My alternate title for this week’s post was “Stuff Mom Never Told You about the Work of Geoffrey Miller,” for as we mentioned, Miller’s work played a part in both of our podcasts this week. This week we discussed fertility from two different perspectives.

First up, we talked about ovulation in women. How many times have you seen a study that claimed women act differently (causing, in turn, men to act differently) when they’re at their most fertile? One such study that sticks in my mind was authored in part by Man of the Week Geoffrey Miller — it dealt with the finding that ovulating strippers make a lot more in tips than they do at any other time of the month, whereas women on the pill made a flat rate all month. It turns out ovulating women also wear different clothing, walk differently and sound differently at peak fertility.