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Tuesday 25 March 2008

Archive for the 'human nature' Category

Do Attractive Women Want It All?

Tuesday 25 March 2008 @ 2:08 pm

Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women’s preferences can be influenced by their own attractiveness.

Comments (1) | Posted in Political Correctness, biology, human nature, psychology, sex and metropolis, sex science, society

Heather Mills Launches Tirade After Court Awarded Her $50m

Tuesday 18 March 2008 @ 11:58 am

In a remarkable performance on the steps of the High Court, she gave a triumphant wave for the cameras - and delivered her account of the settlement with barely concealed venom for the way it had come about.

Comments (0) | Posted in Skank Culture, human nature, outrage, sex and metropolis

No. 1 Thing Women Do That Distracts Men

Thursday 13 March 2008 @ 12:32 pm

When a man catches sight of a beautiful woman, he loses his ability to make good decisions and focus on the task at hand, according to a new study from The University of Leuven in Belgium. Men who have the highest amount of natural testosterone are the most vulnerable to a woman’s sexual cues, reports the BBC News.

Comments (0) | Posted in human nature, interesting, men + women, sex science

Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher

Tuesday 4 March 2008 @ 4:20 pm

“As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don’t believe, or a legend, which I don’t believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics,” Shanon told Israeli public radio on Tuesday.

Comments (0) | Posted in academic, human nature, interesting, psychology, religion, society

Humans Are Just Machines for Propagating Memes

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:19 am

In the 1970s, Richard Dawkins coined the term “meme” in his book The Selfish Gene to refer to aspects of human culture and how they evolve in a way that’s analogous to how genes evolve. Since then, the study of memes has become an evolving meme itself.

Comments (0) | Posted in biology, human nature, interesting

Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 1:24 pm

NSFW: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, completely insane, human nature, misconduct, outrage

Khmer Rouge torture chief expresses remorse over “Killing Fields”

Tuesday 26 February 2008 @ 1:34 pm

About 14,000 people — including a few foreigners accused of being CIA spies — went into the jail to be tortured into confessing to working against a regime deemed responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, crime + punishment, human nature

Female Sex Offenders

Wednesday 6 February 2008 @ 10:30 am

Sexual abuse by women of children and teens is a subject most parents and caregivers are not familiar with. Female sexual predators go unreported because of a lack of awareness by the public.

Comments (1) | Posted in Feminista, Political Correctness, Skank Culture, completely insane, crime + punishment, government, human nature, psychology, society

Marriage: It’s Only Going to Get Worse

Tuesday 5 February 2008 @ 5:43 pm

If your spouse already bugs you now, the future is bleak. New research suggests couples view one another as even more irritating and demanding the longer they are together.

Comments (0) | Posted in human nature, psychology, sex and metropolis, sex science, society

One Out Of Four Children Involved In A Divorce Undergoes Parental Alienation Syndrome

Friday 25 January 2008 @ 2:40 pm

ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2008) — One out of four children involved in a divorce and custody litigation undergoes the so-called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), consisting of the manipulation of children by the custodial parent, who incessantly tries to turn them against the other parent by arousing in them feelings of hatred and contempt for the target parent, as explained in the book Marital Conflicts, Divorce, and Children’s Development by professors José Cantón Duarte, Mª Rosario Cortés Arboleda, and Mª Dolores Justicia Díaz, from the Department of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology of the University of Granada.

Comments (0) | Posted in Feminista, Parental Alienation, child abuse, divorce, health, human nature, psychology, sex and metropolis, sex politics, sex science, society