Playboy After Hours
April, 1999
One: Stop ShoppingNext time your wife or girlfriend utters those easy-to-resist words "Let's go shopping," you'll have a scientifically valid excuse not to: It could kill you. A British study has found that men's stress levels invariably hit the upper registers when they are forced to negotiate crowded stores, make gift selections and wait in line. At their peak, the male subjects' stress levels equaled those of SWAT team members and fighter pilots in danger. At that level the stress i...
