I saw on tv a study that showed women dress skimpier close to ovulation . Is this true?
Kevin
Maybe they do because they feel less comfortable in confining clothes. Maybe they feel much warmer, and need to cool off some. Or perhaps they feel a bit bloated, or itchier, or…well, there are lots of physical reasons why some women may choose to dress less at that time.
Personally, I have never noticed it.
I saw that show too. Although Antracite’s ideas are certainly possible, that was not what the show was saying. They were suggesting (or directly saying) that it’s a subconscious mating signal.
But it seems like it was just one study. Question is…has this conclusion been reached in other studies?
I think I saw a reference to a scholarly article on this in Tooby and Cosmides The Adapted Mind. I never chased up the original though. Like a number of the evolutionary psychology things, this sounds a little bold to me.
Holy crap! This could change everything!
Can you imagine? Horny but not-ready-for-kids guys in bars all across the country: “Hey, that one’s wearing an ankle-length wool skirt! I’m moving in for the kill.”
“Whoa! Check out the turtleneck on her!”
“Hey, baby! Nice sweater and painter’s pants. Wanna go back to my place?”
As a mild hijack, I find that my libido increases at Mrs. R’s Time of Month. Very noticeable.
Of course, evolutionarily, it’s hard to make much sense out of an increased Urge after the egg has come and gone…
Of course, this might explain why I come from a small family…
The way it works for me is that I dress skimpier when my monthly friend comes visiting. This is mostly because my b cups grow to a full c every month and I have cleavage for 5 days to show off!!!
Rocketeer, some women ovulate during menstruation. Better watch it.
Actually, I find that I get warmer than usual during and after my cycle, but I don’t dress skimpier because I still feel cold, and I hate feeling cold. I’m so cold-natured that it could be 95 degrees out and my hands still feel like ice. Brrr.
It’s all part of the mass straight woman conspiracy to get men to knock them up.
Woman #1: I’m fertile!.. I’ll wear the S&M costume to work today.
Woman #2: I’m about to ovulate, let’s fuck.
(Can I say “fuck” in IMHO?)
It’s all part of this wonderous thing called procreation.
Women are fertile so they wear skimpy clothes, much like the peacock unveiling his plumage.
(Can I say “peacock” in IMHO?)
They study done in Vienna at a night club. Women were photographed and saliva samples were taken and a questionaire was filled out.
The photos were digitized and the % of skin showing was caculated.
Women at mid cycle tended to show more skin.
Women at mid cycle with stable boyfriends tended to come out without the husband and show more skin.
They figured that women were less faithfull at midcycle.
They did do some other studies to get that conclusion.
Also they did talk alot about how the general idea of a secret ovulation is helpful to the woman as her mate has no idea if it is his kid or not and he raises it as his own.
They also pointed out how monkeys have tons of sex partners when they are in eurstres (sp?) (I should just make (sp?0 my sig shouldn’t I) and a female monkey may have sex upwards of 6000 times in her life and give birth to 6 offspring.
There was also some interesting information on the biological function of the femal orgasm. (and a really gross film) Apparently when a woman orgasms at the same time as a man it helps the sperm out. If she orgasms first or not at all it really inhibits the sperm. If she masturbates frequently between sex it also bad for the sperm and decreases their chance of fertilizing the egg.