Earlier this year, the National Institute of Health announced that they were dedicating $10.1 million in grants to encourage researchers to include more females in clinical studies. And while that is an awesome step towards eliminating gender inequality in future research, there were quite a few studies published this year that were pretty insulting to women. Thanks a lot, science. Though we're not so sure they deserve the extra attention, we're calling these studies out for being just plain ridiculous. Here's to less of these disappointing studies in 2015.
The One About How Guys React to Heels
A French study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior found that men were more likely to help, interact with, and respond to survey requests from women who were wearing high heels than women wearing flat shoes. Plus, the researchers found that the higher the heel, the more likely guys were to help a woman when she dropped a glove.
There are three things you can conclude from this study: First, that flat shoe-loving ladies are kind of screwed when it comes to attracting men. Second, that if you wear heels, you're bound to be a magnet for unwanted sexual attention from guys. Third, the researchers who initiated this study were clearly bonkers if they thought this topic was worth spending time and money on. We're just going to stick to wearing the shoes we like the most, thankyouverymuch.
The One About Why Dudes Love Lingerie
To help explain why human men like sexy underthings, scientists let 12 virgin male rats get it on with female rats wearing cute-sounding but scary-looking rat jackets (a.k.a. rat lingerie). Then they let the male rats choose whether they wanted to have sex with jacket-wearing lady rats or naked lady rats. It turns out the male rats preferred the "bustier"-clad rats. To verify their findings—presented at the Society of Neuroscience meeting—the researchers repeated the experiment by having the virgin male rats get with naked female rats first. They still preferred the clothed rats.
Clearly, lingerie can be a fun addition to your sexcapades. But this study seems to imply—by way of rats—that guys would much rather have sex with you if you're wearing lingerie. First off: Obviously, that isn't always true. Second: What?!
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The One About How 'No' Can Sometimes Mean 'Maybe'
In possibly the creepiest study of 2014, published in Psychological Science, researchers surveyed men and women about whether a woman's actions on a date can indicate her "sexual intentions." In the first study, researchers asked men if behaviors like holding hands, complimenting her date's appearance, or having a drink at his or her apartment indicated that she was likely to have sex. Women were asked the same question about their own behavior (e.g., would they be likely to have sex if they held hands with their date). The men thought these indicators were more strongly tied to putting out than the women did.
The researchers also asked the men and women to guess how the women in the first study responded and whether or not they were being truthful. Both men and women, on average, suggested that the women wanted to have sex more than they indicated in the survey. In other words, that sometimes no means maybe. Actually, "no" means "no," and "yes" means "yes," and there's nothing in between. No one should need a study to know that...
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