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 Foxy....or Fertile? Just when you thought you'd found a pair of pants that don't make your ass look big, along comes a study that says your allure has less to do with your wardrobe choice - or your ass size -- and more to do with your menstrual cycle. Craig Roberts and his colleagues at the University of Newcastle studied how the attractiveness of female faces vary during their monthly cycle and they discovered that both men and women found women's faces to be most attractive when the woman is at the peak of her fertility.  The research involved photographs of 50 women between the ages of 19 and 33, one taken eight to 14 days after the last day of their periods, when they were at the peak of fertility, and a second photo taken 14 days later. The researchers then asked 125 men and 125 women to judge which of the two photos were most attractive. Between 51% and 59% of each gender chose the photo of the woman at her fertility peak.Roberts' studies were based upon the facts that animals possess obvious signals that let their mates know when they are fertile, i.e. female chimps' genital areas swell and turn pink. Unfortunately, Roberts has no idea what made people choose the more fertile picture. "The color and condition of their skin may be important," he says, suggesting that previous studies have shown that skin tone becomes lighter during ovulation. "But there may be more factors; we have to look into that more," he says. The women in the study seemed more attuned to the subtle difference. Ian Penton-Voak, a psychologist at Stirling University in the UK, believes women in particular may have an evolved sensitivity to other women's cycles in order to help them assess their rivals when competing for mates. Penton-Voak's own research has shown that women prefer masculine-looking men when they are ovulating and men with softer features during the rest of their cycles. Other similar studies have shown that men might use other clues to help them pinpoint their partner's fertility. Factors such as female body odor have been cited, or the way in which a woman's ears and breasts actually become more symmetrical in the days leading up to ovulation. Cyclically symmetrical ears and boobs? Does that mean we can all throw away our WonderBras? Cumming Keeps You Healthy! Not like men needed any more reason to spread their seed, but now they can include "doctor's orders." That's right, a new study from the National Cancer Institute suggests that men who spew plenty of spooge may be protecting themselves from prostate cancer.  The current research is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The chief author of the study, who is a physician and investigator at the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Michael Leitzmann, surveyed over 29,000 healthy men and found that frequent ejaculations - including those resulting from wet dreams and masturbation - may "decrease the concentration of carcinogens which accumulate in prostatic fluid." Or to put it plainly, coming a lot keeps your plumbing cleaned out.This study confirms a smaller Australian study from July 2003 that "came" to similar conclusions. That study, by Graham Giles and the Cancer Council Victoria, discovered that the more often men ejaculated between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they were to suffer from prostate cancer. The survey covered 1,079 prostate cancer patients and 1,259 healthy men and found that the guys who had sex at least once a day in their 20s were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer. "The more you flush the ducts out, the less there is to hang around and damage the cells that line them," Giles said at the time. Most of the previous research into this area focused on whether sexual frequency could CAUSE prostate cancer. The theory was that "increased production of the male hormone testosterone could prompt prostate cell growth," Dr. Leitzmann said in an interview. Imagine the surprise when it was found that not only is "ejaculation frequency not related to an increased risk. There is no adverse effect. And ... higher elevations of ejaculation appear to protect men from developing prostate cancer," said Leitzmann. In case you aren't familiar with this pleasure center, the prostate is a small gland that produces some of the fluid for semen. Prostate cancer is the second most common kind of cancer (after skin cancer) diagnosed among U.S. men, and is highly survivable if caught in time. Swinging Swinger! Okay, so maybe he's just a nudist. Ronald Peterson is facing charges of indecent exposure after being caught swinging naked on a rope over a creek at Beaver Creek Campground in Camp Verde, Arizona. Sheriff's deputies were alerted to the dangling naturalist and his dangling bits by the camp host and picnicking people. The sheriff's office reports that 60-year-old Peterson told the deputies he didn't mean to offend anyone and hadn't been aware that he had company. Peterson was arrested and booked into the Yavapai County Jail in Camp Verde for investigation of six felony counts of indecent exposure and five misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure. That's a lot of indecent exposure for one swingin' old man! Can a Pig Wrestler Be Crowned a Beauty Queen?  Evidently the answer is yes! Shandi Finnessey, 25, was crowned Miss USA 2004 Monday, April 12. The fast-food loving babe from Missouri says two of the wildest things she's ever done was bungee jump and wrestle a greased pig. She demonstrated how firmly she believes in experiencing all that life has to offer when she was asked which serves a person better in life, experience or education: "Definitely experience, because you get your knowledge through experience," Finnessey replied. "Each moment that comes by, I think that teaches you more knowledge than anything you could possibly read in a book."Among her other accomplishments, Shandi has master's degrees in psychology and counseling from Lindenwood University and has published a children's book. She plans to eventually use her counseling degree in a television job. Finnessey won the title Monday night over 50 other equally beautiful contestants and now goes on to represent the United States at the Miss Universe pageant in Quito, Ecuador, on June 1. The beauty pageant-perfect Finnessey is a 5-foot-11, blue-eyed blonde who says her favorite food is a supersized extra-value meal from McDonald's. So not only can a girl who wrestles pigs become Miss USA, she can also wolf down Big Macs and still look drop-dead gorgeous in a skimpy bikini!
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