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04-07-2010 04:04 AM |
Fox on Sex: It?s a Fact, Sex Makes Us Dumb
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It?s a fact: Sex, or the prospect of having sex, makes you dumb. While the list of benefits goes on for miles (pain relief, more regular menstrual cycles, fewer colds, increase in youth-promoting hormone DHEA, etc.) the pursuit of sex makes you do stupid things.
Ask Tiger Woods or Jesse James, who in response to "What were you thinking . . . ?" will hang their heads, dog-that-got-caught-in-the-trash-like looks on their faces, and in private will bash their heads against the wall wondering, "What was I thinking? I wasn?t."
Otherwise perfectly sane people will put all their faith that the "other" (or others) will keep their secret and not turn into a psycho bunny boiler. And what do they have to lose? Everything: their family, their reputation, for some, their careers ? all for a little bump and grind. Huh? And this happens over and over and over.
"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men think, ?I know what I'm doing.? Just show me somebody naked." ? Jerry Seinfeld
The division we joke about ? the brain above and below the belt ? holds true to a certain extent, especially for men since more of the male brain is designated for sex. In one of my favorite studies, Canadian researchers showed men pictures of conventionally pretty or not-so-pretty women. The men were told they could receive either $15 the following day or $75 after waiting a few days. The men who saw the picture of the beautiful women were more likely to take the $15, proving, researchers say, that men stop thinking about long-term consequences once the lust chemicals kick in. (The same test was done on women, and it had no effect on their thinking process). Some nice cleavage or legs can cause a man?s limbic system to fire up while his prefontal cortex heads south, leaving the judgment area of the brain not-so-well equipped.
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