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		<title>Study: Sex At Work Makes Work Better</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Don't let those stiffs from HR tell you office romances are bad for business. No, you just point them right to this <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article763094.ece">Sun article</a> that says as long as you're not sued for harassment (I'm talking to you, creepy, who's going to follow this advice right into a cardboard box and a security escort), sex with coworkers actually results in raised energy levels, better professional capacity, and higher productivity.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t let those stiffs from HR tell you office romances are bad for business. No, you just point them right to this <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article763094.ece">Sun article</a> that says as long as you&#8217;re not sued for harassment (I&#8217;m talking to you, creepy, who&#8217;s going to follow this advice right into a cardboard box and a security escort), sex with coworkers actually results in raised energy levels, better professional capacity, and higher productivity.</p>
<p>What, exactly, it produces the article doesn&#8217;t say, but I&#8217;m going to fall back on my undergrad and say the usual love-drugs: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin (which are the body&#8217;s natural supply of cocaine, prozac, and addiction), along with some other things I shouldn&#8217;t mention because they&#8217;re gross.</p>
<p>The Sun article cites a study by &quot;Italian sexologist&quot; Serenella Salomoni, who found that 20% of poll respondents admitted to an affair at work, and that they were &quot;happier, more energetic, and more productive.&quot;</p>
<p>Except for men, who often fell asleep on the job afterward. Just kidding. That&#8217;s not what she said.</p>
<p>The Italian sexologist actually said that women were nearly twice as likely to have an office fling as men were, and a third admitted to having an affair to advance their career.</p>
<p>I have a few questions that aren&#8217;t addressed in the Sun&#8217;s post.</p>
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<li>An Italian sexologist? First, how does one earn the title of &quot;sexologist?&quot; Second, doesn&#8217;t that sound like part of a bad pickup line from a Rocky-wannabe: &quot;Hey yo, Shirley, what ya doin for the next 10 minutes or somethin&#8217; like dat?&quot;</li>
<li>Where can I find this study? Sun doesn&#8217;t link to it, and has been <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/01/10/the-sun-duped-by-samoan-sex-tape-spoofers">duped before</a>. Google News brings back the Sun article, and a <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2008/02/does_office_sex_increase_produ.html?nav=rss_blog">Washington Post blog</a> that bit, hook-line-and-sinker, and linked back to the Sun article, the only place the info appears to be.</li>
<li>How do I know Serenella Salomoni is a professional sexologist, or which sexology organization she&#8217;s with? Google Scholar brought back some results for Salomoni, which were in Italian, which I can&#8217;t read, unless I pretend it&#8217;s a blend of French and Spanish and use them to decipher, which never works so well.</li>
<li>Were these European or American women having all that sex at the office? That&#8217;s important because I know a few guys that will be applying across the Pond tout d&#8217;suite.</li>
<li>Is this going to affect our team-building activities? Because the three-legged race is already more intimate than I want to get with some people.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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