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Men have a different relationship with their cell phones than women do, according to a report in the journal "Human Nature." In an upscale pub in Liverpool, England, researchers watched young men take their phones out of jackets and briefcases and place them in the open for anyone to see, while women usually left theirs tucked away. The men also fiddled with the phones often, especially when the ratio of males to females increased. The researchers compare them to a peacock's feathers, suggesting that they play the role of status symbol in a mating ritual. In fact, when South American clubs started to require that cell phones be checked at the door, they found that many of them were fake. "We wondered, Why would anybody buy a fake phone?" said John E. Lycett of the Center for Economic Learning and Social Evolution in an interview with the New York Times. Author Unknown
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