Originally Posted by lampajoo

"Humans don't have estrus. That is the entire point."
"We're not animals."

While it is anecdotal evidence I've talked to a few women who have confirmed that at certain points in their cycle they are "hornier" than normal. Human's have _hidden_ estrus. That it doesn't exist is one of the great lies, propogated, I suspect, in order to view ourselves as some how distinct from other mammals...the whole false human/animal dichotomy. A woman can't get pregnant 365 days a year, but if they hide their estrus they can get us to pay attention to them all the time. I grant you that it's controversial and that the increase in receptivity is marginal. If I'm only trying to hit on one woman than this is not going to be that useful, but if I can tell which females in an area are in estrus then I can focus on those and this marginal increase could translate to real results.

"There's a study out there somewhere that has a negative correlation between average skin-coverage and menstural cycle stage: The closer to ovulation a woman is, (on average) the more skin is bared."

Yeah, I've heard about the skin coverage thing. I think we, as men, already factor that in to our mental equation. I'm just trying to step this process up by using technology.

"I don't know anything about estrus, but surely there has been some kind of study performed concerning the subject? things like hormone levels, temperature, days since last period etc. will prolly all play a role."

There are lots of subtle changes in the female body when they are ovulating...the question is: how to detect them?

"Although it would be funny to watch a guy seduce a girl with a fever, thinking she's a sure thing."

If the body temperature technique were to be used then you wouldn't just look for high temperatures. You would take multiple readings over a 1-2 month period and then determine it by looking at the fluxuations. Given that people generally go to the same places over and over again this would not be difficult. A small device could be built that would use facial recognition to track identity and the whole process could be automated.

"No need to bust his balls. Hell, I've wondered the same thing a time or two."

It doesn't bother me. There will always be people trying to stand in the way of progress.