Abbey and Melby (1986) found that males perceived more sexual intent than females in both ambiguous and nonambiguous nonverbal situations. Levesque et al (2006) also found that men attributed more sexual interest after brief interaction than women, but that women tended to generalize attraction to positive personality characteristics more than men ( Read more... )

Burnham et al (2003) found that men in current committed relationships (whether married or unmarried) had 21% lower saliva testosterone levels than single men. Gray et al (2004) confirmed these results, and found that this effect was more pronounced in afternoon and evening samples of testosterone levels than in morning samples. However, it is ( Read more... )

The Times Online (UK) reports that PETA, with the support of tennis star Martina Navratilova is protesting research on "male-oriented" rams by researcher Charles Roselli. PETA claims that Roselli is trying to turn gay sheep straight, but in an interview with The Next Hurrah, Roselli says he finds accusations that he is looking for a cure for ( Read more... )

Until recently, it was thought that eating disorders affected almost almost exclusively women. However, a growing body of research is examining the ways that men are affected. Carlat et al (1997) studied the cases of 135 men treated for eating disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital between 1980 and 1994. Although they found that the male ( Read more... )