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Korean urologists recently found a correlation between penile and finger length. Specifically, the ratio between the length of a man’s index finger and ring finger may relate to the length of his penis. The shorter the index finger, compared to the ring finger, the longer the penis — possibly.
You know why I love Stuff Mom Never Told You so stinking much? Our listeners. Not only are y’all whip-smart and keep Molly and me on our toes, but you brighten our days with wonderful emails.
Case in point: today’s email from a male listener who nominated himself to be our first male guest.
Bizarre Human Mating Behaviors #5 – How women can get free drinks at a bar
by Marshall Brain | February 15, 2011
If you are interested in how human relationships work – especially sexual relationships between men and women and the courting rituals that lead up to them – then this article is fascinating: 13 Ways to Score Free Drinks The article offers a field guide to social engineering in the social topography of a typical American [...]
So this article… Eek! A Male! …explains a problem that has been growing. Males have been demonized, as the opening sentences of the story reveal: Last week, the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, Timothy Murray, noticed smoke coming out of a minivan in his hometown of Worcester. He raced over and pulled out two small children, [...]
Over the last little while I’ve picked up on some interesting information that, on their own, aren’t really enough for a post each. Put together, though: look out!
1) Most of the wildlife photography I’ve ever seen was probably faked. Disney was long ago exposed for staging the lemmings running off the cliff scene in the nature film White Wilderness, which forged the lasting idea that lemmings are suicidal. As I learned recently, that tradition continues in the form of game farms. Most of these farms were initially established as wildlife preserves in states like Montana. After awhile, wildlife photographers started turning up looking for perfect shots of what had become tame animals — shots they could never get in the woods.
What if I told you that, when you meet a potential mate, that person smells “better” or “worse” to you based on the genetic makeup of their immune system? The funny thing is that this appears to be completely true, as vividly demonstrated in this video:
Stuff that makes you go Hmmm #13 – Men can smell ovulating women
by Marshall Brain | January 19, 2010
This article definitely makes you go Hmmm because it raises more questions than it answers: Scent of a Woman: Men’s Testosterone Responses to Olfactory Ovulation Cues Women around the world spend billions of dollars each year on exotic smelling perfumes and lotions in the hopes of attracting a mate. However, according to a new study [...]
Studies suggest that women and men do sometimes experience pain differently. Join Molly and Cristen as they explore male and female experiences of pain — and the implications of this gender difference — in this episode of Stuff Mom Never Told You.
Traditional video games have always attracted more male players than female, but why? Tune in as Molly and Cristen discuss possible reasons for this trend — and what’s changing it — in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
Studies say that male athletes are more likely to use anabolic steroids than females. Why? Tune in to explore possible reasons for this difference — and some disturbing trends in female steroid use — in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
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