Sorry, dear.. I was ovulating!

Math Is Hard

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6713

Higgamous hoggamous, woman's monogamous; hoggamous higgamous, men are polygamous. Or maybe not.

New research from UCLA and the University of New Mexico suggests that members of "the gentler sex" may have evolved to cheat on their mates during the most fertile part of their cycle — but only when those mates are less sexually attractive than other men.

"Women know they have attractions that come and go, but they probably don't realize that these urges are tied to their cycle — as well as our evolutionary past," said Martie G. Haselton, a UCLA researcher and author of two new studies on the subject. "They just know that suddenly one day they're attracted to their hunky neighbor or handsome co-worker."

EnumaElish

MIH, now you know the scientific reason why your significant other has been watchful all the time! (You have to read the article to "get it".)

Math Is Hard

I've also heard theories that women are very clumsy around the time of ovulation. Which would explain why I tripped and fell on the pool boy.

TheStatutoryApe

Now I just need to learn how to figure out when a woman is ovulating... oh and I should probably make myself look "hunky" too.

Math Is Hard

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Now I just need to learn how to figure out when a woman is ovulating...

well you COULD just ask her...

TheStatutoryApe

Quote by Math Is Hard

well you COULD just ask her...

Should I bring a thermometer with me?

Math Is Hard

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Should I bring a thermometer with me?

Absolutely! No way we can lie to you then!!

Astronuc

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Should I bring a thermometer with me?

Think of a less invasive method.

dicerandom

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Think of a less invasive method.

Not all thermometers are invasive

http://www.professionalequipment.com...qx/default.htm

0TheSwerve0

men have more to lose from a cheating mate (resources), hence the greater tendency for men to go psycho on cheating gf's. Both sexes do better with more partners of course, but women usually just have to settle for less...

fileen

when a person is in love they do not find themselves attracted to others, ever.

Jelfish

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when a person is in love they do not find themselves attracted to others, ever.

I think love and physical attraction are seperable things. How is it not possible to be in love with someone, but still find another person physically attractive, perhaps even more physically attractive than the person whom you currently love? After all, we don't typically choose to love based soley on looks, so it would follow that the one we love isn't necessarily whom we would also consider maximally physically attractive. Now, perhaps you would argue that a person becomes much more attractive once you're in love with that person, but the way I see it, that opinion would no longer be confined to the scope of physical attraction, but an amalgamation of physical and non-physical attraction (i.e. love?).

Evo

It's normal to find others attractive, it's another to ACT on it.

dicerandom

Thinking about the earlier thermometer comments, I don't think it would work. Or, rather, you'd have to know the person for a while and be able to take her temperature around the same time every day over the period of a month or two in order to really tell when she was ovulating.

Talk about major stalker tendancies... the only thing weirder than someone following you around for two months is someone following you around for two months and secretly taking your temperature.

Math Is Hard

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Talk about major stalker tendancies... the only thing weirder than someone following you around for two months is someone following you around for two months and secretly taking your temperature.

True. That rates pretty high on the creepy scale.

Smurf

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It's normal to find others attractive, it's another to ACT on it.

Not really... no, actually I'm pretty sure they're the same thing, Franz?

Moonbear

I'm laughing that it says the women are more likely to cheat if the other guys are more attractive than their own guy.

Does it really matter what stage of the cycle you're at to move on to a more attractive guy if the one you're with is not as attractive? If there's something you find less attractive about him in the first place, isn't that a bad sign right from the get-go?

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EnumaElish Recognitions: Homework Help Science Advisor	MIH, now you know the scientific reason why your significant other has been watchful all the time! (You have to read the article to "get it".)

Math Is Hard Blog Entries: 13 Recognitions: Gold Member Science Advisor Staff Emeritus	I've also heard theories that women are very clumsy around the time of ovulation. Which would explain why I tripped and fell on the pool boy.

TheStatutoryApe	Sorry, dear.. I was ovulating! Now I just need to learn how to figure out when a woman is ovulating... oh and I should probably make myself look "hunky" too.

0TheSwerve0	men have more to lose from a cheating mate (resources), hence the greater tendency for men to go psycho on cheating gf's. Both sexes do better with more partners of course, but women usually just have to settle for less...

fileen	when a person is in love they do not find themselves attracted to others, ever.

Evo Mentor Blog Entries: 4	It's normal to find others attractive, it's another to ACT on it.

Moonbear Recognitions: Gold Member Science Advisor Staff Emeritus	I'm laughing that it says the women are more likely to cheat if the other guys are more attractive than their own guy. Does it really matter what stage of the cycle you're at to move on to a more attractive guy if the one you're with is not as attractive? If there's something you find less attractive about him in the first place, isn't that a bad sign right from the get-go?