Do you like beards? I like beards. But I know plenty of women who don’t. Most adult men I know don’t have beards. Which is weird, when you think about it. Because beards are a biological signal. A signal that says, “I am a sexually mature male, ready for mating. I have excellent genes and will impregnate you with fine children. Mate with me ladies.” They are the human equivalent of peacocks’ tails.

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I know we shouldn’t get exercised about subheadings, which are generally not written by the author (and certainly not by the scientists). But, I give you: “Tightening one’s belt in a recession is usually considered prudent, but women may be advised to do the opposite after a study found that in tough times stressed men turn to larger ladies for comfort.” Oh no, we thought we were supposed to be thin, but now we might have made ourselves too thin for boys to like us! Let us cry hopelessly into our pillows ladies.

Seriously. Go enjoy the whole thing!

Women are built to form emotional bounds; it was an intricate part of our survival in prehistorical times. We connect emotionally to each other, due to women having more of the chemical known as oxytocine “the love hormone.” That is why affairs affect lesbians very differently to heterosexuals and why there needs to be a different view point taken when understanding affairs between two women. This is not to say that straight people aren’t affected by affairs in their marriage, the impact of betrayal on any person regardless of sexual orientation can be devastating and painful.

Really? We need lesbian-specific guidence on cheating now? Is this a thing? I remember a lot of Smith College drama surrounding cheating on long-distance boyfriends with housemates. Shouldn’t we leave the whole concept of justifying infidelity with words like “experimentation” and “finding oneself,” back in college where it belongs and acknowledge that cheating is cheating?

Oh and according to M, who is the Science Queen of my life, the hormone oxytocin isn’t a “love hormone” – it’s a pair bonding hormone.  And as M says, we all know that “pair-bonding” doesn’t necessarily equal “love.”

Note: I don’t know what happened here. I normally love sexgenderbody. Their recent post on “outing” was awesome.

Cross-posted at Oh my sainted aunt!