bikinis influence men's decisionmaking ability for the worse?

[VV o n g B a]

study says men seeing, handling bikinis make economic decisions that result in less payoff. i suppose the instinct is to go w/ an instant payoff so u have cash to woo the girl now rather than later when u've missed ur chance.

the thing that makes men dumb about this is that simply watching a video, handling a bikini, or masturbating sets this off, so there might be no chance of wooing a girl at all. nothing we prolly didn't really know already, but interesting to see a study confirms it.

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Science proves that bikinis turn men into boobs

Sexy images rob male brain of ability to make wise decisions


You may have known this all along, but now it has been demonstrated scientifically: bikinis make men stupid.

This month’s issue of the Journal of Consumer Research features a paper titled “Bikinis Instigate Generalized Impatience in Intertemporal Choice,” which is a neuroeconomist’s (definition in a moment) way of saying that men don’t make good decisions while checking out pretty girls in bikinis.



Hence automakers’ penchant for placing leggy models in front of absurdly priced cars at auto shows, and the casting of three scantily clad women on that “Republica Deportiva” show on Univision which I find myself watching though I don’t care whether Chivas defeated Rayados del Monterey.


Virgil wrote of the phenomenon 2,000 years ago when he created the epic poem “The Aeneid.” When Venus convinces Vulcan to make some special armor, she


…threw her snow-white arms around him
As he held back, caressing him here and there,
And suddenly he caught fire — the same old story,
The flame he knew by heart went running through him,
Melting him to the marrow of his bones…
She knew her beauty’s power.

But though we might recognize this intuitively, there is some very important insight about sex and relationships, not to mention economics, to be gained from this latest research.

full story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197962/

[lethal]

So this is why the Hawaiian Tropic Zone Restaurant in NY can do good business despite crap food.

[Banana]

This just in: Bears crap in the woods.

[Sunflare]

I have a confession to make.

I walked into this bar with one of my ladyfriends one time in the city. When we went inside, there were like bras, bikinis and thongs hung all over the walls. I swear the bartender was dressed in a maid uniform. Then two girls ( probably hookers ) approached me and my friend, a white blonde girl and this hapa chick.

My friend told me that I had this blank look on my face and just stood there stunned for what seemed like an hour. She grabbed me by the arm and dragged my ass out of the bar because I coud'nt make a desicion as to what to do. I just kept on thinking about sex.

Yep. Bikinis and other sexy female apparel among other things can absolutely affect your desicion making ability.

[eos]

No freaking way. I will NOT accept this "research/study" or whatever you call it. Men are NOT visual creatures and they do NOT like to leer at women's scantily-clad bodies. Whether I'm clothed or not, guys will think clearly and with reason. Who wrote this paper anyway? Neuroeconomist my foot.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Who funds this shit?

[eos]

I wasn't even aware things like this needed to be funded.
"Ay, can I have $1,000,000 to write a bs paper about a totally obvious and inocuous thing?"
"Yes. Here."
"SUCKERS!"

Shiet, give ME money and I'll point out obvious things too: people need to breathe to stay alive, the sun rises every morning, my shoes are brown, etc.

[VV o n g B a]

we can all agree the conclusion was obvious, but what i thought was interesting is that now u can actually put a percentage on the number of guys affected by this. it's also interesting to see how many guys weren't affected. a followup study could try to determine what demographic of guys is most/least affected by this and why.

[BillBlythe]

wow, a study that doubles as a homosexual detector. now that's money well spent.

[VV o n g B a]

wow, a study that doubles as a homosexual detector. now that's money well spent.wouldn't that be interesting? if u simply assumed all the clear thinking men were homosexual, we'd have somewhere between 35-56% of guys that were gay! that'd be a goddamn ginourmous find.

[cloudzero]

what about hate? what if it makes a dude wanna throw that bitch into a puddle of mud?

[snailpoo]

Who funds this shit?

Maybe the thought process started off with: how do I get paid for looking at boobs?

[popculturepooka]

The blood supply has to be divided up between two heads, thereby cutting our decisionmaking abilities in half.

I thought this was known?

[eos]

^But I thought ALL the blood goes to *one* head, thereby rendering guys a drooling, gawking mess.......

[cloudzero]

^so which one would you prefer? gawking or dont even notice your alive

[eos]

depends on what the guy looks like.

[cloudzero]

^height and muscles influence woman's decisionmaking ability for the worse?

[eos]

*shrugs*

Why don't you go waste some money and research that?

[thaite]

Sexy images rob male brain of ability to make wise decisions

PROOF:

I bought my (now ex) gf a bikini. The damn thing cost over $100 bucks.

WTF was I thinking?

[cloudzero]

with $100 you coulda gotten an extra gf

[deez nuts]

It actually kind of backfires at times. My buds and I went to Robert's Steak House (which is really comparable to the high end steak houses) at the Penthouse Strip Club for steak and then titties.

Strippers asking if we wanted a lap dance, asking us to buy them a drink and shoving their titties in our faces was annoying as hell while we were eating. I finally slapped one on her as, left a greasy hand print on her cheek and said to her, "listen sweetheart, I know we're at a titty bar but we'll be inserting dollar bills on your G-string and fondling you soon enough. But, let us finish our steak dinner first, wash up and then come see you unless you want greasy titties from our hands and our mouths and smell like porterhouse, ribeye and baby powder."

[cloudzero]

you made that shit up!

[Broomer]

Know what I want to know, just how did they convince the powers that be to porvide the funding for that... and which lucky bastard got the gig.

Ka.

[kwalan]

You find people with lots of money who do not understand the following terms: "Bikinis Instigate Generalized Impatience in Intertemporal Choice"

and then create a research proposal full of similar convoluted verbose words and while in very simple terms, explaining that providing financial backing is in their interests.

Or you just slap a picture like this on:

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080617/080617-sexploration-hmed5p.hmedium.jpg

[Broomer]

^^ Isn't that from Drunk, Middle-aged women gone wild? Can we at least post quality stuff?

Ka.

[kwalan]

^Uh, no. It's from the article itself.