Many years ago some young women presented a paper at a meeting of the Animal Behavior Society in Knoxville, TN. They had surveyed women entering a disco, determining the date of last menstruation. Others inside the disco observed the target women. The researchers concluded that women who were near the date of ovulation wore more revealing clothing, more makeup, were more flirtatious, and more likely to leave in the company of a man, if I remember correctly. I don't recall seeing this research published however. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl L. Wuensch, Professor and ECU Scholar/Teacher, Dept. of Psychology East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353, USA, Earth <http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/Earth.htm> Voice: 252-328-9420 Fax: 252-328-6283 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm
________________________________ From: Pollak, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 10:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Humans go into heat after all, strip club study finds I can't really answer your first question, Nancy, having literally no experience such clubs. (I always suspected I'd find them very depressing.) As for the 2nd. This is merely more evidence that the difference in cyclicity of sexual activity in mammals is best viewed on a continuum rather than as something dichotomous. (No surprise there/) Just as we're finding more cyclicity in women, we're finding that many other female primates have sex outside the time of ovulation. Bonobos are the obvious extreme example but lots of other female primates seem to have the occasional extra-ovulatory quickie. Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Office Hours: Mondays noon-2 and 3-4 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9:00 a.m. & 12:30-1:30 p.m. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm <http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist...... in approximate order of importance. ---
