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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Male brain is programmed to seek out sex over food
2015-10-16
[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] It is said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but a new study suggests that when it comes to sex, food is the last thing on his mind.
Horny trumps hungry? Who knew?
Researchers have found that the male brain is hardwired to seek out sex, even at the expense of a good meal, with specific neurons firing up to over-ride the desire to eat.
Primitive male trekking across the savannah... boobies ahead to the left... pomegranates to the right... boobies win every time.
Intriguingly, women do not have the same neurons, suggesting that sex for females comes secondary to sustenance.
Female trekking across the fruited plain... male to the left... chocolates to the right... bon bons win every time.
Although the neurons have only been found in the brains of nematode worms,
...that's a heck of an extrapolation there...
scientists at University College London say that it is likely that similar mechanisms are at work in humans.
Woman can always get man, can't always get bon bons. Man can always get pomegranate, can't always get woman.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Or you could combine the two. Nookie while eating.
Or other activities as well. My wife always laughs during sex, no matter what book she is reading.
Posted by: Bunyip   2015-10-16 20:00  

#7  And then there are those who have evolved past the 'nematode worms' and will go, get the pomegranates, share some with the boobies in hopes that said boobies would share something in return.

A two-fer!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-10-16 15:02  

#6  A smart man knows he has a much better chance of getting some nooki if he can offer the lady a fine dining experience before hand. A little wine helps too.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-10-16 12:38  

#5  It's just one paper I found in a hurry. There are dozens.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-16 12:33  

#4  I say bullshit also. There are many important variables in this equation. For example, how hungry are the males? For another, the attractiveness of the woman to a particular man. For example, the Hildabeest might be attractive to some man (I know, that is a stretch for many) whereas not so much to others.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-10-16 07:59  

#3  Well, I don't know Grom.
A man's gotta pace himself.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-10-16 06:35  

#2  Intriguingly,women do not have the same neurons,

Who knew? Someone, ring up the Ranger committee at Fort Benning at once.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-16 03:42  

#1  Bullshit.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-16 02:34  

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