January 14, 2011
This Week in Sex: Sex in Space
Scientists discuss the final sexual frontier, and more stories.
Awkward-looking people have better luck on dating sites
Or, at least, people that some people find awkward-looking. A new study suggests that men and women who are universally found attractive — the Brad Pitts of the world — get fewer messages than men and women considered gorgeous by some and odd-looking by others. People are more likely to reach out to someone if they think there will be less competition — or so the theory goes. In any case, getting your dating-profile pics professionally Photoshopped is probably a bad idea.
Commentarium (12 Comments)
Anyone know where the picture on the Scientist urges NASA to study sex in space page is from?
Looks like I should go over to Japan, just to help those poor women out.
Can't say I'm totally shocked by the Japanese thing - have you ever seen Japanese porn? It would put me right off the idea too.
Wait, does Penthouse give me 3D glasses or do I have to get them on my own? Because I sooooo don't want to see boobies in 3D if I have to pay extra.
@DR it's from the movie CQ!
Sex in space HAS been studied. Look up an article written in part by Dr. Toru Shimizu. The conclusion was that fetuses would not be able to develop properly without gravity. They brought on a zero-gravity space mission chicken fetuses that where monitored daily, each preserved for further study back on Earth. The chicken fetuses showed signs of mutation and underdevelopment. I know I'm not doing the article justice.. Just trying to help inform.
So Right ... So people can do it on Mars
I'd like to see the Japan numbers compared to how much porn they watch. I'm thinking those kids don't like sex cause there aren't any tentacles involved...
@CindyHo cheers :)
Geez, wasn't Canadian penis pump man getting the idea the pump wasn't working after, like, 459 hours? Over 500 hours? That's like--wait, let me do the math--over 20 days.
PLUS if it goes to court, he will not only have to discuss his small wiener in front of the others, but there will surely be photos of his smallness or, at the very least, life-size models. Humiliation sooo not worth the money.
jill
https://inbedwithmarriedwomen.blogspot.com
I could have told you that. Damn those Japanese high school boys for always making me feel unloved.
I once saw pictures of Mae Jemison floating around on the space shuttle from a very attractive angle and right away thought of sex in space. With her. Extended co-ed stays on the I.S.S. by single crew members should provide all of the data scientist could ever hope for. Given enough time, boredom, privacy, arousal, etc, sex in space will happen.
Now you say something