Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Sexy Walk

Good to know.

A woman who walks with a seductive sway of her hips is unlikely to be ovulating, a finding that sheds light on the complex sexual signals that women give to men, New Scientist reports.

A team at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, dressed female volunteers in suits which had light reflectors placed on the joints and limbs and filmed them walking in order to analyse their gait, the British weekly says.

The women also gave a saliva sample to assess their hormone levels.

Women who were in the fertile period of their menstrual cycle walked with smaller hip movements and with their knees closer together, the scientists found.

Forty male volunteers were shown the footage of the women and were asked to rate those with the sexiest walk. The winners were those who turned out to be in the least fertile part of their cycle.

(6) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2004 hrs
Culture

  1. I see that there are no comments. Yeah.  What is there to comment on?  Let’s go on to the school referendum defeatl That is news!!!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 07, 2007 at 2059 hrs


  2. It sounds completely backwards.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 08, 2007 at 1026 hrs


  3. It may be backwards from a procreative standpoint, but in terms of biology and psychology it’s very interesting that the display behavior for attracting a “mate” is seen when conception is unlikely. Are we to conclude then that humans like having sex just for the fun of it, and don’t necessarily want to reproduce? Hmm?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 08, 2007 at 1046 hrs


  4. Film at 11?

    Posted by The Asian Badger on November 08, 2007 at 1204 hrs


  5. I doubt this is accurate.

    Completely contradicts the evidence that women dress MORE provocatively, show more skin, etc., when they are ovulating. That sort of study has (I believe) been replicated more than once. I doubt this study (of women who knew they were being analyzed) proves anything.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 08, 2007 at 1242 hrs


  6. Seems to contradict this scientific study.

    Ovulating strippers make bigger tips
    http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleId=9668695D-E7F2-99DF-342C3B954158E8E2&chanId;=sa013&modsrc;=most_popular

    How does one get these grants?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 08, 2007 at 1633 hrs


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