Men more likely to take risks when stressed

Men are more likely to take risks such as gambling and smoking when put under stress, according to research. Published in the journal PLoS One, the research, out today, showed stressed women are less likely to make risky choices than men. Full Story: Bigonsandbank.com..

Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women

Men’s judgments of women’s attractiveness were based primarily around physical features and they rated highly those who looked thin and seductive. Most of the men in the study also rated photographs of women who looked confident as more attractive. As a group, the women rating men showed some preference for thin, muscular subjects, but disagreed on how attractive many men in the study were. Some women gave high attractiveness ratings to the men other women said were not attractive at all. More than 4,000 people participated in the study. Full Story : Machineslikeus.com…

South Africa Rape Study: 1 In 4 Men Admit Rape

One in four men in South Africa admitted to raping someone and many confessed to attacking multiple victims, according to a new study conducted by the Medical Research Council and reported by the Mail and Guardian: Of those surveyed, 28% said they had raped a woman or girl, and 3% said they had raped a man or boy. Almost half who said they had carried out a rape admitted they had done so more than once, with 73% saying they had carried out their first assault before the age of 20. Full Story : Imnotamonster.com…

Men are the best tippers

Men are considered to be the best tippers by restaurant staff, according to a new study. Reported in the International Journal of Hospitality Management, the study examined surveys from 1189 servers in 49 states, and looked at whether servers’ had developed perceptions of their customers’ tipping habits. The study further revealed that teenagers and foreign customers were thought to tip the least. Full Story : Hamaraphotos.com…

Men with big muscles cut cancer risk by 40 per cent

Men with stronger muscles from regular weight training are up to 40 per cent less likely to die from cancer than men who do not pump iron, according to new research. The findings, by an international team of researchers, suggest muscular strength is as important as staying slim and eating healthily when it comes to protecting the body against deadly tumours. Full Story : Telegraph.co.uk……

Women talk three times as much as men, says study

Women talk almost three times as much as men, with the average woman chalking up 20,000 words in a day - 13,000 more than the average man. Women also speak more quickly, devote more brainpower to chit-chat - and actually get a buzz out of hearing their own voices, a new book suggests. The study also says that men chat less than their female counterparts and struggle to express their emotions to the same extent. Full Story : Guardian.co.uk……..

You Can Spot More Aggressive Men By Their Faces

According to Canadian scientists, men with wider faces are more aggressive. Men have wider faces than women, and the differences start emerge at puberty when testosterone levels increases. Testosterone is tied with aggression, which led to a link between aggression and wide faces. But the face width is not linked with aggression in women. The size of the faces have been shaped by evolution to signal aggressiveness to others.

Obesity And Abnormal Sperm

In the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Dr. A Ghiyath Shayeb said that men with a higher body mass index (BMI) have lower volumes of seminal fluid and a higher proportion of abnormal sperm. If you want to be fertile and have babies, you should consider losing some weight, and maintain your body weight to normal BMI. Living a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet, regular exercise are needed to be in the normal BMI range.

Ticking Male’s Biological Clock

More evidence were found that men as well as women have ticking biological clocks that start to tick in mid-30s. A study done on 12,200 couples proved that the chance of a successful pregnancy falls when the man is over 35, and it is significantly lower if he is over 40. The researchers told in a health conference that it was due to the DNA damage in sperm.

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Women think of shopping,men think about sex

According to a survey by cosmopolitan.co.uk, 75% of young women think about shopping nearly as often as men think about sex. Young men are said to think about sex every 52 seconds, on the other hand thoughts of shopping pop into young women’s heads every 60 seconds. The survey conducted among 778 women aged 19 to 45. Half of those surveyed said they preferred shopping to spending time with their partner.

Machoism And Alcohol

When it comes to a stressful situation, women and men act differently. Women have greater rates of depression and anxiety disorders while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders.

According to a new study, men tend to consume alcohol when they are stressed or upset. Women feel sad or anxious, which lead to depression and anxiety, and they also tend to think over and over again about their negative emotional state. But men are more likely to distract themselves from negative emotions, and try not to think about these emotions. This can lead to alcohol related disorders.

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Men are more intelligent than women and dumber at the same time

After investigated the intelligence of over 2,500 brothers and sisters, assessed by science, maths, language and mechanical ability tests, a British team made of four psychologists concluded that men are more likely to be both at the very top and at the very bottom when it comes to intelligence. The result is based on statistical values. Which means that number of dumb men or intelligent men significantly overcome women in number.