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[jaydub]

"Reproductive access to larger number of women..."

[theinevitable]

for the record, one of my psych professors brought up that article as an example of what gets published when people make wild claims with little scientific basis. A lot of it makes sense to me, but he seemed pretty peeved about it.

[Doc]

Evolutionary psychology can be hell of specious though. Talk about a field that basically looks for it's hypothesis in it's data. Here's a fun article on all the news stories that came out a little while ago when someone published a study that declared women like pink because back in the day they had to be good at collecting berries.

[Pedro Picasso]

for the record, one of my psych professors brought up that article as an example of what gets published when people make wild claims with little scientific basis. A lot of it makes sense to me, but he seemed pretty peeved about it.

You're absolutely right.  This article has no apparent research behind it.  It's really shoddy science journalism, and I'm a bit of a schmuck for passing around baseless sensationalism.  This is exactly the kind of thing I'm complaining about when JL tunes me out in the car.  But then again, this whole thread is based on a news story that caught attention because everybody knew they'd get to show pictures of a pretty hooker, so maybe I don't have to feel so bad.

And Asherdan, I'll dig around for those studies that say Americans catch and prosecute domestic abusers and take care of their elderly parents way better than public perception.

[wombat]

Evolutionary psychology can be hell of specious though.

That's why I prefer the explanation I related above, that politicians and cheaters can be observed to have the same list of personality traits. While an evolutionary explanation might exist for that observation, the insight can stand without it - it's something you can determine in the here and now.

[Doc]

Sure, tha's coo. I don't think you'll get much argument that our society rewards dickish behaviour.

[jough]

I don't know if she's worth five grand an hour, but this girl is fuck*ng hot as a motherfucker:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=69041220

We're MySpace friends.

Also, this reminds me that our country was founded by Puritans - those for whom the social mores of 16th Century England were too liberal and outrageous.

[melack]

I don't know if she's worth five grand an hour, but this girl is fuck*ng hot as a motherfucker:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=69041220

We're MySpace friends.

Also, this reminds me that our country was founded by Puritans - those for whom the social mores of 16th Century England were too liberal and outrageous.

So are you the one who posted "SOMETYMES IT TAKES SUMTHING BAD 2 HAPPEN..4 SUMTHING GOOD 2 HAPPEN..REAL TALK.. " on her profile?

[Arachno-capitalist]

Jough, that girl looks like every single girl ive ever seen on the jersey shore. She is a completely average looking woman.

[theinevitable]

good lord, apparently the Jersey Shore is a repository of attractive women, then.

What?

[littlefallsmets]

I mean, she is attractive but... nothing to write home about.

Also, I am officially old enough now where she looks like a child to me.

[lprkn]

good lord, apparently the Jersey Shore is a repository of attractive women, then.

What?

This is something that I thought everyone already knew.

[melack]

She looks a bit better in this shot. But whatever hotness is gained from this picture is lost from the accompanying description:

A broken home on the Jersey shore. Abused as a kid. A nightclub singer. Worried about paying her rent. Men walking out on her. "Broke and homeless," and known for giving extra food to homeless guys. OK, so she's not a Thai village girl smuggled into Amsterdam. But she is a sad American type: This is Marilyn Monroe territory—a woman who can play the role of sexy and powerful but is always herself being played

Serious boner-killer.

[littlefallsmets]

I know that a lot of people say prostitution is a "victimless crime" and all that but...

Man, I don't know.

Even if a lady honestly "chooses" to do that job, it is from the pressures of Circumstances.

I don't go into strip clubs because I just wanna hand-out blankets and hot cocoa and vouchers for, like, time with a psychiatrist when I'm in there. Yes, they "could" do something else but... clearly, if they had anything else they could do, they wouldn't be grinding their bits on college kids and truckers for five dollar bills.

Maybe it is just that I am an unreconstructed bleeding-heart of the old school variety but... man, I don't think so.

There's choices and there's "choices".

[Pedro Picasso]

I know that a lot of people say prostitution is a "victimless crime" and all that but...

Here's a really good audio interview on NPR with sociology awesome-guy Sudhir Venkatesh.  He's basically saying call-girls are becoming a more acceptable personal service in upper-middle-class/rich society.  Some women are choosing it as a career and not just a way to make ends meet.  Arrangements are usually an on-retainer thing and not a single-incident thing and often are more about hiring a relationship than straight-up sex.  Still, it's a physical and psychologically dangerous life with gobs of depression and disease.  I think I remember him saying the average high-priced call-girl (up to $7500 per engagement) still gets beaten up about twice a year.  But you'll have to check on that.  I'm not listening to it again.  I've got pressing circumstances.