Slacks and blazer don't have the constructedness of the suit, which is what creates the shaping effect that is so helpful to less-than-shapely men. An in-shape guy looks fantastic in jeans and a tee shirt (or anything, really, like I said - flipflops included). A not-in-shape guy doesn't, and the slacks/blazer…

Slacks and blazer don't have the constructedness of the suit, which is what creates the

But is it the fighting specifically that's attractive or the general fitness and physical prowess?

A good looking man looks good in almost anything though. I grant that good suits go a long way for men who aren't in shape. But a suit is tied up with so many cultural indicators that it's not practical to wear one just for the purposes of looking good. Wearing one to a bar would probably just suggest to people…

But then humans do follow the pattern of many other large mammals. Males slightly larger in body size and with facial hair, which seems like a potentially sexually selected secondary sex characteristic. Personal adornment isn't genetically transmissible and it really does vary greatly across cultures. See: hijab.

Ingenuous like it was an innocent mistake? Or is this supposed to say ingenious like it was a really clever idea? (Neither seem to apply but the headline is definitely confusing.)

I don't think reading would be very helpful because sexual needs and preferences vary so much from woman to woman. This has to be very confusing and frustrating for men. My experience is that most guys really want to try whatever worked well on their previous girlfriend(s). Given the amount of variation out there…

I have to disagree with that assessment. PLoS One has a stated mission of publishing science that is well designed and carried out, irrespective of the results. This is an intentional response to the ubiquitous "file-drawer problem" where sexy results get published and negative results get filed, leading to a…

You're more likely to get listeria from canteloupe than lunchmeat. I think the lunchmeat thing is ridiculous personally. The listeria risk is so low it's pointless to think about.

Nope. Butyl phthalates and bisphenol A are completely different chemically.

Depends on the size of the canvas I would think. And, well... I wouldn't call it a finely detailed painting.

It says he used acrylics. Those are water-soluble. Soap and water should do it as long as you don't let the paint dry on there too long.

Most of my impression of the debate about this is based on internet comments, but from what I can tell most of the people who refuse to see the racial aspect of this are engaging in victim-blaming. They're all convinced that if the victims had behaved differently, the outcome would have been different. This is…

I'm really surprised at that too because although both incidents are horrific and egregious, I feel like a better case could be made that the Pantaleo cop in the Garner case didn't realize he was using lethal force (bc the obesity and asthma made Garner more vulnerable to the - yes, inappropriate - chokehold than a…

Welp, the opinion of you and your family is counter to the available evidence base.

I don't think this is an economic decision. It's likely based on data from the Birthplace study which found slightly better outcomes for multiparas at home, and slightly better ones for primiparas in hospital.

Well, there's no reason to expect you'll have stuff in common with a bunch of randos who happened to get knocked up at the same time as you. My mom friends are my regular friends who then went and had kids. I have yet to make a single real friend on the basis of being a mom. The odds are terrible.

Maybe she felt obligated to stay, or thought it would be rude to leave? Leaving makes you entirely responsible for her child so personally I feel it's most polite to stay unless the other parent expressly says it's OK to leave. Depending on the age of the child of course, I think kindergarten is around where it…

I think there are a bunch of different cry-it-out methods, where the most intense approach involves just letting the kid scream endlessly for as long as it takes, vs the other end of the spectrum which involves repeated visits for reassurance and gradually increasing the time between them.

Academic medicine/research. Up means continue with research, get the grants, publish the papers, climb the ladder. Out means ditch research and go full clinical practice, for more money and the potential to work fewer hours overall but less intellectual stimulation and less flexibility to work from home or change…