Bikinis turn men into...?

Question

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197962/

How relevant do you think this "study" is to male and female relations? Do you feel it has any kind of real basis in fact? Do you think the conclusion, that the more skin we show the stupider men get, is true?

Answer 1

Modesty is an illusion. Its that idea that people need to hide things that makes bikini's so interesting. A hundred years ago it was scandal if you saw a woman's ankle. Now nobody freaks out until its a bikini. Not all guys get stupid when they see one.

Besides its not like women don't get excited when they see a healthy male body at the beach or wherever. Its human nature.

The media exaggerates everything to unhealthy levels. They resort to artificial means to make their products 'sexier' than is actually humanly possible as they try to out do each other and get more people's attention. Theres nothing wrong with that if you can accept that its all fantasy. The danger is that girls and boys grow up seeing this stuff and expect that to be normal when its all just Photoshop. We have to counteract that influence by letting them know that stuff is just made up.

Good luck.

Answer 2

I don't need a study to know that sexual stimuli has adverse affects on judgment. Males are receptive to visual stimuli. That causes hormones and such to flow which, as most should already know, alters thinking.

Answer 3

It's pretty old news that men like looking at women and women like being noticed.

Answer 4

Im wondering how the study was held, did the men offer the amount to negotiate to or did the scientists offer lower amounts and the men took it

Im not surprised, the male body only has so much blood to carry oxygen with...

Answer 5

bikinis are distracting. its completely natural. the more skin women show the more out-control-men get. i wouldn't call it  becoming stupider, id call it becoming extremely distracted

i think a similar study should be done on women so that we know how their minds work

Answer 6

Women are hot.. what else is there to say. All of them.

Answer 7

it isn't necessarily the more skin we show.

some clothing covers a lot of skin, but is somehow suggestive of s*x to many men. then they get stupid.

Answer 8

Reporting common sense and ironically stupid things like this is why MSNBC gets the lowest ratings of the three big cable news networks, which would be Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.

Answer 9

Is this news to anyone? Mata Hari made an entire spy operation based around the fact that males have poor judgement when turned on...

It's long been a known fact for females that if they want to get something from their men, get him worked up first. We'll agree to anything...

Answer 10

I believe the "mankini" is getting popular in Britain.

Answer 11

Hahahahaha - that picture is great. And yeah, I think the blood flow goes elsewhere, rendering their minds useless for about 3 seconds. :)

This is why I have wearing anything revealing. I don't want that kind of attention.

I don't even wear sleeveless, and I live in TX!

Answer 12

Why should these results surprise any women. Men have a different s*x drive than women. Throw in a little alcohol, and you will really see the sparks fly. I feel sorry for young women today. They have a misunderstanding of male sexuality.

Answer 13

Maybe in general it's true, but not 100%.

I'm sure some men get stupider looking at other men in swimming trunks or board shorts.

Answer 14

Jewelry & gold turn women into...

you conclude the bla bla,,

and yes it is true that a body in a bikini blows up a man's brain

likewise ,, women have weak points like jewelry, gold , money,, those things turn women into different forms

Answer 15

That article is interesting.  But it's nothing new.  s*x sells, and the media/sales know it, so they continue to sexualize women.  

But bikinis don't only turn MEN into b***s.  Look at the woman in that picture!  She's not exactly acting like a lady who respects herself now is she?  They also turn women into attention seeking whores.  The whole basis behind a bikini is not comfort, but to seek attention.  There are normal bathing suits to wear that allow a woman some modesty, and are still s**y and classy.  The bikini is worn on purpose.  So who is really the messed up boob?

Answer 16

Of course it's true, many of us know this from experience.  However, I don't think it says anything bad about men in general.  To men, visual stimulation is as powerful as physical stimulation is to women.  So imagine a woman out in public experiencing some sort of physical stimulation and still being able to concentrate on what she is doing.  Not going to happen.  She would become a babbling "stupid brain" as well.  

The fact of the matter is simply that women these days find it socially acceptable to dress nearly naked for the beach and in lingerie style bathing suits.  So why should we be surprised?  ;)  

I personally have no problem with it, just be ready for the consequences of your bikini!

Answer 17

But-  men aren't affected by emotion (lust is an emotion) only women are....

Answer 18

I don't think it make men more stupid, but it does impair their judgment.  Just as men who appear to be powerful impair women's judgment.  But I think they have to find they person attractive.