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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Economics of Fertility

Is the tip differential related to the fact that women may be more "active" during their peak period of fertility vs. a bit more sluggish (and less hussler-like) during menstruation?

"Psychologist Geoffrey Miller and colleagues tapped the talent at local gentlemen's clubs and counted tips made on lap dances. Dancers made about $70 an hour during their peak period of fertility, versus about $35 while menstruating and $50 in between...Miller links the wage fluctuations to changes in body odor, waist-to-hip ratio, and facial features."

The Stripper's Secret
by Matthew Hutson
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-4435.html

1 comment:

Allison said...

I doubt it had anything to do with how the women themselves were actually feeling. Pheromones probably had something to do with it. I read somewhere that men's bodies can detect a woman's fertile period, although the men themselves may have no idea what makes a woman more attractive at that time...