Hormones in Semen Shown to Make Women Feel Good

Reuters ^ | 6 27 02 | latrans

[latrans]

LONDON (Reuters) - Hormones in semen may help to ease female depression because women whose partners don't use condoms are less likely to feel down.

Scientists at the State University of New York suspect the mood-altering hormones are absorbed through the vagina and make women feel good but they stressed that their results are not an excuse for unprotected sex.

"I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms," Gordon Gallup, who led the study, told New Scientist magazine on Wednesday

Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen," he added.

The researchers assessed the moods of 300 female students using a standard questionnaire. A score of more than 17 was considered moderately depresseWomen whose partners never used condoms scored about eight on the test while those who never had sex without condoms scored 11.3. Women who weren't having sex at all scored about 13.5.

Depression in the students who sometimes or never used condoms was more severe the longer they went without sex.

The scientists said they looked at other factors, such as the use of oral contraceptives, frequency of sex and personality type, but found that none could account for the findings.

The magazine said the results are not a complete surprise because scientists know that semen contains several mood-altering hormones including testosterone.

"Some of these have been detected in a woman's blood within hours of exposure to semen," the magazine said.

The scientists suspect semen will have the same effect on women regardless of how they are exposed to it.

[latrans]

This is a very exciting breakthrough. Perpaps someday a tonic could be synthesized to administer to depressed lesbians like Martina Navratlover.

[Positive]

I forwarded the Reuters article to my sweetheart yesterday afternoon and she immediately insisted that I visit.

[zarf]

Any ladies wanna feel great today?

[Argus]

Another reason orthodox Catholic married women are happier.

[Jen]

I wondered how long it would take before this article was posted! My husband sent a link to the article to me by email yesterday! hahahaha

[Howlin]

LOL.......weak, really, really weak!

[mattdono]

Alert: Please prepare for deletion or move to chat...

This actually has been posted about 20 times today, but doesn't show up in search...so don't think I am dissing you

[upchuck]

This explains why Monica was always smiling!! The semen stain on her blue Gap dress acted as a transdermal patch. Long lasting, no doubt!

[Phantom Lord]

Its been posted before and promptly deleted. Should be the same this time.

[ResistorSister]

Hormones in semen may help to ease female depression...

...because after a male shares it...he falls asleep...which naturally eases female stress.

[lawgirl]

Let me guess. It was all-male doctors that performed this study. I mean- WHO thought "hey- maybe hormones in semen make women feel good. Why don't we find out?" I'm pretty sure it wasn't a woman that thought up that doozy. I would never even THINK of that as a possibility!

[ez2muz]

I wondered how long it would take before this article was posted

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Get ready...

[DoughtyOne]

 
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[lawgirl]

The scientists suspect semen will have the same effect on women regardless of how they are exposed to it.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAA

The newest male line: "Hey why don't you give me a Lewinsky--I mean it will make YOU feel good! I'm doing this just for you!!!!!"

[Sabertooth]

So women can't have sex because they have a headache,
and they can't get rid of their headache until they have sex.

I knew it... it's our fault.

[latrans]

I did a search first. I consider Reuters a reliable source.
Obviously, many people will find the article objectionable,
like lesbians, feminists.
I have been dissed before and I could care less if the
piece is pulled.
I just posted it for Martina.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Hey! Did y'all hear this news????????

[NeoCaveman]

This actually has been posted about 20 times today, but doesn't show up in search...so don't think I am dissing you

Actually it's still up over in news/acrivism HERE.

[Tennessee_Bob]

http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/chat/706504/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/chat/706951/posts

[latrans]

Hey, I can take a good dissin.