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My, What a Sexy Immune System You Have

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:22:18 CST

Why do women swoon over handsome men like Brad Pitt? Not merely for their rippling muscles or striking faces, but because of their robust immune systems, according to a new study. Men who appear seductively macho have higher testosterone, and the study found a correlation between testosterone levels and a...

Bisexual Guys Do Exist

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:06:14 CDT

There's good news out there for men who have ever been attracted to both men and women: Unlike the unicorn, you are real. Or so says a Northwestern University study, which goes a long way toward refuting a controversial 2005 study that found that “with respect to sexual arousal and...

Chicks Dig Stubble

Nick McMaster — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:00:00 CDT

Women are more attracted to a man with facial hair, says a new poll. Among the participants, 54% said they preferred a guy not to be clean-shaven. Of those, two-thirds liked all-over stubble, 19% liked moustaches, 12% preferred beards, and 6% goatees. Only about a third of women polled said...

What Guys Want: Long Arms

Nick McMaster — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:10:09 CDT

What part of a woman's body most excites a man? It may in fact be her arms, a new study suggests. Australian researchers asked Australian and Chinese men and women to rate the attractiveness of 96 women from videos, the Daily Mail reports. The women who were considered the most...

To Attract Women, Eat Celery

Kate Schwartz — Sat, 15 May 2010 20:00:00 CDT

Though the makers of Axe body spray would like you to believe otherwise, the secret to attracting women may be as easy as opening your fridge. The authors of a new health book claim that eating celery boosts the pheromone levels in a man's sweat, making him more appealing to...

Stressed Men Go for Novelty in Sex Partners

Harry Kimball — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:28:15 CST

Men who are under stress choose different women as sex partners than they do under normal circumstances, a new study shows. Men tend to be attracted to women whose facial features are like their own, but if stress is added to the equation, they flip to females who don’t resemble...

40% Bare Is How Women Best Attract Men

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:39 CST

Researchers have discovered that women who bare 40% of their body are the most effective at attracting males. Female scientists studied women at a popular nightclub, and placed percentage values on how much skin they exposed. A bare arm counted for 10%, a leg 15% and so on. They found...