Vivre la Difference

The infidelity gap

Tim Worstall — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:26:44 +0000

This is an interesting little finding, that women are closing the infidelity gap with men. Perhaps I should explain a little background first. It’s long been known that women report fewer sexual partners over a lifetime than men do. It’s also long been known that men tend to commit adultery (and we’re using that in the [...]

The best babysitters

Tim Worstall — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:51:43 +0000

Here’s the secret of getting the best babysitters. Now, in the land of freedom that’s not usually what we think of as a problem. We simply take some random passing teenage girl and plonk them down, paying a little over minimum wage for her to run up the telephone bill while the ankle biters sleep upstairs. However, [...]

Lady in red

Tim Worstall — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:14:03 +0000

A lady in red is more attractive to men than a lady dressed in any other color. Or so yet another of these surveys reported in a newspaper insists. I’m afraid I don’t buy the explanation though, this lady in red thing being genetic, or associated with monkeys and baboons. The study said that men appear [...]

The household chores

Tim Worstall — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:05:50 +0000

Good news for those wondering about how to split the household chores! We finally have a scientific argument to put all of the gender arguments to rest. Who should do all those household chores then? Yes, it’s the women. Now, before you accuse me of being a misogynist, I can prove this contention. And no, it’s not [...]

Gentlemen prefer blondes

Tim Worstall — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:18:36 +0000

“Gentlemen prefer blondes” was the title to a best selling book of a few decades ago (the follow up wwas “blondes prefer gentlemen” which I thought was a nice twist) and now we seem to be seeing a confirmation of this. Gentlemen do indeed prefer blondes when it’s a girlfriend or mistress they’re looking for, but [...]

Making men happy

Tim Worstall — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:01:00 +0000

An interesting little survey on what it is that makes men and women happy. Although, umm, I have a feeling that I’m interpreting the results a little differently than the writer is. That, I think, comes from the difference in the various dialects of the English language. I’m fluent in English English and have a [...]

Autism and Genius

Tim Worstall — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:40:16 +0000

This is an interesting piece on autism and genius. What, in less enlightened times we used to call “idiot savants”, or people who have autism and related conditions but have a certain genius in other areas of life. One thig that is very interesting is the way that it proves the basic contention of our [...]

The differences between men and women.

Tim Worstall — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:06:19 +0000

This is very fun, an article on the differences between men and women. We know that there are in fact 78 differences between men and women because that’s the genetic difference between us. So the BBC got a number of people to describe what they thought those differences between men and women were: Women know when [...]

Mad Men Madness

Tim Worstall — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:49:17 +0000

This TV show, Mad Men, seems to be engendering some sort of madness. This fall’s retro “Mad Men” television moment has brought the cardigan back into fashion for men and women on the Michael Kors runway, at J. Crew and everywhere in between. Cardigans are standing in for jackets and have the design credibility to [...]

Easy-to-use sex toys for arthritic fingers

Tim Worstall — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:57 +0000

I thought this phrase “easy-to-use sex toys for arthritic fingers” was simply wonderful. I’m not quite sure why though…it just leapt up out of the page for me. The article it comes from is actually making a serious point. For the truth is, whatever us younger folk think, that sex and the desire for sex don’t stop [...]