Homo Consumericus

The nature and nurture of consumption.

by Gad Saad, Ph.D.

Sex Differences Along the Seven Deadly Sins: The Vatican Report

By Gad Saad, Ph.D. on January 25, 2012 in Homo Consumericus

Do men and women succumb to the seven deadly sins in similar ways? A study conducted by a priest reveals some interesting findings. Read More

Interesting

Submitted by Derek Theriault on January 25, 2012 - 11:16pm.

Science in the confessional: Who would have thought? It is nice to see that Catholics are maintaining their pursuit of knowledge.

The study seems to be based on relatively objective measures (i.e., people are probably confessing truthes), so it would also be interesting to get more subjective perceptions of men and women in the general population about the opposite sex. The more objective measures could then be compared to these perceptions. For instance, men could rank the deadly sins according to which ones they think women perform the most, and vice versa.

This would be one way to see if men really 'know' women, and vice versa. It would also be interesting to divide the perception rankings along group lines, such as 'liberals', 'conservatives', 'feminists', 'mysogynists', 'developmental psychologists, 'evolutionary psychologists' etc. Who would be most congruent with the more objective data and who would be most different? And why?

Could be provocative...It might show that certain groups understand more about our evolved psychology than they care to admit exists.

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Good stuff

Submitted by Martian Bachelor on January 26, 2012 - 6:16am.

It is notabable how survival and reproduction issues bubble up to the top of the list. Sometimes you wonder just whose side religion is on.

PBS's Frontline documentary program this week was on the meth epidemic. When they got to the brainscans and neurochemistry part of the story, they showed the graph of the dopamine spike from various activities. Basically, sex is equal to two cheeseburgers. That's all.

(Sorry gals. It's not like in the megachick flick "Pretty Woman", where not only does the virgin whore get Richard Gere, but a rate of about a million $$'s per year as a bonus.)

Has anyone looked into the obesity epidemic as being about people choosing cheeseburgers over sex because the former are cheap while the latter is priced so high it's out of reach, like by at least an order of magnitude? ($25 for two good cheeseburgers vs. at least ~$250+ for a pro)