Male Lust is Blind... so reports the Telegraph.UK

Does your girlfriend (or wife) claim you are too domineering?  Does she accuse you of acting differently around her sister, best friend or even the ugly receptionist at the office?  Here's the information that gets you off the hook. It's not your fault.... it's your hormones!

Like most women, I obsess over the men in my life with great frequency but confess I still do not completely understand them.  Science may one day find a way to relieve my gender of this burdensome behavior, but in the meantime I will console myself with the latest research on men. 

As much as we complain about you, guys, our lives would be empty without you.  Typical as can be, I worry about my son, husband, son-in-law and brother with the same concern.  Oh, no, not because they are immature or naughty, but merely because they are men.  Men do things like cut down huge trees by themselves and hurt their backs. Or get into a horrid accident because it was 11:00 at night and foggy, tossed back a few and then went out boating with friends on the ocean.  And the one who moved to San Francisco and now plans to forever live somewhere within greater civilization, even though his mother lives in the boonies, has to be forgiven someday.

The article linked below focuses on male lust and some of its affects on male behavior.  The researchers also offer an explanation on why men are such great B'sers once they get around women.  It seems that women of all sizes, shapes and levels of attractiveness will make your testosterone rise, which stimulates a man to behave in a more 'manly' way.  The link describes this behavior as follows:

"The rising levels may then fuel more visible changes in male behaviour that occur in the presence of a woman, including a squaring of shoulders, an upright posture, and greater use of hands - and even, it is suggested, a flaring of the nostrils.

The rise in the male hormone may also be the reason why men are more likely to tell women exaggerated stories about their job, career, education and earnings, the researchers believe. The study, published in the journal Hormones and Behaviour, involved 63 male students aged 21 to 25 who were not aware of the purpose of the study."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/20/scilust120.xml

What is interesting to me about this article is that it suggests if a man wants to be able to appear more attractive to women, he might consider spending more time alone with a woman or two with whom he is unacquainted before he goes out on the hunt.   One could potentially extrapolate this data to even suggest that bar and coffee shop hook-ups would be a lot more understandable from the male perspective.  Their hormones would be in high gear with all the new women they would meet in those situations and that would in turn make them more attractive to the women.   A win-win for everybody, right?

Oh, don't worry, guys.   We love you just the way you are and find your behavior endlessly fascinating.  This information just makes it easier to make excuses for you when you do misbehave.  Now if the researchers could only find some reason that guys could benefit from hanging out with their mothers and sisters, I would be an even happier woman.  You guys know how much we love you, right?