The Science of Cougar Sex: Why Older Women Lust

Time by John Cloud | Jul. 13, 2010 (Special Report)

A new journal article suggests that evolutionary forces also push women to be more sexual, although in unexpected ways. University of Texas psychologist David Buss wrote the article, which appears in the July issue of Personality and Individual Differences, with the help of three graduate students, Judith Easton (who is listed as lead author), Jaime Confer and Cari Goetz. Buss, Easton and their colleagues found that women in their 30s and early 40s are ... Full Story »

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Oliver Jones
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 by Oliver Jones - Jul. 14, 2010

Bad science reporting! This article unthinkingly employs the infamously triumphalist "evolutionary forces push" some kind of biological trait fallacy. At best, that's a convenient scientific shorthand for "we speculate that thus and such a trait is (a) heritable and (b) confers a selective advantage." It reports some facts from a scientific paper. But the only source is the authors. An outfit like Time with a budget and access to talent can do better. Fail.

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