Posted on 06/22/2021 8:02:47 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
There is a wealth of psychological and biological information stored in our scent, but for some reason we choose to ignore it.
Our body odour can reveal details about our health, like the presence of diseases (cholera smells sweet and acute diabetes like rotten apples). "It can also reveal information about our diet," ...
Men find women's body odour more pleasant and attractive during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, when women are most fertile, and least pleasant and attractive during menstruation. This might have been useful for our ancient ancestors to detect good candidates for reproduction, suggest the authors of that paper. Men's testosterone levels might improve their scent, too.
Our body odour is specific enough, and our sense of smell accurate enough, that people can pair the sweaty T-shirts of identical twins from a group of strangers' T-shirts. Identical twin body odour is so similar that matchers in this experiment even mistook duplicate T-shirts from the same individual as two twin T-shirts.
"so, we might be able to detect genetic information about other people by smelling them."
These women put the T-shirts worn by men with the most dissimilar HLA profile first and last the most similar. So they were able to identify the men, and preferred the men, with the best match in terms of immune system genetics. They didn't know that was what they were doing, of course – it was subconscious.
The female must be discerning in her choice, so looks for clues as to a male's quality. This is why males are often colourful, perform dances, sing songs or offer gifts in nature – they have to prove their genetic quality.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
When I divorced my husband, I let him have the house, asking for the minimal amount of child support (my lawyer thought I was nuts), and took nothing but a table and chairs, a couple of upholstered chairs, my piano, and my personal effects. By law, I got half his pension, at that time, NOT future earnings. I wasn’t trying to ruin him; I just wanted away from him. I don’t believe in being vindictive. I know some people are.
When my daughter was divorced (her husband turned out to be a womanizing alcohol and drug abuser), SHE had to pay HIM $3,000 a month for a year - he didn’t have a job, because he didn’t want to be a drug rep anymore - plus pay back the money HIS parents had lent THEM, for a down payment for a house. He is as uncooperative as possible concerning shared custody of their child, and runs her down to the child whenever he’s with him. She works from home, and travels a great deal, as part of her job, so their custody agreement stipulates what days of the week he has the child, so she can plan work trips around that schedule. If she has to take an extended trip, he refuses to “babysit” his own child for an extra day or two, and she has to hire a nanny, or I have to travel 700 miles, to stay with him, even though her ex lives with his parents, who would be happy to have their grandchild stay an extra day or two.
Not all divorcées are evil, and not all men are victims in divorces.
—”Then why do I get slapped when I give sweaty t-shirts to women “
Surely you are forgetting something?
That sounds like normal everyday events, but no slapping?
perhaps you chew with your mouth open?
post # 33 - you say nothing about smell or odor. You are posting to the wrong thread.
damn, is that you Sarn’t Popp???
Oops.
Its sad you think someone critical of a bad deal for one entire gender must be “bitter”.
90% of human odors are waste products of microbes, bacteria, yeast, and fungi that specialize in stealing energy off humans. These odors tell almost nothing about human genetics. Thank God for the mercy circuit built into our noses.
“Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even if it were working the current had been shut off as an energy saving measure in preparation for Hate Week.
The hallway stank of boiled cabbage and old rag mats...’’
Read my comment #41.
Evidence of variance does not refute the existence of an established, fundamental pattern.
This trait is even more remarkable among race groups. “African American” women are particularly violent because, contrary to the accepted narrative, they’re going to enjoy the privilege of “blackness”
What I perceived as testosterone in young men was not an unpleasant odor at all. It’s hard to describe, but if I had to, I’d call it a sort of cold, metallic scent.
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