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Seven Ply Science | Girls Make You Go Big?

OK, even for the Old Guy that title is on the edge. Gimme a break, I’m a dad. Miller McCune posted an article on a study of how skaters performed when around dudes and around girls. They concluded that dudes do in fact take bigger risks in the presence of girls.

The skateboarders were measured after each epic failure — sorry, “attempted move” — and, consistent with predictions, the young men had higher testosterone levels and took bigger risks when good-looking women were watching. (Also noted: increasing use of the phrase “dude, I swear, I totally landed that ‘ollie,’ like, 50 times straight yesterday.”)

Did we need science to tell us this? We all new this. Hot girls turn young men into idiots.