Beautiful women can be bad for your health, according to scientists
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Meeting a beautiful woman can be bad for your health, scientists have found.
Just five minutes alone with an attractive female raise the levels of cortisol, the body's stress hormone, according to a study from the University of Valencia.
The effects are heightened in men who believe that the woman in question is "out of their league".
Cortisol is produced by the body under physical or psychological stress and has been linked to heart disease.
Researchers tested 84 male students by asking each one to sit in a room and solve a Sudoku puzzle. Two strangers, one male and one female, were also in the room.
When the female stranger left the room and the two men remained sitting together, the volunteer's stress levels did not rise. However, when the volunteer was left alone with the female stranger, his cortisol levels rose.
The researchers concluded: "In this study we considered that for most men the presence of an attractive woman may induce the perception that there is an opportunity for courtship.
"While some men might avoid attractive women since they think they are 'out of their league', the majority would respond with apprehension and a concurrent hormonal response.
"This study showed that male cortisol levels increased after exposure to a five-minute short social contact with a young, attractive woman."
Cortisol can have a positive effect in small doses, improving alertness and well-being. However, chronically elevated cortisol levels can worsen medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and impotency.
03 May 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi…
Just five minutes alone with an attractive female raise the levels of cortisol, the body's stress hormone, according to a study from the University of Valencia.
The effects are heightened in men who believe that the woman in question is "out of their league".
Cortisol is produced by the body under physical or psychological stress and has been linked to heart disease.
Researchers tested 84 male students by asking each one to sit in a room and solve a Sudoku puzzle. Two strangers, one male and one female, were also in the room.
When the female stranger left the room and the two men remained sitting together, the volunteer's stress levels did not rise. However, when the volunteer was left alone with the female stranger, his cortisol levels rose.
The researchers concluded: "In this study we considered that for most men the presence of an attractive woman may induce the perception that there is an opportunity for courtship.
"While some men might avoid attractive women since they think they are 'out of their league', the majority would respond with apprehension and a concurrent hormonal response.
"This study showed that male cortisol levels increased after exposure to a five-minute short social contact with a young, attractive woman."
Cortisol can have a positive effect in small doses, improving alertness and well-being. However, chronically elevated cortisol levels can worsen medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and impotency.
03 May 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi…
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When it comes to charging a machine gun nest, I understand the rules (they're trying to kill me, I'm trying to kill them). When it comes to being alone with a woman, I don't understand the rules because they change every five minutes.
Starblazer's Convention?
I have the highest academic degree, have taught beautiful women for decades, have bedded over fifty of them, have had climatic experiences at many clubs, and still feel stressed in private with a beautiful woman! Shit!
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Even for TUSCL this thread has jumped the shark. It'd be interesting, if a little frivolous, to run a long term study on these types of effects. Doubt any academic would have the patience for it since it would be so tough to control for other factors, though.
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Certainly your research would be "scientific" and qualify you for option #3 (provided you haven't graduated already.) Maybe the other two as well.