Do ‘Typical’ Sexual Fantasies Even Exist?
Can we use unusual sexual fantasies to identify sexual deviancy? Is there a link between what people fantasize about and how they actually behave? Psychiatry’s two main diagnostic manuals list certain sexual interests – such as voyeurism, exhibitionism, fetishism, sadism and masochism – as “anomalous” or “unusual”. But, our study shows that some of these…
Bankers Are More Likely To Cheat — But Only When At Work
A recent experimental study sought to answer the question as to whether bankers are more likely to cheat than people in other professions. You can probably imagine the results, but you’ll be surprised as to the reason why. There is something in the culture of banking that lends itself toward making otherwise fairly good people…
Why Are Civilian Revolutionaries Prepared To Die For One Another?
It’s often said that blood is thicker than water – that family ties trump all others. But research with groups of men fighting in Libya has suggested that the bonds they formed in times of great adversity were as strong as those they had with their own kin. Above: Fighters for Libya’s interim government rejoice…