Homo Ludens?

This seems to be whizzing around the Web lately so I'll join in (the 'fun' theory of human behavior; and if you're not familiar with the 'Homo Ludens' concept of Johan Huizinga you may want to check it out as well):

The Sexual Behavior of Females

...well, at least some at Wellesley College:

Study cited HERE looked at virginity rates for females with different college majors. I suppose this could be open to all sorts of interpretation (...not to mention punchlines), and wider replication might be interesting, but clearly the difference between "studio art" majors and science/math majors is, well, statistically significant... probably has something to do with the difference between hallway ads for "nude models wanted" versus ads for "differential equations tutor needed."

Why You Readers Are Even Here...

The innate human drive to seek out... stuff (...food, pleasure, stimulation, information):

http://www.slate.com/id/2224932/pagenum/all

...and Jonah Lehrer's take on the same story HERE.