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Those women who wish their men would head down to the basement and fix that bloody washing machine already may want to pay close attention to the results of a recent study (via Time.com).

Do men want sons more than they want daughters? Conversely do women long for baby girls over baby boys? Though the responses may fly in the face of popular notions of gender equality—not to mention the old ‘as long as it’s healthy’ response—a recent survey suggests that men want boys and women want girls more than the reverse.

It’s only polite to ooh and ahh over a friend’s new baby, or to make all those enthusiastic “mmm” and “yum” sounds when dining on a pal’s rubber chicken.

A broken heart isn’t just a convenient metaphor for acute emotional pain; it’s a wholly inexplicable medical phenomenon. Even more curious than the condition itself, however, is one U.S. doctor’s discovery that women appear to be more susceptible to their hearts breaking than men.

But one new study suggests that there’s a little more to getting to the altar than love and sex. That other oh-so-important factor: financial stability.