A LanguageLog post on "The Female Brain", new edition.

[conuly]

What really struck me is the quote from the book...:

"Thoughts about sex enter a woman’s brain perhaps once a day, but in a man every time he sees an attractive woman."

Really?

Let's have a quick, informal poll....

[Poll #961483]

Please... be honest. Remember, this is for posterity.

Comments

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Well, when *I* took the above poll (I'm 36, in a moderately ldr and female, btw), I used your latter definition. My reasoning was that if the author of the poll had meant "fantasize", that would have been the word chosen rather than the less-specific, blander "think about sex".

I think the reference that spurred this poll-and-post just reeks of the old double standard.