According to Dr. Karen Weatherby, a gerontologist and author of the study, gawking at women’s breasts is a healthy practice, almost at par with an intense exercise regime, that prolongs the lifespan of a man by five years.
She added, "Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female, is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out."
A five-year research on 500 men
Researchers at three hospitals in Frankfurt, Germany did an in-depth analysis of 200 healthy males over a period of five years. Half the volunteers were instructed to ogle at the breasts of women daily, while the rest were told to refrain from doing so.
At the close of the study, the researchers noted that the men who stared at the breasts of females on a regular basis exhibited lower blood pressure, slower resting pulse rates and lesser episodes of coronary artery
disease.
Sexual desire linked to better blood circulation
The researchers declared that sexual desire gives rise to better blood circulation that signifies an overall improved health.
Weatherby explained the concept stating, "Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation. There's no question: Gazing at breasts makes men healthy.
"Our study indicates that engaging in this activity a few minutes daily cuts the risk of stroke and heart attack in half. We believe that by doing so consistently, the average man can extend his life four to five years."
In addition, she also recommended that men over 40 should gaze at larger breasts daily for 10 minutes.
The German research is believed to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
This incredibly attractive,
This incredibly attractive, well-endowed woman just passed on the sidewalk....good news, I'll be living for another 5 years. :D
then how can women live longer?
i'm not gonna stare at girls' boobs. that's not exciting for me!!!!!
Just call me savior!
Maybe now I won't get so ticked when men stare at my well-endowed chest. I will just remember I am helping to prolong their lives. Isn't that sweet of me?
thank you
you're a savior, dena :)
We need more women like you
We need more women like you in the world....
Me and a friend of mine
Me and a friend of mine were just talking about this the other day. As a man, I will never understand some women... A buddy & I were at the mall the other day, just doing some shopping, and we came upon this lady in a pair of daisy duke shorts... and they were short...half of her ass was practically hanging out, and she wore a tight tank top wife beater thing.. naturally, we stared as she walked in front of us, neither of us saying a word. All of a sudden she stops, whips around, and shoots both of us dirty looks. I said to her "ok, you caught us looking... but isint that what youre going for?" she just rolled here eyes and walked away.. Im pretty sure she knew what she looked like when she left the house. Why do women dress that way then get upset when you look at them for dressing like that? I dont get it
maybe it was hot out? it
maybe it was hot out? it is summer. she's a human being, free to do what she wants, and yet men like you blame women for your childish behavior. nothing wrong with admiring beauty in someone, but come on, she isn't to blame because YOU found it attractive. it's one thing to notice and another thing to stare and leer at someone. and then blame them because it's their fault you looked at them. please.
I have pondered that
I have pondered that question often. My conclusion is that, although these seductively dressed women very definitely want to be stared at by men, they want to be stared at only by the RIGHT man. They live in that fantasy world they believe is only occupied by men!
lol, the answer is ...
lol, the answer is ... because we want to call the attention of SOME people ( the hot guys) We don't want an old guy to stare at us or two young boys with acne in their faces.. I don't what you look like but I promise you if you were brad pitt she would have never insulted you that way or maybe you are too young.
Me and a friend of mine
Yeah dude , i'm totally with you there. I do not intentionally stare at pretty girls cause i know it gets unnerving for them... but occasionally it does happen. Its totally innocent ...well maybe not 'totally' innocent , but its unconscious . And its embarrassing to be caught off guard like that. Its like a double whammy ! happened yesterday at the restaurant .
Homer says it best, Doh!!!
When somebody does that,
When somebody does that, they have a bad attitude to start with -- there's no point being reasonable.
Q. What are YOU looking at??
A. (casually) A skank.
On the other hand, gals who are merely uncomfortable being ogled should be treated with every appropriate courtesy. :)
Like most things, it's a matter of communication.
Does anyone stop to think about talking to their superiors? When a person in the agency looks at your cleavage furrow and it makes you feel uncomfortable, I think it would be a good course of action to ask that person if it would be more appropriate if you wore something more concealing. Why should it be incumbent upon you to ask that? Because, if they're not aware that you are made uncomfortable, they're going to continue to do it. I find it frustrating that women have gotten to an uncomfortable point in achieving their rights where they feel they should not be objectified yet, do not feel comfortable in taking responsibility for their bodies and their ability to assert themselves. Communicate! Don't let something fester into resentment. Part of growing up in the professional world is being able to effectively address issues in a diffuse and neutral manner.
Sex drive is not something we (men and women) have the privilege of switching off and it's not necessarily with a concerted effort that we (men and women) gawk at another attractive person and I sincerely don't think that is wrong. A man's sex drive is piqued by what he sees, while a woman's is initiated most predominately by scent -how else can you explain all those insipid and putrescent deodorant sprays? Have any of the women on this thread ever been caught in a moment of sexual enchantment where you get lost in thought? Can you say it would be fair to tell you that you are a pig? For guys, we're unfortunately a little less tactful in how our sexual attractions are initiated.
Don't get me wrong, there are some sick people out there, and I have met some men where I definitely feel that thoughts should be a crime, but for the most part what goes on behind a guys eyes is more or less harmless. For my part there is little else going on in my mind outside of how attractive the person is, guy or girl. It's not like an episode of Scrubs gone hardcore. No quick set changes from office to dungeon, striking blouse and blazer to negligee, you're just pretty, and yes, the boobs are part-in-parcel.
I am really sorry if anyone was offended by this, I consider myself a feminist in learning and being a member of the LGBT community I really can relate, so if I was ignorant of something in this post I invite anyone to tell me as much.
About the post, it seems to be a pretty bad case study. First off, two-hundred guys? Not enough. Two, no controlled environment. Three, the conclusions drawn from the circumstances are very presumptuous. A guy could be very relaxed simply because he allows himself to look, that's just a matter of being comfortable with yourself. Conversely, stressing yourself out by trying not to make that obvious drifting glance downward from the face to the eyes is much more stressful.
I hope everyone is having a good day.
how is this good for your
how is this good for your health if she decks you, your wife decks you, either of them kick you in the gentleman's region or poke your eyes out?
Walk behind
Always walk behind your wife if there are views to be enjoyed by you alone.
Fakers?
Remeber that psychology study in which the baby monkeys were given surrogate wire "mommies" which were better than no mommies at all, but not as good as cuddly, soft mommies? I wonder if the next study will differentiate the health benefits attributable to real vs fake boobs? :-)
Really?
They found 200 men who DID NOT look at boobs for 5 years?
Gimme a break.
the non-oglers
I thought perhaps the conclusion should have been that men who force themselves to refrain from ogling cut five years off off their lives.
And why did the researchers stop with LOOKING? Wouldn't a study of healthy sex lives have been more to the point?
Really!
Why do you think their blood pressure was higher?
Immortality!
How do they know that the men who were told *not* to look at boobs simply had more problems due to the stress of trying to avoid looking at boobs?
...now that's what I call a rival hypothesis!
VERY clever. You must be in research.
I knew it.
I knew it.
Ah, then presumably
Ah, then presumably buttocks as well, dumbells.
AWESOME
Looks like I'm gonna live forever. Sweet.
false
I searched Pubmed that carried all scientific articles and this "study" has never been published. I don't believe that somebody would ever give money for this study!
I'm pretty sure that men
I'm pretty sure that men worldwide would pitch a couple bucks for a study like this.
It's strange, I don't know
It's strange, I don't know how to put this, but I'm a 19 year old girl, and this last year has been my first year working in the adult world. I'm in real estate, and when I was in school there was so much emphasis on adults not sexually harassing children that I never encountered any sexual problems with my day to day life. I was treated equally, and I felt that my opinion got heard.
As soon as I crossed over that 18 threshold, everything changed. I'm not being biased about age or saying that it should be illegal, but there is something predatory in the way that a 40 year old hits on a 19 year old girl. When I was in my work space, people and clients I met always seeemed aware of how I looked. I can't really explain it, but it felt that men disrespected ugly women for being unattractive, and disrespected attractive women for not being smart.
I don't know, the counter arguement to objectifying women is that it's a silencer. In our world, sex and pain aren't necessarily bad things. I don't think there should be laws against everything or that anyone should ever feel repressed, but the best thing to strive for is a world were people aren't violated. When a man ogles his girlfriend's breasts or stares at porn, they are acting in their sexual nature with consenting partners. When a young intern is working in a professional environment and is seen for her breasts and not her ideas, it is objectifying, it is silencing, and it is a violation of her rights. I'm not sure why so many of you feel like arguing this.
What "rights" of yours are
What "rights" of yours are being violated? Your "comfort"? Where is that right written? This is what always gets me about arguments such as this. No one has guaranteed you a comfortable life. You may no longer be a minor but in ths regard, you really need to grow. What about his right to look at what he wants to look at in life. Who are you to deprive him of that? What if I made the claim that anyone looking at my face made me uncomfortable and "objectified"? should I then be able to file complaints and demand punishment of all violaters? Give me a break. If you want to feel uncomfortable about someone gawking at your breast, fine. Go ahewad. But, don't try and turn that into someone else's burden. I think you're in for a very very rough life if little things such as this break you down. Your emotions and how you "feel" belong to you and only you. You cannot possibly expect the entire world to know, much less care how you feel or what you want. I'm not suggesting that we should all purposely go out of our way to bring distress to other's lives but really, get a grip, you're not so special that the entire world is going to revolve around how you "might feel" if they were to act in a way that might offend you. That creates a society where we are all held accountable to the whims of the weakest, most fragile, and pathetic among us. How about instead of expecting others to "not offend you" by where they direct their eyes you instead toughen up a whole lot and go about your own life. It's like the weather; some days it will be sunny and beautiful, some rainy, some sticky and humid. You don't get to sue anyone over it. It is what is. Grow up and deal with it.
very intelligently
very intelligently expressed. True, the adult world is vile and unfortunate especially for women. Obviously it is the naivety of children that hides/'protects' them. Once you are older, you are more aware of what goes on, the implications etc As a professional female in my late 20's i have learnt to assume a very naive outlook... i pretend im not aware of my sexuality, not aware that some people may only view me from that single lens. You may argue this is an escape from realism, but for me this helps me be me. In the sense that im now not overly concerned what the people in my male dominated profession think of me as woman. and the curious thing is that, im not as bothered any more about the stares at my breast-line etc..
You grow older, you learn to adapt. well i have had to.
Nature, not strange
Are you saying that you do not look at the rear end or "package" of a nicely fit man that is older than you?
It is 100% nature and ingrained deeply into us. Our DNA is programmed to spread our seed far an wide to continue our line. We didn't stare at you when you were in High School because you were not of the age of consent and who needs that trouble... The same instincts that have keept mankind proliferating also tells you to mate with the most attractive partner that you can.
I thought 19 year old women were sexy when I was a teen and still find them attractive. It's the lack of life experience that keeps me from hitting on them, not that I do not find younger women attractive. It does not make me a pervert or a dirty old man. I'm sure when you are my age, you will still find 19 year old boys attractive; attraction doesn't just magically disappear with age.
Not to be disrespectful
I'm just an average joe, and i'm a flirty guy. I'm not a creek, i'm not a perv, or a predator. You state that there is something predatory when a 40 year old man is gawking at a young stacked 19 year old, no thats not predatory. It's nature. Now if he's being creepy and it's unwanted, you also have harassment laws that protect you, so you should make sure to draw the line and tell him, hey you creep me out, stop staring at me unnecessarily. now all that said.
Women are a funny animal aren't they. I'm not judging you sweetheart, but if you are 19 year old, and you are good looking, with a nice rack (call me a pig if you like) and a nice firm ass to boot, you as a woman, and again, maybe i'm "stereo typing you" but you probably wear clothing that accentuates your curves, probably have cleavage, and are probably there to impress your bosses (fresh out of school, big job, lots of opportunities... i get it.
It's like the chick with the triple d's at my old job. Would wear a white wife beater to company functions and thin strapped tops to social events. Would wear necklace that would dangle into the middle of her cleavage and she would embarrass you if she caught you looking.
Tight fitting clothing, sweet remarks, girls can be sooo evil, and man you better not do something to piss off a good looking woman at the work place, she'll be your first HR issue and probably your last.
All i'm saying is, lighten up, if you got it and flaunt it, be proud of it. People only look not because they want to rape you in the parking lot, but because you are a sexy young thing that walked into their office one morning.
If it gets too creepy, make sure you set boundaries and if the boundaries are overstepped, report them to HR.
Just remember, we are guys, we are looking at your rack, when you walk away, or we say ladies first, it's because we want to see you walk in front of us. This is nature, we are just an animal and now, think of this, you are assisting 1000's of guys have healthier lives, so you and your sexy rack, are a life saver.
You failed at not being disrespectful.
I don't entirely understand why it is ok for men to objectify women because "they're just being men".
Not to mention that you are completely placing any blame on this poor girl because of course she asked for it based on what she is wearing, which is funny since she didn't indicate what she was wearing AT ALL and you still found it possible to flip this to the standard "well if you don't want us to look, wear different clothing".
You're response is disgusting and a sad example of the "rape culture" we have created. Blame the victim for being too sexy and not the slob who can't keep his eyes to himself. It's shameful.
I would have to say that
I would have to say that much of what you call "rape culture" actually springs from a "sex Negative Culture" that has existed in this country since the time of the Puritans. We have this misconception that just because I'm looking at you, I want to have sex with you regardless of your wishes. That just isn't the case for most men.
Looking nice isn't wrong just be open minded when a man notices.
There are some good books out there on "Sex Positive Culture" by the Author Carol Queen. I don't have any of the titles handy but she is a spectacular writer. I think the world would benefit from altering our ideas about sex in general.
There are just as many perv
There are just as many perv older guys as women. If you see guys wearing half of the clothes women deem ok to work in, I would be sure women would be looking just as much. I'm not saying any of this is right or wrong.
When she gets older I'm sure she is going to want people to look at her.
You are right, completely,
You are right, completely, but you are looking at it from the wrong angle. Im a guy, so I dont know this for a fact, but it seems to me that women who have nice breasts are able to accomplish more with them as they get older and realize the power that they weild. As far as Predatory type people in general, they look for weakness in individuals and exploit them to their advantage. So then 40 year old guys checking you out in a predatory way, once they sense you are uncomforable with that, they are going to attempt to take advantage of that for whatever purpose, be it a one nighter, or in a professional capacity. Now...how this is precisely done, Im not sure, but it seems to me more experienced women are able to turn that around to their advantage rather handily. Something of a Venus fly trap, they lure then in with their beauty, and then have them for breakfast. Call it the "Boobie Jedi Mind Trick" if you will. :) But Im just a dude who likes breasts, what do I know. Just remember that not everybody who checks you out is intentionally trying to be a jerk, its just a lot of us have this natural compulsion thats really neither right nor wrong, it just is what it is. As far as this article is concerned, what a bunch of whooie... So if this is to be true then on average gay men live shorter lives? I got a hundred questions like that that debunk this whole article but this reply is long enough already, cheers.
no way dude. it's not the
no way dude. it's not the staring at breasts by itself. read closer. it's getting excited, stimulating blood flow, probably releasing endorphins
, that kind of stuff, which results from staring at boobs, that is good for your health. in fact, I bet this benefit is way more available for gay men to take advantage. If most gay men are as much horndogs as am I and are most straight men they know, then they just get to ogle each other, and perhaps without the same threat of being perceived as creepy. At this point I'm just conjecturing - what do I know. But the point is that it's not what you stare at, it's how your body reacts to that starting.
They draw a conclusion that
They draw a conclusion that it is the sexual excitement, but they would need to do a comparative study on other things that trigger sexual excitement in order to come to a sound scientific conclusion like that and there is no hint of that anywhere here.
There are other things breasts trigger for humans in general.
I am female and I have a response to staring at breasts that feels soothing for me while not sexually stimulating and I would bet that that same feeling could exist for men. Not noticed as quickly because it's less dramatic than arousal and maybe not noticed by most people. I am extra in touch with my body and my feelings so that may have something to do with my awareness of that (I also have extra sensitive taste buds and other things of that nature)
therapy
So the next time you get caught staring at a perfect set, simply say, excuse me, I'm doing my exercises.Don't forget to thank the lady for contributing to your longevity.
it's ok to look, not to stare
No, this study makes perfect sense. It just means that enjoying a pleasurable sight reduces stress, which is good for you. The corollary for gay men might be checking out some nice pecs or tight buns...
good news - I'm going to
good news - I'm going to live forever
some women like attention
some women like attention even from strange men and some dont. period. About the study, I think it could be about men staring at the breasts of their loved ones or total strangers. Anyhow, I feel like the research, except disclosing the medical facts out of that experience never brought to light anything new since men have been known for staring at a girls' boobs anyway.
But now there is
But now there is one more good excuse to look at them.
It's not even possible to
It's not even possible to objectify a person... people that say men 'objectify' women are morons, and need to go read a book.
if you think a person is
if you think a person is only good for sex, only see them as a body part and don't think they have a mind, that is objectifing a person. that's just common sense dude.
I think the point is, an
I think the point is, an object can be defined as a person, place or thing.
is there a difference?
I'd like to point out that the body whether it be male or female is an object, and can be viewed and appreciated as thus. I am proud to be a sexual creature, and wish most women would be as well(not a sexual creature cause you are, but proud of it). I do agree that many men do only look at the superficial body, especially if only looking for sex, but there are also many (or maybe just me shrug) of us who just can't help, but appreciate the female form under any circumstance, yet would never actually objectify the person inhabiting that body (most male teachers already fought that battle internally and won, those who can't, quit very soon, from fear of society's bootheels. Even if they would never act upon their urges). To put it simply men are visually stimulated, and it takes supreme willpower for us not to stare at things which attract us. Of course the study would show that men who do not restrain themselves from looking are more "Heart Healthy", restraint = stress, and stress = high blood pressure, and high blood pressure = high heart attack risk.
boobies
if you don't want men to stare at them, don't put them out on display. it's as simple as that.
Except for the fact that
Except for the fact that that doesn't work at all.
That's pretty much the same logic as, "Women lead married men astray, so they need to be covered from head to toe." This may sound like a slippery-slope fallacy, but where does it end? I mean, women barely even have control over their reproductive choices.
I'm not trying to be inflammatory, but it really is wrong to think that way. I mean, some people think wearing knee-length skirts is showing too much skin. In some places, people don't mind if a woman wears a bikini around town. The standards are different everywhere. I mean, I (and my friends) have been stared at and cat-called at when we weren't really displaying anything. At a certain point, it really is tiresome.
It's not a bad thing to notice an attractive person, but don't throw a hissy fit when a woman doesn't want to be ogled.
Who's throwing a hissy fit?
Who's throwing a hissy fit? They were offering advice.
Sadly, this is false and
Sadly, this is false and has been spread around the internet since 1999.
Most sensible comment so
Most sensible comment so far.
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