Beer festival and Crazy Men for attract women

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Beer festival aims to attract women

ITS name conjures up images of bearded old men, tankards, and beer-stained carpets.

But Oxford bitter lovers are aiming to break the stereotypes surrounding their favourite tipple with an event to get more women drinking it.

The Oxford branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) hopes Thursday’s FemAle event will open up a “delicious” new world to women in the city.

A wide range of beers from across the county will be on offer – all served in “more feminine” third-of-a-pint stemmed glasses.

Organiser Caroline Wingate says it is time to change the image of beer.

She said: “There are so many delicious beers out there, from winter warmers to summer ales, so there is something for everyone. Read more...

Crazy Men

Boys will be boys, especially when it comes to taking one too many tequila shots, buying rounds when one's credit card is dangerously close to an overdraft fee, getting into violent fist fights and sloppily darting through a bustling urban street to hail a cab. While us ladies often thought these brutes just weren't too bright, another study shows all the show-offish (and risky) behavior might be a hardwired evolutionary response when in the presence of those they'd like to sleep with.

A group of Australian researchers rounded up a group of 96 young men (average age 22) and had them perform skateboard tricks. All the skaters (who we're guessing are heterosexual) first did a trick in front of a man and then in front of an attractive woman. Overwhelmingly, the researchers found that each man was riskier when in front of the woman, regardless of how many times the trick ended with a splat on the pavement. The scientists also took the experiment one step further and measured their testosterone after each show. Sure enough, testosterone was much higher after the female-viewed performance.
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