What Would We Do Without New Research?

Men find photos of the opposite sex much more "rewarding" than women, new research claims today.

According to the study men take the same pleasure out of looking at an attractive female form as they do from having a curry or making money whereas women do not take any significant reward from looking at pictures of men. The survey published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B said that brain scan studies show that "reward centres" are triggered in men when they gaze at a woman's face or body whereas they are not in females. It also shows men are more likely to make an effort to view pictures of the opposite sex and pay out money.

Given a certain blogger we know with a well-documented Swooner Dreamboat fixation, I'm a bit suspicious about the female findings, but I think the conclusions about men deserve the 2007 Well, Duh! Award.

Speaking of such things, I missed out on the Five Freebies thing the other day. With admirable timing, it popped up after right after some heavy church-related screeding on my part and I didn't think it appropriate to, er, change gears quite so suddenly. (And for those of you making smug little tsk tsk noises about Robbo's hypocracy, I'd only answer a) yeah, lust is pretty high up on my list of sins, but at least I acknowledge it's a sin, and b) I'm not holding myself out as Bishop-material.)

Anyhoo, I certainly second Steve-O on both Melissa Theuriau and Helen Hunt, but I also want to make sure that Kaylee gets on the list as well:

Yes, indeedy. Heck, I'll even supply the strawberries!

Okay, if the researchers are right, approximately 95% of those of you reading this last sentence are female.

UPDATE: In response to a flood of inquiries, here are a few more names I'd put on the list:

1. Tea Leoni

2. Lea Thompson, mid-90's vintage ("Get your damn hands off her, Biff!")

3. Diana Rigg, Avengers-vintage, ("Oh, Mrs. Peel. Are you trying to seduce me?)

4. Angelina Jolie (Oh, yes you would, you lying dogs. Confess, I say!)

5. Vanessa Branch. Who? Why the Orbit Girl, of course:

Yips! from Gary:

1. Diane Lane (duh)

2. Elizabeth Shue

3. Courtney Thorne-Smith

4. Sela Ward

5. Elisha Cuthbert (rock the cradle of luv)

Honorable Mention: Sabine Ehrenfeld

The Overstock.com girl (it's all about the "O", ya know)