NSFW: Strippers In Heat (No, really)

I have no comments to add to this, I just thought it was interesting, and figured it'd be interesting to the kind of weirdos who hang out here. The NSFW tag is probably unwarranted, but people could have uptight bosses.

Lap dancers ‘in heat’ are the ones to watch - being-human - 11 October 2007 - New Scientist
Last month, biologist Randy Thornhill challenged the orthodoxy that women do not undergo regular bouts of hormone-induced oestrus, or “heat”, when they are at their most fertile - something most female mammals experience (New Scientist, 15 September, p 18). Now a study of the tips men give to lap dancers, conducted by a colleague of Thornhill’s, lends further support to the argument for oestrus.

Geoffrey Miller and his team at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, compared the earnings of lap dancers who were menstruating naturally with those of dancers taking the hormonal contraceptive pill. During the non-fertile periods of their menstrual cycle, both sets of dancers earned similar tips. But when naturally cycling lap dancers entered their fertile period they earned significantly more in tips than their co-workers on the pill.

I was going to type a joke here, but then thought better of it.