She's just not that into you...

science of romance

SHE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU…

We’re beginning to understand why some men can’t seem to take a hint.

Researchers studied the sexual attitudes of men and found a clear correlation between why certain men think every waitress they meet is into them.

WHAT DID THEY FIND?

• Men who tend to sexually objectify women are also much more likely to incorrectly believe a woman is attracted to them

• These men tend to think a woman wearing revealing clothing means they’re attracted to them - and overlook facial expressions that indicate a complete lack of attraction.

• Men with healthier attitudes toward women were much better at reading cues and correctly determining attraction.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Nice guys finish first - men with toxic attitudes about women are much worse at determining if a woman is attracted to them

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arts

MUSIC IS GETTING ANGRIER - WE HAVE PROOF

Over the past 40 years of music, researchers found a sharp increase in the rates of angry and self-obsessed lyrics.

Words like “me” and “mine” are much more common in songs after 2020 than in songs before 1980 - repetitive lyrics featuring sadness and rage rose as well.

WHY IT MATTERS?

• This increase coincides with rises in clinical depression and social anxiety.

• Every genre of music was found to have become angrier - but rap/pop music led the way in crankiness.

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heists

FORMER CURATOR (allegedly) ROBS LONDON MUSEUM FOR EBAY MERCH

The former curator of Greek and Roman artifacts at the London Museum is in hot water for staging a real life art heist.

Peter Higgs is charged with having robbed over 1,800 artifacts from the London Museum, and is alleged to have sold hundreds of them on eBay.

WHY IT MATTERS?

• The museum has only recovered a few hundred of the artifacts, and will struggle to recover the rest.

• These artifacts were thousands of years old and extremely rare

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