Sperm Travels Faster Toward Attractive Females 347
A new study has shown that even sperm can be superficial. Researchers found that males of many animal species, including humans, can adjust the speed and effectiveness of their sperm by regulating the amount of seminal fluid they produce during copulation. The determining factor on that amount of fluid seems to be whether the male finds the female attractive.
Re:HUH? (Score:3, Interesting)
Perfectly logical.
Fertility (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:For animals yes,,, but... (Score:1, Interesting)
Maybe I was smoking something before that one class but I clearly remember humans being classified in the animal kingdom.
At least I can't punch a hole in this definition to think otherwise....
"any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animal like nutrition modes"
Another study has attractive MALES releasing less (Score:3, Interesting)
Coincidentally(?) another study (American Naturalist) claims more attractive MALES releasing fewer sperm (they don't mention any correlation as to the attractiveness of females). Not quite the same thing but related.
Found this article at ScienceDaily.com, a great website by the way. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709095425.htm [sciencedaily.com]
are we missing something ? (Score:1, Interesting)
Doing the Dog (Score:4, Interesting)
In my younger days, quantity was more important and I would often "do the dog". This had several advantages. They were eager because they didn't get much attention paid to them. So not much work (or money) was needed to woo them. They would also be eager to please and would do things that the hot girls wouldn't (think swallow). Now I find that there was another great reason for doing the dog. My swimmers weren't as eager and it saved me a lot of child support money.
Yes, I am old enough to remember going bareback and not worrying (or even knowing) about AIDS. It is a different world now.
Re:For animals yes,,, but... (Score:5, Interesting)
Spoken like someone who's never had a shitty lay from a hot girl...
I think there's some folk wisdom beyond the obvious "sour grapes" rationalization. In my experience, many attractive women have a tendency towards narcissism, egomania and a sense of entitlement. *If* she deems you worthy enough to fuck you, that decision is about all the effort she'll put into the entire experience -- you're just supposed to be some grateful and in awe you won't need her to suck your dick or otherwise engage.
Look at the Paris Hilton sex tape -- in many scenes, she's entirely vacant and almost passive while Solomon hammers away with a pretty decent bit of equipment. She's more obsessed with her own appearance, like she's posing.
Now, are all attractive women head cases? No, and the ones that are I'm usually willing to believe are victims of a society that REWARDS superficial beauty and encourages the narcissism, and aren't pathologically evil. And in some cases, sex with a hot girl does have its own internal narcissistic reward that colors the sex and makes it "better". But I think there's enough to link beauty and psychology to make it a phenomenon that can be found out there.
Surprisingly less common is the idea that plain/ugly girls are great lays. The logic being that they have to be better lays because they can't coast on their looks. Probably also nominally true, but probably less so since many less attractive people are more socially withdrawn and less unlikely to be available, plus the demotivating factor of bad looks may be stronger than the motivating factor of good looks.
Re:and what makes a female rat attractive? (Score:4, Interesting)
If I remember correctly based on one documentary I saw, symmetry plays a very large role in attractiveness. I'm sure there are many other (possibly measurable?) factors that come into play, but the more symmetrical a person's face, figure, etc were, the more attractive others perceived them to be. All in all it comes down to healthiness. Being physically fit is associated with being healthy. Symmetry is associated with being healthy. Things like abnormal growths and the like are associated with being unhealthy. Youth is also considered positively since younger people tend to be healthier than older ones (on average). Even skill at dance or display is perceived to show health.
What it comes down to is at a subconscious level we have an instinct to sexually pursue those who we instinctively believe to be more likely to produce strong offspring and who will be best able to care for them.
This is also pretty much the reason for the uncanny valley in robotics. There comes a point when a robot/android/etc looks human enough that we start to mentally process it much like we would a human, but the many "tells" that is has (blank emotionless stare, oddities in body movements, cryptic dialog) that rather than an innovative robot, we start to view it more like a human who as something very, very wrong with them. It's simple instinct that we become repulsed by it.
Re:HUH? (Score:3, Interesting)
It's all in the waist to hip ratio. (Score:3, Interesting)
Scientists have done surveys of people all over the world, from all different cultures. They asked men, "If you were stranded on a desert island with only one woman, what should she look like?" and showed the guys silhouettes of various women. They showed the same pictures to women and asked, "Which lady do you think the guys will pick?" Men like curvy women, while women, for some reason, think men want emaciated looking girls.
Re:For animals yes,,, but... (Score:2, Interesting)
Surprisingly less common is the idea that plain/ugly girls are great lays. The logic being that they have to be better lays because they can't coast on their looks. Probably also nominally true, but probably less so since many less attractive people are more socially withdrawn and less unlikely to be available, plus the demotivating factor of bad looks may be stronger than the motivating factor of good looks.
Lewis: "Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about sex." [imdb.com]
Re:For animals yes,,, but... (Score:2, Interesting)
My brother went for the hottie. They got married, had a couple kids, but her tastes had him working himself to death. That was fine with her because it gave her time to fuck around on him. I haven't told anyone but my wife (who agrees), but I don't actually think his youngest kid is his (and actually, I think he has his doubts, and I strongly suspect my parents do, but he's a great kid so I think we've all just decided that he needs a family so we'll just go along with it). By both my brother and sister-in-law's accounts, though, the sex was great. It ought to be, because I'm pretty sure she was a professional when she was younger (she ran away from home--she is crazy).
I went for the cutie. She thinks I'm better looking than her; I think she's better looking than me; we're both happy. Sex is not so great though (why I'm posting AC!). But, seriously? I'm happy and we have fun all the time and I know I can trust her absolutely. She would never bleed me dry and fuck my boss. I'm not 19 anymore; sex is an aside. It's not as important as being happy and having someone to rely on and laugh with.
So what am I saying? I'm saying that pretty girls often have major issues, for all the reasons you've mentioned. I have a friend who is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. We get along famously (officemates), but guys sometimes ask how I can stand being around her when she's so cold and bitchy. And she was certainly like that with me at first. Now that I know her a lot better, I think that the only way she has been able to remain a kind and normal person was to keep that wall up and deflect the male attention. If you get past that wall, she's a really warm, fun person. She's actually a good example of someone developing a strategy to get around the shit that pretty girls (especially, I think) have to deal with. Her fiancee is a rock-solid, nice guy, but not much of a looker. She's made that choice, though: Despite her amazing looks, she's going to go for real companionship and family. For her, though, it comes at the price of acquaintances' opinions of her.
I'm glad I'm not a pretty woman. It looks like a hard row to hoe.