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Cell Phone Use Patterns Reveal How Men, Women See Relationships

A group of investigators at the Northeastern University and the University of Oxford says that mobile phone data are an abundant gold mine for extracting data on human reproductive strategies, as well as on their relationships and associated behaviors. The team says that analyzing text message and call patterns can...

2 February 2012
14:01 GMT

David Beckham Named Hottest Hunk on the Planet

While this kind of lists usually emerge at the end of the year, January is just as good a month as December. Heat magazine has just unveiled its 101 Hottest Hunks of the Planet inaugural list.AceShowbiz has all the details: it appears that David Beckham continues to reign supreme with the ladies, since he's just...

31 January 2012
15:31 GMT

Memory Affects Senior Men More than Women

An interesting study I've just come across says that older men are more likely to suffer from memory loss – primarily through the development of mild cognitive impairment – than elderly women. I think this study has some interesting implications in the long run. Another reason why these results are ...

27 January 2012
10:11 GMT

Women Don't Have Higher Tolerance to Pain

Every woman I've ever met always cited some studies saying that women tend to be more resilient to pain. Well, this new research from experts at the Stanford University School of Medicine proves that claim to be false. In nearly all disease categories, women reported experiencing more intense pain than men did...

25 January 2012
10:41 GMT

Prejudice Stems from Different Roots in Men and Women

According to a group of researchers at the Michigan State University, it would appear that men and women display prejudice for different reasons. This is one of the few studies to look at what causes the two genders to behave in this manner. Until now, it was thought that men and women had similar reasons for behavin...

25 January 2012
07:42 GMT

Why Narcissism Is Bad for Men

According to the conclusions of a new investigation conducted by University of Michigan (U-M) psychologists, and published in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, it would appear that being narcissistic makes men more likely to become sick. This personality trait is apparently somehow linked to b...

24 January 2012
05:58 GMT

Marriages Fare Better When Couple Befriend Other Married Couples

Geoffrey Greif and Kathleen Holtz Deal recently released a new book, called “Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships.” In it, they describe how being friends with other married couples can help people who are already married overcome the obstacles in their path with greater ease. What the boo...

16 January 2012
10:42 GMT

Scarcity of Women Makes Men Spend More

Investigators at the University of Minnesota discovered in a recent study that men tend to display an increase in overall impulsive behaviors when they perceive a scarcity of women available “on the market.” This also translates into a tendency to spend more, and become less frugal. What is interesting a...

13 January 2012
10:27 GMT

Self-Deception Is Key to Love Life

Psychologists from the University of Texas in Austin (UTA) say that individuals looking for mates are experiencing a type of self-deception that may, oddly enough, increase their chances at playing the mating game successfully. For starters, women have been proven to constantly underestimate the amount of interest ...

15 December 2011
04:21 GMT

Hairy Men Are Better at Detecting Bedbugs

Ladies, it may be worthwhile to have a hairy man by your side after all. A new study shows that men with more bodily hair are better at detecting bedbugs crawling on the conjugal bed than those who groom themselves excessively. This was detected in controlled laboratory settings, where scientists put men with both ...

14 December 2011
03:51 GMT

New Nail Polish Line Is Exclusively for Men

Men have long worn makeup and nail polish but, until just recently, this was something more worthy of a rock star than your average Joe. Starting from now, the Joes too can dream of rocking nail polish and not being frowned upon. Evolution Man has designed a new nail polish line exclusively for the gents and, as if t...

1 November 2011
15:51 GMT

Hottest Trend Right Now: High Heels for Men

While some men feel sympathy for women who “have to” wear high heels because of how uncomfortable they can be and the damage they can do to their spine, others dream of wearing them without being judged. A new trend is on the rise and, you may have guessed it, it has to do with men’s love of high he...

19 October 2011
13:41 GMT

Men Are Naturally Prone to Childcare as Well

The results of a new scientific study appear to indicate that men and women share an equal natural inclination towards rearing and taking care of their children. These conclusions go against decades of established data saying that only women evolved to display this type of behavior. Details of the investigation w...

13 September 2011
10:05 GMT

Men, Women Display Similar Happiness Levels

Investigators involved in conducting the DDB Needham Life Style Survey say that their preliminary results indicate happiness levels to be very similar between men and women, far more so than past studies had suggested. Primarily, the study data covered the decades between 1985 and 2005. The statistics show that b...

8 September 2011
07:59 GMT

Why Men Prefer Not to Try and Talk About It

In a recent survey of more than 2,000 children and adolescents, researchers at the University of Missouri discovered that boys and men prefer not to talk about their problems because they don't see the useful aspect of doing so. In other words, males don't tend to talk too much about their problems because ...

23 August 2011
07:57 GMT

Why Only Few Women Reach Top Positions at the Workplace

Researchers at the Indiana University, working together with colleagues at the Cornell University, recently determined that hectic jobs, which involve more than 50 hours of work per week, tent to hinder women's performances. This may explain why so few women make it to top positions.For years, women's right...

22 August 2011
09:41 GMT

Old-Age Body Satisfaction Depends on Gender

The conclusions of a new scientific study indicate that men and women tend to view they way their bodies function and look – a measure called body satisfaction – differently as they age. The same work revealed that performing physical activities boosts body satisfaction for both genders.The new investigat...

3 August 2011
17:01 GMT

Risk-Taking Scenarios Vary More Than Expected

Psychologists have been studying risk-taking behaviors for many decades, but they are only now beginning to grasp their complexity. A new study reveals that risk-takers' decisions are oftentimes influenced by the domain in which the risk applies, or the situation that informs it. What this means is that peopl...

30 July 2011
06:05 GMT

Unemployment Linked to Divorce Rates and Gender

In a new investigation, experts wanted to test the connections between unemployment, gender and divorce rates. After completing the research, the team was surprised to learn that women who had a better job than their men were more likely to initiate divorce. In other words, women who had a lower socioeconomic status ...

22 June 2011
09:12 GMT

PTSD Development Linked to Gender

Scientists were finally able to demonstrate that the way the human immune system responds to the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is dependent on the gender of the patient.In order to prove this hypothesis, experts conducted two new experiments, which showed that, while men had no immune response to t...

27 April 2011
08:04 GMT

Gender Plays Large Role in Effects of Depression

When one partner in a romantic couple suffers from depression, the other is left largely outside the loop, in the sense that their needs are no longer considered. This condition can make people oblivious to their partners' needs, and this goes a long way towards eroding the relationships couples share. The most ...

31 March 2011
07:24 GMT

Women Shake Babies as Often as Men Do

For many years, sociologists have believed that it's primarily men who behave aggressively towards infants, for example shaking them when they don't stop crying. But a new research found that women are just as likely to do this as well, but are far less inclined to admit it. These are the conclusions of a n...

14 March 2011
02:23 GMT

Anger, Sadness Tied to How Humans View Each Other's Bodies

According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that people who see body language that can be characterized as angry are very likely to say that the body belongs to a man. Conversely, they identify a sad body language with a woman. In a series of experiments, researchers at the University of C...

7 March 2011
09:33 GMT

Odds of Cheating a Partner Tied to Voice Pitch

Scientists were recently able to determine that both men and women rely on analyzing the voice of their mate in order to assess the risk they are subjecting themselves to in regards to being cheated on. Men with lower voices and women with higher-pitched ones are often considered to be the ones most likely to cheat o...

7 March 2011
08:53 GMT

Men, Women Have Different Reasons for Cohabitation

Scientists at the University of Michigan (UM) have found in a new study that men and women have different views about living together, as well as different motives for doing so. Additionally, the two genders also expressed different concerns about cohabitation, the scientists learned. The study was conducted because,...

11 February 2011
11:33 GMT

Love Lips Gloss Boosts Your Mood, Makes You More Attractive

Since we’ve seen, so far, lipglosses that can do anything from testing for spiked drinks to suppressing appetite, it’s time for a lippy that does more: Love Lips not only keeps lips moisturized, but also makes the wearer more attractive. The lippy is from a range called Weapons of Mass Seduction and w...

7 February 2011
14:51 GMT

Men Who Don’t Eat Meat Are Seen as Less Masculine by Women

With more men turning vegan for various reasons, meat lovers probably thought they were a dying “breed.” They needn’t worry: a new study shows that men who don’t eat meat are seen as less masculine by women. As the Daily Mail informs, this even includes women who have eliminated meat out of th...

2 February 2011
14:51 GMT

Why Pay Differences Still Exist Between Men and Women

Despite the progress made over the past few decades in allowing women access to the same chances that men get at the workplace, ladies still get paid a lot less than men, on average. Scientists in charge of a new study now believe they may have an answer to why that is. The investigation was carried out by researcher...

18 January 2011
10:15 GMT

Women Feel Guilty All the Time, At Least Once a Day

A new study has dubbed our generation the guilty-all-the-time generation (or the GAT) after confirming that as many as 96 percent of women feel guilty at least once a day, all the time. Most of the time, it’s not even for things they can be held accountable for.It’s a well known fact that, because they te...

29 December 2010
13:31 GMT

Money Changes Women's Taste in Men

Scientists have determined that an increased level of wealth tends to change the way women look for potential mates. In other words, their taste in men may suffer radical changes when they become rich, in something that some experts are already calling the George Clooney Effect. A team of psychologists in Scotland ha...

13 December 2010
08:54 GMT

Men’s Perfect Woman Is a Contradiction

We all imagine we know exactly how we want our (perfect) partner to be and, moreover, that we’ll know it’s them the moment we lay eyes on them. A new study shows things are far from that actually.A new survey conducted by a British dating website and cited by the Daily Mail, on no less than 3,000 bachelor...

11 November 2010
16:31 GMT

Key to Man’s Ability to Get Rich Is in His Fingers

If you want to know whether your man stands good chances of being rich one day or whether he’ll always remain Mr. Reliable, you don’t have to look any further than at his hands.A new study cited by The Telegraph says there’s a direct relationship between the length of the ring finger of a man and th...

11 November 2010
14:31 GMT

A Good Mix: Self-Awareness and Relationships

A team of researchers at the University of Kansas recently investigated how people interact when they want to enter a relationship, and determined that a little self-awareness goes a long way towards increasing people's chances of finding their better half.According to assistant professor of communication studie...

1 November 2010
08:03 GMT

How Power Is Allocated Between Men and Women

Investigations conducted over the past few years have sought to determine how people go about taking into account risk when making decisions. This may be simple for single people, but all dynamics change inside couples, where important decisions are taken together. In most healthy relationships, men and women discuss...

29 October 2010
20:01 GMT

Control Beer Belly with New Men’s Spanx Range

After offering women of all ages and sizes the chance to mask their flaws and look their best, Spanx is turning their attention to the gents as well: with a new “firm and flatten” line that goes on sale in the UK now. The line, as expected, includes undershirts, briefs and boxers, all meant to help men hi...

29 October 2010
14:41 GMT

Women Work Extra Hours at Home

A new survey carried out in Spain showed that even if there are more women working today that thirty years ago, not much has changed when it comes to men taking part in household tasks.In 1978 there were 20.7% of Spanish women working, and the percentage rose to 41.1% in 2002, according to the research conducted by ...

27 October 2010
06:43 GMT

The Reason Why Men Are More Alcoholic than Women

Official statistics have always shown a great discrepancy between the number of male and female alcoholics, and a new scientific study sheds some light on why these differences occur. Worldwide, alcohol represents the most commonly abused substance, right alongside tobacco. A large portion of men who drink a lot tend...

18 October 2010
10:40 GMT

Women Need to Exercise Harder to Sweat

A new research carried out by Japanese scientists at Osaka International University and Kobe University, suggests that women need to work harder than men to start sweating, as men have proved to be more effective sweaters during exercise.This is the first study that looks at the differences in sweating depending on ...

8 October 2010
10:39 GMT

Marks & Spencer Comes Out with Bodymax Control Pants for Men

Control pants are very popular with women, as they help them hide their flaws and make the most of their strong points. Now, Marks & Spencer is bringing the same hidden aces for men – with the Bodymax underwear. Bodymax vests have already been released and, because they help the gents hide their beer bellies or...

4 October 2010
14:21 GMT

Breast Cancer Can Psychologically Affect Your Partner

A new study carried out by researchers from the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen, Denmark, found that men who have partners suffering from breast cancer, have a high risk of developing mood disorders.Serious diseases can affect not only the patient's mental, but also the life partner's and in ...

27 September 2010
04:14 GMT

Lenny Kravitz Wears High-Heel Boots

In what could be a sign of a new trend in men’s fashion, singer Lenny Kravitz was pictured the other day in an ensemble similar to what Shakira too wore just recently – down to the knee-high high-heel boots. As People magazine notes, this could be an indication that men’s fashion is looking to achie...

26 September 2010
07:14 GMT

Number of Men Using Makeup Is on the Rise

Though it’s only months that a study revealed that British men thought women were overdoing it with the makeup, now a new survey comes to show that more and more men also resort to it for a regular night out.Over 3.3 million British men use makeup products once considered exclusive to women before they hea...

26 September 2010
06:53 GMT

How Men and Women Respond to HIV Therapies

Scientists have been wondering for a long time as to what type of variations exist between men's and women's response to HIV therapies, and a new study seems to indicate that both genders exhibit about the same type of reaction. This is a landmark study in the field. Though it may seem logical at first, the...

21 September 2010
05:03 GMT

Of Marriage Ages and Age Gaps

In a new investigation, researchers show how women tend to marry at an younger age in areas where their numbers are smaller than those of men. This leads directly to significant increases in age gaps within the marriage, the team adds. This happens everywhere around the world, in communities where there are fewer wom...

16 September 2010
05:21 GMT

Women More Likely to Accept the Truth About Global Warming

According to a recent survey, it would appear that women are the most likely gender to understand and accept the truth about global warming and climate change, and also about the effects there phenomena have on our world.The international scientific community has reached a consensus a long time ago that the two pheno...

15 September 2010
06:57 GMT

Women Prefer Calmer Guys

In a very interesting finding, researchers discovered that females in a study group appeared to prefer calmer, chill guys over their more active and on-the-go peers. The conclusion comes as a surprise for many scientists, as it contradicts some past investigations, but the new conclusions actually make a lot of evolu...

15 September 2010
06:10 GMT

Men See Women Depending on the Relationship They Want

Men are known for being attracted to either the face or body of women, but a new study suggests that the target of their eyes is in fact dictated by the expectations they have of the resulting relationship.In other words, if men are looking for a one-night stand or a fling, they are very likely to look at the woman&#...

15 September 2010
05:56 GMT

The Perfect Gift: Tell Her She’s Awesome Every Day

If you’re a man always on the lookout for the perfect present that can bring a smile on your lady’s face or brighten her mood (after it was you who crossed her, of course), here’s a solution for you: tell her she’s awesome.You can do so every single day for a determined period of time or only ...

25 August 2010
13:31 GMT

Women Compensate Energy More than Men Do

The consumption of caloric liquids has different effects on the short-term total energy intake in men and women, a new scientific study from the Oxford Brookes University shows.This is the first study of its kind to compare the compensation effect of liquid calories on the short-term energy spending by gender, and it...

25 August 2010
10:57 GMT

Expert Warns of the Dangers of ‘Vengeance Surgery’

Figures indicate that most plastic surgery patients are women, with an increasing number coming off a bad breakup. The phenomenon is called “vengeance surgery” and should be treated with due attention, a surgeon warns.People go under the knife for a variety of reasons. Whichever they may be, though, they ...

14 August 2010
07:11 GMT


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