"There was absolutely no link between a woman's relationship status, the number of times she'd been on the receiving end of a breakup, or her body esteem and the number of gay male friends in her life," observes Scientific American's Jesse Bering of a recent study which debunks myths about the type of lady he calls "the elusive fag hag." In the course of the discussion, research psychologist Bering cites an impressive number of other appellations with which I was previously unfamiliar. "The French refer to such women as soeurettes ('Little Sisters'), the German brand them as Schwulen-Muttis ('Gay Moms'), and the Mexicans know them as joteras ('jota' [...]

Well, this piece by Scientific American's Jesse Bering went up last week and I don't know how we missed it til now. (I was alerted to it by Ryan Sager's Neuroworld page at True/Slant.) If you haven't yet, you should read it: it's about bestiality and it's great!