The other night, I was watching one of the many, many cooking-based shows currently broadcast, wall-to-wall and round-the-clock, on television. A group of people were cooking for another group of people – I forget why – and, as is often the case in these jeopardy-seeking productions, something went a bit wrong. A tray of ...
War, border tensions, street violence — all of these maladies are caused by the male sex drive, say psychologists. A new study supports the “male warrior hypothesis” that men evolved to be aggressive, especially towards outsiders. Researchers say that males needed to be aggressive in order to get the girl and reproduce. So through natural ...
Is monogamy natural for humans, or are we actually predisposed to a life of promiscuity? In answering either of those questions many would look to human biological norms to find an answer. But after thousands of years spent developing complex societies and civilizations how much of our behaviour is based on what is so-called “normal” ...
Oh, evolution. How strangely unfair you can be. A social experiment on female attractiveness proved just how human nature works: the more attractive and sexual a woman is, the more likely she is perceived to be a good mate, leading to suitors and receiving gifts. Caroline was the focal point of the research. It is ...
Appearance may seem like the number one factor when choosing a mate, but we can’t underestimate the importance of voice. Sound has a huge impact on attraction. Say you had to choose between Gilbert Gottfried and Heath Ledger. One has an extremely high-pitched voice and the other has a low-pitched voice. Who would you choose? ...
Your husband may think he’s not ready to be a father, but once he is, his body will clue in and make sure the job is done right. Researchers looked at 624 men in the Philippines for 4.5 years and discovered that they had lower levels of testosterone after the birth of their children. Why? ...
Scientists have been trying to explain the evolution of the female orgasm for a very long time. While the male orgasm is sort of a no-brainer (it makes men want to have sex so we all won’t go extinct), scientists can’t seem to figure out why women have orgasms. Apparently the idea that women should ...
Well folks, the apocalypse may finally be upon us. It isn’t anything fancy or dramatic like a zombie attack or tidal wave from 2012. It isn’t aliens or monsters. It’s gonorrhea. Scientists have found a new strain of super-gonorrhea that has shown resistance to antibiotics and other cures. The new form is called Ho41 and ...
Us feminists get in trouble for picking on the boys, so sometimes it’s best to let them scrap it out by themselves. Here the good men at The Good Men Project take on the snickering frat boys at Guyism.com. They get schooled in both evolutionary theory and masculinity. It may not be pretty, but it ...
Comedians don’t expect to get much — except for laughs. However they do get an award — the Mark Twain Prize for Humour is given each year for contributions to American comedy. This year Tina Fey won, but part of her acceptance speech was censored. Bizarrely it was about Sarah Palin, the figure she was praised ...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
