'Lesbian Obesity Study' Significance, Outcome Divides Media Outlets
(note: they recently got an additional $600K+ to bring the total to 2.2 million)
seriously? did they really need to spend that kind of money?
I can tell you why 75% of lesbians are over-weight and why gay dudes are 1/2 as likely to be over-weight than straights.
women, in general, lead more sedentary lifestyles. which is why nearly 1/2 of US women are over-weight. Couple that with the emotional baggage that many lesbians carry (leading to greater consumption of "comfort foods". Chasity (now Chaz) Bono anyone?) and there you have it.
now for the men:
There are more women than men, so straight dudes have a larger pool to pick from than gay dudes. A straight dude can be fat as hell and as long as he has a decent job and isn't a complete douchebag he can find a mate. And, couple that with the aforementioned fact that 1/2 of all women are fat as well.... much less incentive for straight guys to stay slim and trim.
Gay dudes, on the otherhand, have a much smaller pool or prospective partners to pick from and therefore must keep to a higher standard to find partners (chubby chasers not withstanding)
and there you have it. and it didn't take me 3 years to figure it out. they could've cut me a check for $500K and saved the govt 1.7 million dollars
Is this a joke? Please tell me this is a joke.....please
“It will be impossible to develop evidence-based preventive interventions unless we first answer basic questions about causal pathways, as we plan to do,” they said. “Our study has high potential for public health impact not only for sexual minorities but also for heterosexuals, as we seek to uncover how processes of gender socialization may exacerbate obesity risk in both sexual minority females and heterosexual males.”
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/fed...udy-why-lesbians-are-fat#sthash.ieQdhZm4.dpuf
sadly... the govt wasting 2.2 million on this study is no joke.
even worse...this is planned to be a 5 year study. given current spending it could top out at around 3.5 million dollars
even worse worse, they are in year 3 of this study and this is what they have to say about it
so over 2 years and 2 million dollars in and they still don't know jack ****. only that they "plan to" do something and "seek to uncover" something else.
When we get older, and are speaking of widows, I think I read that the gap is even larger, and that there are somewhere around 3 or 4 women per men, since men tend to die at a younger age. It's pretty slim pickens out here for widows who are straight. That being said, some of us are not interested in a big fat dude no matter what his income or personality characteristics.There are more women than men, so straight dudes have a larger pool to pick from ...... A straight dude can be fat as hell and as long as he has a decent job and isn't a complete douchebag he can find a mate. .
I'm referring to what you added regarding women leading sedentary lifes etc.
When we get older, and are speaking of widows, I think I read that the gap is even larger, and that there are somewhere around 3 or 4 women per men, since men tend to die at a younger age. It's pretty slim pickens out here for widows who are straight. That being said, some of us are not interested in a big fat dude no matter what his income or personality characteristics.
'Lesbian Obesity Study' Significance, Outcome Divides Media Outlets
(note: they recently got an additional $600K+ to bring the total to 2.2 million)
seriously? did they really need to spend that kind of money?
I can tell you why 75% of lesbians are over-weight and why gay dudes are 1/2 as likely to be over-weight than straights.
women, in general, lead more sedentary lifestyles. which is why nearly 1/2 of US women are over-weight. Couple that with the emotional baggage that many lesbians carry (leading to greater consumption of "comfort foods". Chasity (now Chaz) Bono anyone?) and there you have it.
now for the men:
There are more women than men, so straight dudes have a larger pool to pick from than gay dudes. A straight dude can be fat as hell and as long as he has a decent job and isn't a complete douchebag he can find a mate. And, couple that with the aforementioned fact that 1/2 of all women are fat as well.... much less incentive for straight guys to stay slim and trim.
Gay dudes, on the otherhand, have a much smaller pool or prospective partners to pick from and therefore must keep to a higher standard to find partners (chubby chasers not withstanding)
and there you have it. and it didn't take me 3 years to figure it out. they could've cut me a check for $500K and saved the govt 1.7 million dollars
Sigh there goes all hope for me
When we get older, and are speaking of widows, I think I read that the gap is even larger, and that there are somewhere around 3 or 4 women per men, since men tend to die at a younger age. It's pretty slim pickens out here for widows who are straight. That being said, some of us are not interested in a big fat dude no matter what his income or personality characteristics.
Well, I'm sure there are women who don't mind, but obese people tend to have more serious health issues than those of average or less-than-average weight. A little overweight is no problem, but serious obesity brings a lot of baggage with it.
Government, I want my almost $.01 back...seriously.
So your saying even though Im a broke douchebag being fat will not necessarily cause me to grow old alone and miserable?
It's the broke and douchebag part that will get you.
I'm not fat, but neither am I a slim jim. I'm not rich. I'm not particularly good looking. And (in case you haven't noticed) I can be a bit of an asshole. I am also 50 and married but I still have single ladies flirting with me on a regular basis. A couple have even made outright "offers" just in case anything ever happens and I find myself single again. It is definitely a "man's market" out there and it only gets better, for men, as you get older.
So being lesbian is an added health risk for women, and being gay helps the health of men? We must spend millions more (of other people's money) to investigate this facinating subject.
Yeah, my husband was the same way, except that he wasn't an asshole. :lol:
(btw, I don't view you as such)
He could have had virtually his pick of just about any woman he knew, who wasn't already married or otherwise seriously involved.
So your saying even though Im a broke douchebag being fat will not necessarily cause me to grow old alone and miserable?
I think you could probably order them with Numbero Uno being Broke. They won't stand for that. Then it's a toss up between being fat or a douchebag. Probably if you're a decent guy, they could excuse being fat.
Not at all. Try again, and include my initial post. "Some of us" aren't all of us. It takes all kinds and some women don't mind at all.
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