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It’s a given that guys think about sex… a lot. But have you ever wondered if he’s thinking about doing the deed while he’s having a conversation with you? If you want to know, your best bet is to look at his eyes, because apparently a dude’s gaze can reveal how much he’s thinking about sex.

Yup, it’s true: new findings reveal that you can see how into sex a guy is by looking into his eyes. This probably won’t surprise you, but research shows that when guys look at women, their eyes are drawn immediately to her chest and hip/waist area. Not so shocking. I think we’ve all been a victim of that at some point in our lives. More not so shocking news: guys only look at those areas of women who they’re attracted to.

But here’s where it gets a little more interesting: researchers tested a group of guys aged 18-25 and found that the guys who have reported more sexual compulsivity (in other words, guys who are really, really into sex… like more than the average dude is) looked at the breasts and hip/waists of women in their 20′s longer than the other guys. Why is this interesting? Because their gaze is giving away their higher-than-average love of sex, and researchers think that this pattern could help them pick out sex offenders.

Basically, we might now be able to tell who is a sex offender and who isn’t by studying the way guys look at women. Does this sound a little crazy to you? It sounds a little crazy to me. But this new research doesn’t mean you should walk into a room and stare at every dude to try and figure out how long they’re staring at a pair of boobs. Researchers are most likely going to use these findings to get a better idea of how well treatment is working on sex offenders – which is cool, because that means it’s going to be harder for them to lie. Their eyes are literally going to give them away!

What else is kind of crazy about this research? Apparently women don’t have these same patterns. Researchers found that while dudes stare longer at people they’re attracted to than people they’re not attracted to, women don’t. I guess we look at everyone for the same amount of time, and so it’s almost impossible to tell how much we’re thinking about sex.

So is this going to help us find sex offenders before they do something horrible? Probably not. I doubt law enforcers or researchers are going to be prowling the street checking out the gaze patterns of random guys… although that would definitely be an interesting thing to see. But can it help us figure out if a dude is attracted to us? Maybe. The next time you spot your crush, pay attention to how long he looks at you – just don’t get weird with it. That might freak him out.

What do you think about this research? Are you going to start paying attention to how long guys stare at girls? Do you think this is totally obvious? Tell us in the comments.

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