Posted on 01/15/2006 4:51:09 PM PST by blam
Woman's scent can lure or repel
Men said the women's odour was most intense during menstruation
A woman's body odour can help her attract men when she is at her most fertile and repel them when she is not, scientists have said. According to a report in the journal Ethology, when a woman is at the most fertile part of the menstrual cycle her armpit odour is at its mildest.
But when she is having a period, and not ready for pregnancy, the smell changes to an acute, repellent odour.
The researchers studied 12 women who wore armpit pads for 24 hours a day.
A number of primate species display changes during their fertile period, but the majority of scientists believed that this was not the case with humans.
Subconscious cue
The 12 women were restricted from eating certain foods and from using deodorant or hormonal contraceptive.
They provided odour samples on the armpit pads, which were then presented to 42 men, who sniffed them and assessed the attractiveness of the scent.
"Axillary odour from women in the follicular phase was rated as the most attractive and least intense," the study's leader Dr Jan Havlicek, from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, said.
"The results suggest that body odour can be used by men as a cue to the fertile period in current or prospective sexual partners," he added.
A previous study by the same team suggested that women subconsciously prefer the aroma of dominant men when they are at the most fertile stage of the menstrual cycle.
Then the researchers asked 48 men to assess how dominant they felt.
The men then wore cotton pads in their armpits for 24 hours, which were subsequently presented to 65 women.
Those who were ovulating rated the "dominant" men as sexiest, but there was no similar pattern among women at other stages of their menstrual cycle.
ewwwwwwww....
Hey! That's not fair! No sniffy, sniffy from me... : ) <<< me
Hey stands2reason, you better put the tag on that comment! Helen is a despicable creature who carried herself as an "impartial journalist" although she was actually a hack for the DNC like most of the rest of the media. Besides, how can any straight male be attracted to that thing?
(Scratching head) So, that was it.
LMAO, THAT'S HOW I GOT MINE....LOLOLOL
I don't know; you can ask the men (and they are all men, curious, huh?) that like to post her pic.
No comment. :-)
The armpit was never high on my list of female body parts to take in; I guess I kinda just blew by that on my way to better things. I just love the curves and my wife that has them.
Don't like it... but I do like to take shots at her. She was/is a leftist scumbag!
Men smell like apes
I smell like skunk ape myself.
I remember that photo!!! I saw it as a kid and thought that it was hilarious.
Holy carp!!
Yes moog....we know! :)
I'm the opposite of tall, dark, and handsome myself--short, light, and ugly.
And how smelling a woman's armpit sweat can ever be attractive?
Well, some people get really BOARD you know.
Moog, you're so cute when you're modest!
BTW, I find that most men stink to high heaven! Either it's their nasty feet or their grungy clothes! I think it should be a requirement that they all get baptized at least twice a week!
"(I was a better boyscout than a girlscout.)"
Now, now Butchie.
Actually, a receding hairline is caused by thigh-wear which is worsened by repeated contact with the headboard.
A receding hairline is caused when you use rabbits to till your garden.
Anyone else experience this, or is my honker just a tad more calibrated than most?
That's just plain alarming!
Nah, Just got a prominent honker.
Anybody cooked your goose yet?
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