Monthly Archives: November 2015
Sniffing out a soulmate: Politics & body odor
In the category of “strange but true,” a recent study in the American Journal of Political Science reveals that people find the body odor of individuals with similar political opinions more attractive than that of folks with opposing views. In other words, conservatives and liberals don’t smell the same to potential mates, and people prefer […]
Boy Scout badges for baby boomers
Boomers, the birds & the bees
We baby boomers came of age in a time of radical social change, not the least of which was the sexual revolution. Women’s lib empowered young women to claim their rights in the bedroom. The Pill freed us from fear of unwanted pregnancy. “Free love” and “Make love, not war” were bywords of our generation. […]