http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/03/30/ncbi-rofl-the-presence-of-an-attractive-woman-elevates-testosterone-and-physical-risk-taking-in-young-men/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 13:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/03/30/ncbi-rofl-the-presence-of-an-attractive-woman-elevates-testosterone-and-physical-risk-taking-in-young-men/comment-page-1/#comment-33613 PaprikaPink Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:38:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=8104#comment-33613 I love it when science discovers something that I learned by skipping classes and hanging out with boys. If two guys are about to get into some kind of altercation and there are women present, the women can break the fight up almost immediately by leaving the room. If the women show *any* interest at all it will perpetuate the hostilities. If the women demonstrate that they couldn't care less, the stakes go way down, the conflict fizzles. No, I'm not saying this is true every single time. But I have personally "broken up" a lot of fights just by walking away. Actually I think I was in 6th grade when I first noticed this. And really, the woman doesn't even have to be particularly attractive. I love it when science discovers something that I learned by skipping classes and hanging out with boys. If two guys are about to get into some kind of altercation and there are women present, the women can break the fight up almost immediately by leaving the room. If the women show *any* interest at all it will perpetuate the hostilities. If the women demonstrate that they couldn’t care less, the stakes go way down, the conflict fizzles. No, I’m not saying this is true every single time. But I have personally “broken up” a lot of fights just by walking away. Actually I think I was in 6th grade when I first noticed this. And really, the woman doesn’t even have to be particularly attractive.

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