Helen Thomas pic in 5...4...3...2...
Posted on 04/07/2009 8:13:14 AM PDT by posterchild
Body odor reveals more than when we last showered - it also packs important biological information. And apparently women are better at catching the scent of body odor than men, a new study found.
"It is quite difficult to block a woman's awareness of body odor. In contrast, it seems rather easy to do so in men," said Charles Wysocki, a behavioral neuroscientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.
The researchers think women are more attuned to underarm stink because the biological data it contains helps them choose mates. The fact that most women are even better at smelling male body odor than female body odor seems to support this idea.
Wysocki and colleagues asked women and men to rate the strength of underarm sweat samples collected from both genders. When the scent was presented on its own, it smelled equally strong to both women and men. But when the researchers combined the body odor with other fragrances, the smell was often masked for men, though women could usually still detect it.
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Man must take time to stop and smell the rose.
Helen Thomas pic in 5...4...3...2...
Thanks alot. I’d managed to forget Patti Smith for well over a decade.
OMG! Had to scroll down. LOL
File under, “They needed a study for that?!?!?”
I got 'cher poster child right here...
In other news, humans are animals and things like pheremones and physical manifestations of disease, genetics, and gene expression count.
I’d wager that the loons at a Code Pinko rally all stink equally.
It’s amazing how cheap your rates can be when you aren’t wasting money on things like network techs and infrastructure.
That’s a horrible thing to post at lunchtime.
A picture from 0’s European tour?
Thank you. You have officially made this thread NSFW.
1. Women use kissing and smelling of men’s underarm odor to determine the selection of a mate.
2. My family has a history of diabetes, obesity, arthritis, weak ankles, and prostate cancer.
Man, am I scrooowed!
Lt. Col. Frank Slade: Women! What can you say? Who made ‘em? God must have been a genius. The hair... They say the hair is everything, you know. Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls... just wanted to go to sleep forever? Or lips... and when they touched, yours were like... that first swallow of wine... after you just crossed the desert......Hoo-ah! Are you listenin’ to me, son? I’m givin’ ya pearls here.
Women have a number of superior physical traits compared to men, and having a better sense of smell is one of them. They also, on average, have better hearing. They also have the phenomenal ability to read other messages into seemingly totally innocent statements made by men. That would include yours truly.
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