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What women look for in a man Wed Apr 5, 2006 4:47 PM BST164 LONDON (Reuters) - The old adage that women look for wealth in a man appears to be under threat after research on Wednesday showed women are starting to put physical attractiveness above solvency. The shift is occurring because women have been freed from the constraints that previously dictated how they chose a mate as they increasingly control their own finances, the study said. "We are seeing that women who have control over their finances are less concerned with the fiscal status of their potential mates and...

Samantha of Sex and the City, it is fair to say, would not approve. The casual attitude to sexual relations embraced by the most liberated of the characters in the television series turns out not to reflect the views of 21st century women quite as well as widely imagined.Researchers investigating female attitudes to sex and their sexuality were surprised to find that most women have rather more traditional, conservative views on one-night stands than they expected. Around nine out of 10 of those questioned felt casual sex was immoral and that those women who engaged in it were not doing...

Not sure where X Alien is today so at the request of others, I'm kicking of the OFST. Seeing that Aprils Fools Day is tomorrow and its also Paulab's birthday tomorrow, use today's thread to share some of your best April Fools memories and to throw a birthday wish Paulab's way.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Men are more likely to want to marry women who are their assistants at work rather than their colleagues or bosses, a University of Michigan study finds. The study, published in the current issue of Evolution and Human Behavior, highlights the importance of relational dominance in mate selection and discusses the evolutionary utility of male concerns about mating with dominant females. "These findings provide empirical support for the widespread belief that powerful women are at a disadvantage in the marriage market because men may prefer to marry less accomplished women," said Stephanie Brown, lead author of the study...

Double Standards: Ever Wonder Why? May 28, 2003 by Thomas Simon Why is it that women complain when men leave the toilet seat up, but men don’t complain when women leave it down? Why do women complain about men that only want one thing, but men don’t complain about women that want everything? Why do women have the choice between abortion, adoption, dropping an unwanted baby off at a hospital, raising the child with a father, or raising the child without a father, but the only choice men have is to agree? http://tinyurl.com/8jx5j

The Middle East Media Research Institute 03/22/2005 Saudi Sheik: "A Wife Needs to Comply with Her Husband's Desires in Bed" Following is an excerpt from an interview with Sheik Muhammad Al-Munajid. Iqra TV aired this interview on March 22, 2005. Sheik Muhammad Al-Munajid: According to Islam, a wife needs to comply with her husband's desires in bed. The Prophet Muhammad said: "If a man calls his wife to fulfill his needs, she must come, even if she is by the stove," according to the Al-Tarmizi tradition. They issued a severe warning against to any wife who rebels against her husband...

A Toronto woman has masterminded a Web-based tool of revenge for scorned women around the world. Tasha Joseph's DontDateHimGirl.com attracts an average 200,000 hits a day by allowing women to expose their former partners' cheating ways. After just a few months in operation, the site features profiles of 600 men -- many of them Canadian -- and has another 1,000 under review. Entries include the guy's full name, physical description, history of purported cheating and, in many cases, a recent photograph. "You know how the FBI has its Most Wanted list?" says Ms. Joseph, now working as a publicist in...