“Market Conditions” If I scratch your back, will you…?

Sometimes you just have to scratch your head in wonderment. MSNBC reports on the findings of a new "study" coming from the upper reaches of university. A twenty-month study just concluded that

after a male grooms a female, the likelihood that she will engage in sexual activity with the male was about three times more than if the grooming had not occurred.

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And as with other commodities, the value of sex is affected by supply and demand factors: A male would spend more time grooming a female if there were fewer females in the vicinity.

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"And when the female supply is higher, the male spends less time on grooming … The mating actually becomes cheaper depending on the market," Gumert said.

Is this a plot to the latest triple-x film featuring hairstylists for hire? Nope. Something even beyond that. What does this say about the person that would spend twenty months observing such things? Is this what they mean by "higher learning"?

[H/T The Corner]

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http://www.politicaldoodle.com Lucille

I guess some people are content to never ask questions or learn anything new. I’m afraid if Doug ran the world we’d still be in the dark ages.
The earth circling the sun? Preposterous! Blasphemy! Is this what they call higher learning?
http://www.politicaldoodle.com Lucille

I guess some people are content to never ask questions or learn anything new. I’m afraid if Doug ran the world we’d still be in the dark ages.
The earth circling the sun? Preposterous! Blasphemy!
Now that I think about it, that isn’t unlike the thinking of the Bush administration. Global warming? Ridiculous!
Is this what they call higher learning?
http://www.granitegrok.com doug

What does the world possibly gain from studying this stuff, Lucille? Or, is it another way for those wishing to believe we descended from apes to somehow show the similarities with humans? Although I must say, if all it took was to brush a girl’s hair, and well, you know, then the world would be a better place for men. Instead, WE have to groom ourselves just to get in the game…
http://granitegrok.com Pricilla

I agree with Doug , a pure waste of money.