British scientists who studied the emotional states of men and women after casual sex suggested that evolution has made women averse to one night stands, making them value quality over quantity (Metro, UK). Professor Anne Campbell of Durham University said women would feel happier after casual sex if it was advantageous in evolutionary terms, after a study of 1,743 men and women who’d had one night stands showed that 80% of men felt great afterwards compared to 54% of women (the others reportedly felt ‘used’ and ‘regretful’).
The details emerged as politicians in Ecuador rejected a proposal by Maria Soledad Vela that women should have a legal right to sexual pleasure, with women being allowed to sue their husbands if they fail to perform. “I think even if my proposal generated laughs and ridicule some parts of society are rethinking what really is a healthy sexual relationship and sexual pleasure,” Mrs Vela told the National Post, after her bill was discarded.
In the UK, the Daily Mail reported on another sex study which revealed that two out of three women in clubs agreed to dance with a man after he touched her arm briefly when making his request, reducing to one in three when the same man kept his hands to himself. “When it comes to catching a woman’s eye, little beats a winning smile and a touch on the arm,” the Mail suggested, “Research shows something as simple as a gentle brush of a woman’s arm can boost a man’s chances in love.”
The Mail’s story appeared as US newspaper the Faye Observer, reported on the scary case of former Special Forces soldier Ken Russ who appeared in court recently testifying against Rebecca Dawson 26 after she was charged with partially castrating him with her bare hands at a drunken Xmas party in December 2006. Ms Dawson Ms Dawson was this week given a new trial date after jurors failed to agree on his story that she sunk her nails into his scrotum after he refused to drive her home, or hers that he attacked her after she rejected a threesome with Russ and his girlfriend.
Ms Dawson also faces additional charges of assaulting one of the police officers who arrested her and kicking in the window of their car as they dragged her away.
