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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : genetic determinism</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/genetic+determinism/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: genetic determinism</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>More on Sweaty T-Shirts</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/19/more-on-sweaty-t-shirts.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3459</guid><dc:creator>Amanda Schaffer</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3459.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3459</wfw:commentRss><description>Meghan , I checked out that T-shirt sniffing study you flagged, and, well, it hardly implies a crisis for pill-users – or a pink slip for novelists. To recap: The researchers asked women to rate the smells of T-shirts worn by different men. For each woman,...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/19/more-on-sweaty-t-shirts.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3459" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/birth+control/default.aspx">birth control</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sex/default.aspx">sex</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/genetic+determinism/default.aspx">genetic determinism</category></item><item><title>Are Birth Control Pills Ruining Your Love Life?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/15/are-birth-control-pills-ruining-your-love-life.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3454</guid><dc:creator>Meghan O'Rourke</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3454.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3454</wfw:commentRss><description>Has anyone been reading about this new U.K. study examining how the birth control pill affects women's choice of sexual partners? As one CBS headline crudely puts it , women on the pill allegedly choose "the wrong partner." That's because, as the authors...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/15/are-birth-control-pills-ruining-your-love-life.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3454" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/birth+control/default.aspx">birth control</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sex/default.aspx">sex</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/genetic+determinism/default.aspx">genetic determinism</category></item></channel></rss>