THANKFULLY, SOME OF US ARE BLESSED WITH PARTNERS DETERMINED TO SAVE US

Men die young in pursuit of sex, researchers say (Amy Brown-Bowers, National Post, May 25th, 2006)

Women live longer than men in part because males incessantly pursue sex, a new study suggests.

A research paper recently published in the journal Human Nature says men die sooner than women because of patterns of procreation established hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Simply put, the traits that made men more likely to get a girl in the past -- being competitive, physically dominating and daring -- are also traits linked to shorter life spans.

So today's man is living with the effects of thousands of generations of men who have been naturally selected for their ability to successfully have sex at the cost of a long life.

So, let’s get this straight. The Freudian ideal of the man whose emotional make-up is most in tune with his long-evolved natural instincts is the lounge lizard?