We dress to impress

Here's something interesting.

Women dress to impress when they are at their most fertile, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study they say shows that signs of human ovulation may not be as mysterious as some scientists believe.

A study of young college women showed they frequently wore more fashionable or flashier clothing and jewelery when they were ovulating, as assessed by a panel of men and women looking at their photographs.

"They tend to put on skirts instead of pants, show more skin and generally dress more fashionably," said Martie Haselton, a communication studies and psychology expert at the University of California Los Angeles who led the study......

.....For example, one woman wore loose knit leggings and a tank top in both photos. "In her high fertility photograph, she would be wearing a very pretty tank top and she was wwearing more jewelery. The difference was quite subtle," Haselton said.....

.....Haselton's team had earlier reported that women were more likely to flirt and look at attractive men when ovulating.

I find this extremely interesting because it's something I've noticed in myself. Except I call it being restless. Since my monthly cycle has sort of settled down now, it's easier to notice these things because I don't normally dress up, to boot. In fact, I'm notorious for dressing down now.


So. Truth to the observations. Interesting indeed!