Love, sex and the male brain

This is a very good article. It rings true to me. I am very happy that my interest in sex has declined. In fact, I'm beginning to view the whole romance thing that happens between young couples with the same annoyance one feels when seeing dogs mounting in the park. While they drown in the high of their hormones, they imagine that something more is going on than just two critters fucking in the park.

RE: Love, sex and the male brain

...All that testosterone drives the "Man Trance"-- that glazed-eye look a man gets when he sees breasts. As a woman who was among the ranks of the early feminists, I wish I could say that men can stop themselves from entering this trance. But the truth is, they can't. Their visual brain circuits are always on the lookout for fertile mates. Whether or not they intend to pursue a visual enticement, they have to check out the goods.

To a man, this is the most natural response in the world, so he's dismayed by how betrayed his wife or girlfriend feels when she sees him eyeing another woman. Men look at attractive women the way we look at pretty butterflies. They catch the male brain's attention for a second, but then they flit out of his mind. Five minutes later, while we're still fuming, he's deciding whether he wants ribs or chicken for dinner. He asks us, "What's wrong?" We say, "Nothing." He shrugs and turns on the TV. We smolder and fear that he'll leave us for another woman...