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.
Hellboy: "Red means STOP!!"
Dine on my funky love stank.
Net!
I decline to post a response on this thread on the grounds that it may............well, either get me banned or otherwise incriminate me.
DUH... at least this time, is wasn't OUR tax money being wasted!!!
Woman to man: "It says here that every time you think an impure thought, an angel hits you on the head with a pingpong paddle!"
Man: "That explains why so many men are bald!"
Not a scratch?
IMHO, it's when she's grumpy as hell and you wouldn't even want to think about getting busy
"But when she is having a period, and not ready for pregnancy, the smell changes to an acute, repellent odour."
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They needed a study to conclude this?
Nah, Just got a prominent honker.
The olfactory nerve and apparatus is very good in some of us and it helps in my everyday job also. The study has some credibility with me.
Precisely...except what the picture shows is the patented Cubic Zerconium One Karat Diamond leg separator. It costs $19.99 on EBay and works flawlessly unless the object of your desires gets the ring appraised...but by then...
Big Science has become nothing more than a scam to get government funding. It is silly and disgusting. The Congress should defund all of it. Only the DOD should be engaged in the funded of research.
Alright, who opened up this post? I am not reading any further.
That, my friend, is a funny picture.
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There's an old joke about chicken & tuna that I'll refrain from repeating here due to (a) the presence of female FReepers, and (b) I don't want to get banned. |
Don't worry. When a woman falls in love with you she will love your scent and think you are the most handsome man in the world. If you have lots of hair or no hair at all, she won't care. She won't even notice.
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