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The Pill Linked to Low Desire for Sex, Claims Study
The Telegraph ^ | 04 May 2010 | Richard Alleyne

Posted on 05/04/2010 5:10:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/04/2010 5:10:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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So, taking a pill to alter your body’s sexual hormones [reproduction] also alters that body’s sex-drive? Wow!
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Someone needs to post pictures of Captain Obvious.


2 posted on 05/04/2010 5:13:11 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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The Pill has been available for over 50 years, and this is just now being proven?


3 posted on 05/04/2010 5:15:26 PM PDT by Plutarch
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Kinda funny to be taking pills so you won’t become pregnant, but then you don’t want to have sex anyway. Like wearing a life vest in the house.


4 posted on 05/04/2010 5:15:43 PM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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"a condition most often caused by a lack of desire"

A condition I've most frequently attributed to the incredible ugliness of men.

5 posted on 05/04/2010 5:16:21 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (The Quran and Mein Kampf: if you've read one you've read them both.)
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Taking the pill could be putting women off sex, a new study has claimed.

Ummmm..., I wonder if "E" would offset that? ....

6 posted on 05/04/2010 5:16:23 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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You were saying ...

A condition I've most frequently attributed to the incredible ugliness of men.

I hear that a big, fat billfold cures that problem ... :-)

7 posted on 05/04/2010 5:18:06 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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A condition I've most frequently attributed to the incredible ugliness of men.

Wow...

8 posted on 05/04/2010 5:18:07 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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It makes sense.


9 posted on 05/04/2010 5:18:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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"Female Sexual Dysfunction is a very common disorder, with an estimated prevalence of about two in five women having at least one sexual dysfunction, and the most common complaint appearing to be low desire."

And who decides how much "desire" is the right amount? The messages popular culture is sending these days seem to indicate that women should want non-stop sex, and that there's something wrong with them if they don't. Strikes me as more in tune with young male fantasies than with biological reality or a healthy society.

10 posted on 05/04/2010 5:18:30 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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The Pill has been available for over 50 years, and this is just now being proven?

Yeah, and we've sure seen plunging rates of sexual activity in young women over that time period. < /s>

11 posted on 05/04/2010 5:19:55 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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The study? Yes, it does. Female sexual interest is correlated with the time of fertility. If you’re never fertile, less sexual interest is probable.


12 posted on 05/04/2010 5:20:43 PM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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who decides how much "desire" is the right amount?

The man involved, of course. The "right amount" is exactly the same level and timing as his ... no fair if she wants to be close friends when he wants to play a computer game.

13 posted on 05/04/2010 5:22:08 PM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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Cannot prove that at my house. Since my wife stopped being able to become pregnant, she is interested a lot more than before. Maybe its because I have become so much better looking in my middle age.


14 posted on 05/04/2010 5:27:43 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (This nation, of the people, by the people, and for the people has perished from the land.)
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oooowwww!


15 posted on 05/04/2010 5:31:19 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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It seems like the only reason for the women in the study to believe their sexual desire was “low” is that men want them to have sex, but the women don’t want to. Therefore, the women’s desire is “low” compared to the demand being made.


16 posted on 05/04/2010 5:37:33 PM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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To: Vermont Lt

The right kind of men always become better looking as they get older.


17 posted on 05/04/2010 5:37:56 PM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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I understand what your saying I just loved the way you put it!


18 posted on 05/04/2010 5:42:19 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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I’m known for my pithy summaries.


19 posted on 05/04/2010 5:48:15 PM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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Did they control for marriage being linked to s low desire for sex?


20 posted on 05/04/2010 5:56:32 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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