'Women ogle more than men'

Women are worse oglers than men, a study suggests.

Scientists used eye-tracking technology to pinpoint what people looked at when shown a series of sexy photos.

They expected women to be more interested in faces, and men in genitals.

But to their surprise, they found almost the reverse was true. Men were more likely than women to linger on the face before diverting their attention to other parts of the body.

Women also spent longer poring over images of couples performing sexual acts.

The findings, reported in the journal Hormones And Behaviour, support previous research suggesting that men and women have different patterns of brain activity when viewing sexually stimulating images.