BF2S Forums D&ST - Science

Trotskygrad wrote:

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Wreckognize wrote:

I'm going to be doing SCIENCE.

Maybe money can't buy love, but the U.S. Government is trying to find out.

Millions of your tax dollars are spent to study the sex habits of gays, transsexuals, Chinese prostitutes, Puerto Rican couples, Scandinavian men, low income women, drug addicts, the homeless and of course, animals.

Do quiet Buffalo have more sex than noisy bison?
Do Japanese beetles chose their sex partners based on scent?
Do barn swallows with dark breasts get more action than those with spots?

Nobody wants Washington in their bedroom, especially on Valentine's Day, but National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are already there. Consider some of these awards.

Why Men Don't Like Condoms $221,355
Indiana University professors received $221,355 in economic stimulus funds to study why young men do not like to wear condoms. The research will advance our understanding of…'the role of cognitive and affective processes and condom application skills in explaining problems with condom use' in young men. The program is intended to create "education strategies tailored to the needs of individuals who have trouble using condoms effectively."

Does Alcohol influence the Sexual Behavior of Young Girls? $219,000
The NIH is using stimulus funds to follow female college students for a year to determine whether young women are more likely to hookup - the college equivalent of casual sex - after drinking alcohol.  Researchers will recruit 500 female students prior to their first year of college and contact them monthly over the course of a year to document sexual hookups, noting when there is alcohol involved.

Methamphetamines and the Female Rat $28,900
Researchers will spend nearly $30,000 to determine whether methamphetamine gives female rats an overpowering desire to have sex. Human meth users report the drug creates an insatiable need and urgency for sex, notes the University of Maryland researchers. Apparently, it is important to know if rats engage in the same risky sexual behavior.

Drugs as a Sex Enhancer $123,000
In an analysis of "high-risk community sex networks" University of Illinois researchers will study how people use drugs to enhance their sex life.

Sex reversal in mice $190,464
When taxpayers were promised that economic stimulus funds would be spent only on the most critical public projects, few would have predicted that includes a projects on sex reversal in mice. But that's exactly what the University of Minnesota received nearly $200,000 to study.

Risky Sex and Homeless Men $1.97 million
USC School of Social Work professor Suzanne Wenzel received nearly $2 million in stimulus money to help understand the sexual risk behavior of homeless men and their attitudes toward women.

Training Chinese Prostitutes to Drink Responsibly on the Job $2.6 million
The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is paying researchers in China $2.6 million to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job. The Wayne State University professor running the study says China has a HIV problem. Apparently the NIH believes this is a U.S. taxpayer responsibility, since it is also funding sex studies in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nambia, among others.

Sex and the Hungry Vole $9,773
No this isn’t about men in Tennessee, but Memphis researchers received almost $10,000 to study the sexual behavior of voles (underground mice) when they're deprived of food.

Sheep and Sexual Partner Preference $330, 697
According to researchers, "individuals (people) who have issues and concerns related to their sexuality requires a comprehensive grasp of the biological underpinnings of human psychosexual development." Therefore the NIH awarded $330,697 to an Oregon university to find out how sheep chose their sexual partners. They say, "The ram is an exceptional model because variations in male-typical sexual partner preference occur spontaneously with as many as 8 percent of the population exhibiting a preference for (male) same-sex mating partners."

Argentinean Gay Men $400,000
Specialists with the New York Psychiatric Institute will spend up to 740 nites cruising gay bars in Buenos Aires to find out why gay men engage in risky sexual behavior while drunk. No explanation why gay bars in New York and San Francisco weren't good enough considering it was paid for by US taxpayers to benefit US taxpayers.

Why are taxpayers upset? A few reasons:
- Is this critical to our lives?  NO
- Does it reduce the deficit or taxes? NO
- We actually pay federal employees to make these decisions.
- Isn't there one Congressman in Washington to stop this?
- All the research goes where - on a drive or shelf that few every see or read.
- 99% of the material has no impact on policy

So enjoy Valentine's Day with those you love, because obviously the way Washington wastes your money, they don't.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Wreckognize wrote:

I'm going to be doing SCIENCE.

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dayarath wrote:

how does this even work?