Fertile women dress to impress, U.S. study finds

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A study of young college women showed they frequently wore more fashionable or flashier clothing and jewelery when they were ovulating, as assessed by a panel of men and women looking at their photographs.

"They tend to put on skirts instead of pants, show more skin and generally dress more fashionably," said Martie Haselton, a communication studies and psychology expert at the University of California Los Angeles who led the study.

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They asked 30 university students to come to their lab for a test, without letting them know the nature of the experiment. "We asked them some things about food, for example," Haselton said in a telephone interview.

The women came back several times over the course of a month and were photographed twice -- once in their fertile phase and another time in their least-fertile phase. The faces in the photographs were blacked out.

The researchers asked 42 men and women, some older than the volunteers, to assess these photographs by asking, "In what photo is the person trying to look more attractive?"

The judges chose the photograph taken during the women's fertile phases 60 percent of the time, Haselton said. "This is well beyond chance. They were pretty consistent," she said.

"One of the things we found pretty interesting is that people sort of have their personal style, almost like their uniform," she added. "The women would show up to the lab wearing something pretty close to what they wore before, but embellished."

For example, one woman wore loose knit leggings and a tank top in both photos. "In her high fertility photograph, she would be wearing a very pretty tank top and she was wearing more jewelery. The difference was quite subtle," Haselton said.

The fertile women did not necessarily dress more provocatively, Haselton noted. "We did see a little bit more skin. It was my impression that the women were just dressing a little bit more fashionably but not sexier."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/science_ovulation_dc

[Mirorgate 0]

So if you dont want kids.... date a woman in sweats???

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I knew it!

[almaty 19]

So if you dont want kids.... date a woman in sweats???

yeap. or bib over-alls

[Mirorgate 0]

So if you dont want kids.... date a woman in sweats???

yeap. or bib over-alls

hahahaha.... i remember when those Dickey's were "IN" and hotter than jordache for a time

[almaty 19]

So if you dont want kids.... date a woman in sweats???

yeap. or bib over-alls

hahahaha.... i remember when those Dickey's were "IN" and hotter than jordache for a time

damn straight they were..and a few fertile types would wear them with no blouse or a skimpy one...

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

this have something to do with wearing rags?

Daniel

:energetic:

*runs like hell*