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Elections, evolution and porn linked in study

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
November 4, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 11/04/2010 - 11:32
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Researchers Patrick Markey and Charlotte Markey, associate professors in psychology at Villanova University and Rutgers University, respectively, were trying to test the idea that testosterone levels rise after a male has won a fight or challenge, and fall after he has lost. This would make evolutionary sense, because he could be hurt or killed, and therefore not breed if he kept fighting even though outmatched.

What does that have to do with college kids and politics?   According to their research, online porn usage goes up in states that voted for winning candidates after elections.

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