Fascinating Facts from the Comm Department

Research in relational communication suggests the following:

--The one spatial task in which women are superior to men is finding things directly in front of them.

--The amount of sex had in a relationship depends on the number of men in it.

--Family nudity during childhood is associated with less discomfort about sex and more comfort with physical affection, especially for boys, less adolescent sexual activity for both boys and girls, but a greater tendency to have casual sex for both males and females as adults.

--Women consistently prefer brighter colored, slightly more provocative clothing while ovulating.

--While ovulating, women are more attracted to men who exhibit creative intelligence more so than wealth (what they're attracted to the rest of the month).

--Intimate couples show high levels of coordinated movement, called body synchrony.

--People who have a secure attachment style (people who are comfortable both alone and in relationships, who seldom worry about abandonment) triumph in nightmares more frequently than do people with avoidant or anxious ambivalent attachment styles.

--When a couple argues and one or both people exhibit a sharp increase in physiological response that stays elevated during and after the fight, that couple is highly likely to get divorced within 5 years of their participation in the study.

--Across cultures, women are attracted to men with a strong jawline, broad shoulders, and a particular waist-to-hip ratio. Men are attracted to a soft jawline and an hourglass figure. Both sexes value body and facial symmetry, body proportionality, physical fitness and an athletic build in dating partners. This is because all of us want to make babies and spread our genes. Survival of the fittest.

--And here's one that you've probably never thought about: your relationship with your siblings is likely the longest lasting relationship you will have in your lifetime.