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Good news today for men finding themselves unfortunately circumstanced in terms of feminine companionship: and also for heterosexual members of the Brigade of Guards. Researchers have discovered that women - indeed, all "female primates" - are more strongly attracted to men wearing the colour red. “Red is typically thought of …
I wonder if this is tied in to that old gender stereotype of little girls preferring pink? I know that my niece, whose Mum is something of a tomboy and rarely wears anything but jeans, will still go for pink clothes over anything else.
Anecdotally I've noticed that when I've worn pink or red when visiting friends or family whom I don't see often, their young (2-4yrs) kids seem to get over their usual shyness with strangers more quickly, reaching the "carry me" stage noticeably sooner.
There is some science, women are better at perceiving red than men because the code for 'can see red' is in the X chromosome. This means 99% of women get a double dose of red (also means it's rare for a female to be colour blind) the rest of the population have to get by with one or less shots of red. Same reason most women really can spot the difference between white and er.. white.
I'm colour-blind. This makes me *special*. It's a sign of intelligence, you know... cough.
I wouldn't know about it if I hadn't failed those dotty tests. It only affects me in that I can't see the numbers in those dotty tests, and I can't be a pilot (just like the kid in Little Miss Sunshine). And I occasionally can't tell if something is yellow or green. But that's about it.
Red does have an effect on people - it draws the eye. Wear red, get looked at - get red in photos or designs and they will get looked at. It wouldn't surprise me if they discovered all sorts of other stuff about it. Like, teens have moved on from iDosing to staring at red things until they experience a "high".
>> I wouldn't know about it if I hadn't failed those dotty tests. It only affects me in that I can't see the numbers in those dotty tests, and I can't be a pilot (just like the kid in Little Miss Sunshine).
Yeah, I failed the Ishihara test as well - very red-green deficient like about 7% (1 in 14) of men. However, that is not a block to holding a pilots licence. If you fail the Ishihara test, they can let you do a Lantern Test where they show you a tiny dot of coloured light from a distance to simulate you getting light signals from the tower. If you can pass that (I just managed), then you would be deemed colour safe and that's it. If you can't pass that, then you can still fly, but daytime only - it will rule out commercial flying but not private flying.
Full details are at http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=49&pagetype=90&pageid=528
So if you want to fly, colour blindness need not be a handicap.
Wait, no, gorillas; they said gorillas.
I always get the words confused when an article lapses into Spanish.
I still wonder why they look at me funny when I go to a Mexican restaurant and order a cheese gorilla.
Maybe I am not wearing enough red.
I bet if I put on my Star Trek red shirt I could have cool Monkey Sex (kids if you try this at home stay away from the sheep.) because I have a feeling that every Trekker out there thinks this way.
I am 62 now; Luke I am your grandfather; breath, damn machine.
I am old enough to remember black and white TV and wonder exactly how did the perception of the color red come over the airways back then.
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