[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] It is said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but a new study suggests that when it comes to sex, food is the last thing on his mind.Horny trumps hungry? Who knew?
Researchers have found that the male brain is hardwired to seek out sex, even at the expense of a good meal, with specific neurons firing up to over-ride the desire to eat.
Primitive male trekking across the savannah... boobies ahead to the left... pomegranates to the right... boobies win every time.
Intriguingly, women do not have the same neurons, suggesting that sex for females comes secondary to sustenance.
Female trekking across the fruited plain... male to the left... chocolates to the right... bon bons win every time.
Although the neurons have only been found in the brains of nematode worms,
| ...that's a heck of an extrapolation there... |
Woman can always get man, can't always get bon bons. Man can always get pomegranate, can't always get woman.