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• 10:29 Last night was rough.
• 10:37 I need to get my lobes scalpelled. Does anyone know any reputable piercers in Austin/San Antonio?
• 11:31 My shrink stepped out of our session to use the restroom... I can hear her peeing.
• 15:13 Just got off a 2 hour long SQL database connection errors call. I want a smoke and a stiff drink.
• 16:54 Way to make the last two hours of the day craaaawl by.
• 18:43 Damn, I missed the Bag of Crap. :( This Woot Off has sucked.
• 22:45 I'm helping a friend clean out his garage. I've scored some hilarious sunglasses and a camera from the '60s (with accessories)!
• 23:51 New beer tonight: Kirin Ichiban. New favorite.

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Men see bikini-clad women as objects, psychologists say

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- It may seem obvious that men perceive women in sexy bathing suits as objects, but now there's science to back it up.

New research shows that, in men, the brain areas associated with handling tools and the intention to perform actions light up when viewing images of women in bikinis.

The research was presented this week by Susan Fiske, professor of psychology at Princeton University, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

"This is just the first study which was focused on the idea that men of a certain age view sex as a highly desirable goal, and if you present them with a provocative woman, then that will tend to prime goal-related responses," she told CNN.

Although consistent with conventional wisdom, the way that men may depersonalize sexual images of women is not entirely something they control. In fact, it's a byproduct of human evolution, experts say. The first male humans had an incentive to seek fertile women as the means of spreading their genes.

"They're not fully conscious responses, and so people don't know the extent to which they're being influenced," Fiske said. "It's important to recognize the effects."

The participants, 21 heterosexual male undergraduates at Princeton, took questionnaires to determine whether they harbor "benevolent" sexism, which includes the belief that a woman's place is in the home, or hostile sexism, a more adversarial viewpoint which includes the belief that women attempt to dominate men.

In the men who scored highest on hostile sexism, the part of the brain associated with analyzing another person's thoughts, feelings and intentions was inactive while viewing scantily clad women, Fiske said.

Men also remember these women's bodies better than those of fully-clothed women, Fiske said. Each image was shown for only a fraction of a second.