Federal $466,642 in taxpayer dollars to study why fat girls date less

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Uh...Geeez guys get real.:p
“Mounting evidence demonstrates that weight influences intimate (i.e., dating and sexual) relationship formation and sexual negotiations among adolescent girls. Obese girls consistently report having fewer dating and sexual experiences, but more sexual risk behaviors (i.e., condom nonuse) once they are sexually active,” the grant abstract said.
“No studies have actually examined whether the interpersonal skills and intimate relationships of obese and non-obese girls differ,” it said.
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http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mel...tudy-why-do-fat-girls-date-less-and-risk-more

 

Does this have anything to do with a bumper sticker I saw on a pickup the other day? "No fat chicks Allowed".
 
Too many professional students out there looking for a thesis idea and/or grant for a study to write a paper to get another degree. This is nothing but the another effect of the business of HIGHer education.
 
The gooberment might be the enabler here but the actual recipients of this handout are The Magee Womens Research Institute and Foundation in Pittsburgh Pa. To top it off they are going to be using an existing study dating back to 2008.

The actual goal of this "study" is "...tailoring adolescent sexual risk-reduction interventions..." and 'build sexual negotiation skills' uh-huh
 
Butterfly said:
WHY does the US continue to give out grant money for such idiotic studies?
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Simple...Campaign contributions from the benefactors of these grants...universities, special interests, corporations, etc., etc. If you look up a given candidates financial contributions on OpenSecrets.org, you will find many universities who contribute to the political campaigns. Heaven forbid they should reduce their fee's and tuition. When you look at where a politician gets his campaign money from, you can bet with 99% certainty that he will insert all sorts of "pork" into legislation that pays his contributors back...usually many times over.

We have the Best Government that Money can Buy.
 
The term 'pork' for government largesse denigrates the pig.

Maybe it should be labeled as baksheesh? Seems to work historically.
 
This latest budget that Congress passed is loaded with this kind of nonsense, and substantial tax breaks for those who need it the least. Meanwhile, the working Middle Class continues to be ignored by our so-called "leaders". The Only one who has spoken up publicly about the financial stagnation of our working people, and this runaway disparity in wealth, is Elizabeth Warren, and you can bet that if she decides to mount a campaign for the Presidency, her own Party will do everything they can to sabotage her efforts.
 
I've seen a lot of stupid studies being funded, but this one takes the cake. Maybe we should study something important once in a while -- like why big fat ladies in Wal-Mart wear glow in the dark pink stretch pants. Geez!
 
Yeah...if a person gets bored, all they have to do is go to a Walmart, or any other shopping venue, and do some "people watching". Or...fire up the computer and go to PeopleofWalmart.com, and browse the hundreds of picture there.
 

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