 07/26/2008 11:08:29 AM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: pissant

Come on now

Did you really have to? Now I need to get new optical nerves.


47 posted on 07/26/2008 11:11:34 AM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: jsh3180

Democrats: Giving power to ugly women since 1913.


48 posted on 07/26/2008 11:11:38 AM PDT by reg45
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To: VeniVidiVici

Beer hasn’t helped me out any.


49 posted on 07/26/2008 11:13:58 AM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: wastedyears
a prim-and-proper party-4-days-a-week my-daddy-bought-me-a-BMW girl

She's OK too, as long as she lets me drive the BMW.

50 posted on 07/26/2008 11:14:10 AM PDT by reg45
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To: reg45

She’s only good for two things, though.


51 posted on 07/26/2008 11:15:21 AM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: EggsAckley

I long ago worked with a funny woman who used to say “men will stick it in any bucket!”

Hadn’t heard that one before and enjoyed it!


52 posted on 07/26/2008 11:17:13 AM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: shrinkermd
How much of our tax money went into this to find out what every kid in junior high-school knows?
53 posted on 07/26/2008 11:24:31 AM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: pissant

Egad! I’m reporting you for extreme mental and visual abuse! You should be banned for life!


54 posted on 07/26/2008 11:27:06 AM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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To: fella

***How much of our tax money went into this to find out what every kid in junior high-school knows?***

I don’t think we put any money into this. It’s overseas


55 posted on 07/26/2008 11:32:02 AM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: pissant
Photobucket

Pay is a . . . . .
56 posted on 07/26/2008 11:32:34 AM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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To: Slings and Arrows; Mr. Silverback

57 posted on 07/26/2008 11:51:41 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Islander7

Help! I mean just help.

Help me,
Help her,
For God’s sake help someone!

Just don’t let the world go unchanged if that woman is real.


58 posted on 07/26/2008 12:07:43 PM PDT by M.K. Borders (Be Brave, Be Free. Burn the Card!)
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To: shrinkermd
I can feel my testosterone rising, by simply reading the article.

Oops. Until I got to those ugly pictures.

59 posted on 07/26/2008 12:14:15 PM PDT by pjd
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To: pissant

arrrgh! That’s just toooooooo OOOO-gly!


60 posted on 07/26/2008 12:15:23 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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