Dr Havlicek and his colleagues were interested in discovering whether women are attracted by the smell of dominant men.

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Those who were ovulating rated the "dominant" men as sexiest, but there was no similar pattern among women at other stages of their menstrual cycle.

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Studies showed that during periods of high fertility, women are more drawn to more rugged, dominant-looking men.

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Then the researchers asked 48 men to assess how dominant they felt.

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In it she argues that while men have been the dominant sex for as long as anyone can remember women have now pulled ahead decisively in may aspects of life, including work.

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In Olympic Stadium, meanwhile, America's top female sprinters outpaced their Jamaican competitors to earn gold in the prestigious 4 x 100-meter relay -- though their long dominant countrymen fell just short in the 4 X 400-meter men's race.

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By this time, human beings, as we know them, will have changed so dramatically that we could no longer assume we would be in a "It's Raining Men" type-world, in which women were just naturally dominant, and males the subordinate group.

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Her point is not just to be proud that women purchase more shoes or book more restaurants online than men, but rather to point to the business reality that women are the dominant purchasing population.

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Sean Lineen's men followed up on their 25-12 victory at Firhill last week with a dominant performance at Murrayfield.

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With all due respect to Phelps, the most dominant performance in the pool should come from China's Sun Yang, the hands-down favorite in the men's 400-meter freestyle.

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