Women on The Pill prefer baby faces

That's right, guys.

George Clooney is out.

Zac Efron is in.

Provided your woman is on The Pill.

If she is, and you want some action, it may be time to consider a little plastic surgery to recover some of your youth -- or to disguise your masculinity.

A recent study, "Does the contraceptive pill alter mate choice in humans?" by scientists at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, says the birth control pill changes women's taste in men.

Apparently, The Pill's hormones indirectly suppress a woman's interest in masculine men, while making those with a boyish appearance more attractive.

No wonder those teachers are so crazy for their students.

It has something to do with women's dual sexuality.

Female fertility increases gradually before ovulation and rapidly decreases thereafter. Conceiving is only possible during a brief period ending on the day of ovulation.

However, women are on the make throughout their cycle of "dual sexuality."

The study says women's dual sexuality (conceptive and not conceptive) has two distinct functions -- one at the fertile phase, to obtain genetic benefits for offspring, the other at the infertile phase to obtain non-genetic material benefits -- like a roll in the hay, some spooning or a long sweaty night.

Don't shoot the messenger here.

Guys certainly want to get laid too. For them it's just less about genetic engineering and more about getting laid.

The study says women prefer masculine men when they ovulate each month because the masculine visage is associated with survival of the species. On days women are not fertile they prefer more baby-faced men because the visage exudes a more caring personality. Apparently, getting it on with a cutie pie is just as important as keeping man off the endangered species list.

Women who take the birth control pill are not fertile, so they are always more attracted to boyish looking men, or so the study says.

We are animals. Toss in the drugs and we are still animals.

That's the story and the scientists are sticking to it.

Photo: Zac Ephron, Associated Press