«PERSONNALY I LOVED PORNO AND I BOUGHT LOTS OF IT ALL THE TIME"

Past research has found that men's testosterone levels rise after a vicarious win -- whether it's an election or a sports competition. (I have no trouble believing that, based on the wild scene last night in San Francisco after the Giants messed with Texas, again.) The evolutionary theory is that, as Time magazine's Belinda Luscombe explains, a man "could be hurt or killed, and therefore not breed if he kept fighting even though outmatched." Given the association between testosterone and sexual behavior, the researchers decided to look at how American porn-viewing habits changed after elections. They found that after the 2004 presidential election, red states did significantly more online trolling for smut; and in 2008, blue states took the lead. That's even after controlling for traditional X-rated search rates in those states.

-Salon
Oct 30 2010