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Psychology Today:

The Stripper's Secret
Flaunting your fertility makes for big tips. The showgirl's guide to maximizing income.
By:Matthew Hutson

Unlike their sisters in the animal kingdom, human females don't openly advertise their ovulation. But even without a human version of the baboon's bright pink behind, signs of fertility sneak out, according to several studies. Subconsciously, women dress more provocatively and men find them prettier when it's prime time for conception. And a report from the University of New Mexico demonstrates that the cyclic signs have economic consequences.

Psychologist Geoffrey Miller and colleagues tapped the talent at local gentlemen's clubs and counted tips made on lap dances. Dancers made about $70 an hour during their peak period of fertility, versus about $35 while menstruating and $50 in between.

Miller links the wage fluctuations to changes in body odor, waist-to-hip ratio, and facial features. Despite operating at the upper limits of flirtatiousness already, he says there may also be subtle shifts in their behavior?"how they talk and move when enticing a customer to buy a dance, and how they perform the dance itself."

Women on the pill averaged $37 (and had no performance peak) versus $53 for women off-pill. The contraceptive produces hormonal cues indicating early pregnancy, not an enticing target for a would-be suitor. Birth control could lead to many thousands of dollars lost every year.

The researchers were surprised that almost no one in the business had noticed the pattern before. But if you're a woman in any service-industry job looking to maximize your tips, Miller suggests scheduling more shifts for the phase right before ovulation: "It might help to know about this so that you can exploit these effects."



Publication: Psychology Today Magazine
Publication Date: Sep/Oct 2007

That actually makes sense

now that's practical science

I concur. Thanks for sharing that Alex.

Thank you for putting me to sleep.

Tell me some more about that baboon's bright pink behind ....... :upsidedow

God bless strippers

I can just see this Psychologist Geoffrey Miller now, sorry hunny me and a few of my colleagues have to go do some more research tonight, babe did you see were I left my company card at?

My ex said one time she got uncontrollably horny shopping at the mall, she figured it was some dudes scent or something

thats very interesting.

Hmm, not sure if I believe that or not. I'm going to do a couple follow up studies. Anyone know where I can apply for a research grant.

interesting....