Apropos to Josh Strawn's post on Tuesday about Haifa Wehbe, in which he posts a video that has been reminding me for the last two days of why I turned gay in college, this article in Psychology Today, Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature, offers the following:

• blondes with big tits really are more attractive (that's only half-apropos to Haifa Wehbe, but bear with me)
• it's natural for politicians to risk their careers to have affairs
• attractive people have more daughters (what about Posh + Becks?!)...
• ...but sons reduce the risk of divorce
• men have midlife crises because their wives are old, and biological imperatives propel men to seek out non-menopausal targets for their genetic material
• and finally, "most suicide bombers are Muslim"

Here's what the article has to say about the latter:

What distinguishes Islam from other major religions is that it tolerates polygyny. By allowing some men to monopolize all women and altogether excluding many men from reproductive opportunities, polygyny creates shortages of available women. If 50 percent of men have two wives each, then the other 50 percent don't get any wives at all.

So polygyny increases competitive pressure on men, especially young men of low status. It therefore increases the likelihood that young men resort to violent means to gain access to mates. By doing so, they have little to lose and much to gain compared with men who already have wives. Across all societies, polygyny makes men violent, increasing crimes such as murder and rape, even after controlling for such obvious factors as economic development, economic inequality, population density, the level of democracy, and political factors in the region.

(A point also made by Josh, who writes, "Given the choice between martyrdom and smooching Haifa ... how many of Hezbollah's men would still raise the yellow flag?")

Funny, the article fails to create the obvious syllogism:

• blondes with big tits are more attractive
• attractive people have more daughters
• blondes with big tits beget more blondes with big tits?

If only you could portray that beautiful act of nature with no men involved -- I think you'd have a hit film on your hands.