Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Doug Barry meant that married WOmen drank more than their male counterparts. Just a typo.

I don't know whether the demand would justify physical shelf space in a store, but you'd think they could sell them online.

Exactly. Even if the numbers are valid and can be reproduced, I don't think these results are enough to prove or even suggest a reason for the change in alcohol use.

I'll agree that there's no real-life application, but it certainly is interesting. And I don't think it's offensive- they're not looking at women with fertility problems, just comparing two points in a healthy woman's cycle. It's not a matter of some women having different body types or clearer skin or even being more…

They've done studies that used more complete interactions, which also showed that men consider fertile women more attractive. This study was done to try and find out how fertility status is being communicated, and specifically, whether fertility affected movement. Hence the attempt to remove all other factors from the…

Another comment thread mentioned this already, but you should consider the possibility that the donor anonymity laws may change sometime down the road. No matter what the agency says or what the current laws are in your country, it's very possible that any children created from your eggs will one day locate you.

I usually hear it used for pubescent children, while 'baby fat' is for toddlers and babies. So a teen or tween who hits a growth spurt and goes from a chubby kid to a lanky adolescent is said to have lost their 'puppy fat'.

Not all over-eating is the same. I think the key part of what makes it a disorder is that people with the condition feel like they can't control the behavior. Think about alcoholism- drinking heavily is bad for your health, but it's only an addiction if you find it difficult or impossible to stop.

But most workplaces have fridges and microwaves for the employees' use. Schools usually don't. Sandwiches are convenient because they're meant to be eaten at room temp.

I don't know if all plans cover contraception for dependents, but it's pretty common. My parents' insurance plan covered my birth control pills throughout college, and I know a lot of my friends were in similar situations. I think contraception is categorized differently from prenatal care.

I wonder if this would be the same in the US. My understanding was that in France, the service charge is automatically added to your bill and any tipping beyond that was optional. It seems like there might be a broader range of tip amounts if there's no standard "Tip x% or you're an asshole" rule.

I don't think that analogy works. People buy tickets to 3D movies for the novelty, but they buy e-books and e-readers f0r the convenience. Novelty inevitably wears offs, but convenience never loses its appeal.

My grandmother has a rule that no one is to use personal electronic devices at family gatherings- meaning no texting, no listening to music through earphones, no computer games. Which is fine- we don't get together as a family very often, she wants to spend the time talking and socializing, and hey, it's her house.…

I think the author meant that it shouldn't matter in terms of the organizational response. If a convention wants to create a safe environment, they have to respond to all cases of harassment regardless of the intentions of the harasser.

Am I the only twenty-something on the internet who does feel like an adult? I still eat cereal for dinner and watch too much tv, but I don't think that disqualifies me from adulthood. I pay for my own cereal and netflix subscription and enjoy both in my own apartment on my own schedule. That's not a failure of…

I get a lot of do-nothing time, and I really enjoy it. It's the main reason I don't want a smartphone- I know that if I get one, the amount of time I spend just thinking will plummet.

I wonder whether they're counting tween and teen girls as "women". My siblings and I were expected to help pick up the slack if one of the adults was unavailable. My parents never divided chores up by gender, but I can imagine there are families where only the daughter is expected to cook dinner or do laundry when a…

I don't believe she usually covers her face in matches. In all the photos I've seen, she's wearing a headscarf that covers her hair and neck, but not her face. It might impede her vision if it gets loose or torn, but that's about it.

He's from Scotland but was working in Canada when he harassed the girls. After he was fired from the Canadian job, he moved back to Scotland and got a teaching job there. Then someone in Scotland learned about what had happened in Canada, and so his Scottish teaching license was revoked.

I know several people, including my dear brother, who would taste that weird solid milk even if there were other things to eat. Especially if someone dared them too. Human nature doesn't really change that much- I figure that however many thousands of years ago this was, there were still dumb teenagers who ate weird…