Posted on 12/14/2020 7:44:30 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
For many women on birth control, it’s pretty obvious that it has effects beyond simply preventing pregnancy. After all, birth control side effects are common, and some are more obvious than others. On the less obvious front is the possible effect of birth control on mutual attraction. That’s right: hormonal birth control can actually change who you’re attracted to—and who’s attracted to you.
Now, before we unpack that mind-blowing assertion, I’m going to tell you a joke.
What did the boy monkey say to his three favorite girl monkeys?
Nothing; because his three favorite girl monkeys were injected with Depo-Provera.
Okay, not much of a joke…I suppose it’s more of a cautionary tale.
What monkeys on synthetic hormones have to show us about birth control and mutual attraction
In his book, The Decline of Males, Dr. Lionel Tiger, PhD (who at the time of the book’s publication was the Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University) recounts how the Depo-Provera shot affected the sexual behaviors of a tribe of macaque monkeys who were colonized on a small island. While free from human interference, the alpha male monkey, named “Austin” by the researchers, selected three favorite females to be his exclusive sexual partners.
During the experiment, two groups of female monkeys were injected with Depo-Provera at different times. When Austin’s favorite sexual partners were injected, he stopped having sex with them and actually replaced them with non-injected females. When his replacement mates were injected, and the medication wore off his original partners, he switched back. Once the second group of shots had worn off, all the female monkeys were injected. Not good for Austin—or for his female companions.
(Excerpt) Read more at naturalwomanhood.org ...
Congrats on #9!
“I’ve never found a shortage of available and attractive women who were on birth control.”
After reading the article I don’t think that’s something you’d want to brag about.
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Your numbers are absolutely fabulous !!!! So great that number nine is on the way.
The fear of “over-population” suppresses the dangers and truth about oral contraceptives.
This testing was done BEFORE Depo-Provera was approved for use.
MeganC wrote: “After reading the article I don’t think that’s something you’d want to brag about.”
You’re assuming I want to sire children which I don’t. One reason why I had a vasectomy in 1976. I’m not attracted to women who want to have children and I do not care if they find me less attractive because I don’t want children.
Males are designed to be attracted to FERTILE females.
Is this the answer?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2068-pheromone-triples-womens-sexual-success/
https://love-scent.com/primal-women.html
This article says the opposite: females on the pill appear less attractive as a sex partner because it mimics the effects of pregnancy, when hormonal changes tell males mating with them would be procreatively futile.
I was stating my experience and not a clinical study.
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