The Science of Sex Appeal

      In the Science of Sex Appeal on Discovery Channel I learned some pretty interesting things. The first thing that that I learned was that women find the smells of their relatives as unsexy, subconsciously protecting them from incest. Another surprising and kind of depressing tidbit of information was learning that women married to good provider men may stray and seek more masculine men in an attempt to gain their genes, particularly when ovulating. As far as physical attraction men have a tendency to be drawn to hips and breasts. Women who sway their hips when walking also appear more attractive. For women, men with broad shoulders and a confident walk attracted them. When a woman is ovulating, her voice becomes more attractive to men. Men also put off a smell that is unattractive to women unless the woman is ovulating. Women in turn put off a smell that makes all women appear sexy. And one of the last things I learned was love and sex each trigger totally different parts of the brain.