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Scientists Find Tears Are the Anti-Viagra
An anonymous reader writes "The male test subjects didn't know what they were smelling, they were just given little vials of clear liquid and told to sniff. But when those vials contained a woman's tears (collected while she watched a sad movie), the men rated pictures of women's faces as less sexually attractive, and their saliva contained less testosterone. Is this proof that humans make and respond to pheromones? The researcher behind the study doesn't use that controversial word, but he says his findings do prove that tears contain meaningful chemical messages."
Geez, guys. Mental age should be at least 16, mental altitude should be at least a foot above the gutter.
An interesting test would be to do a similar study on violent rapists.
(excluding those in pre-existing relationships with the victim).
Are they less affected, or even aroused, by the same signals?
Man, I love it when they cry. All 7 of em. You know. Here in my basement. Brb, moms calling.
all relationships end up sexless!!
Yes, because we all die in the end. If it happens sooner then you're doing it wrong.
If something is there concentrate or synthesize it and test it one by one.
Unless I have gone funny, I think that nature has pulled a swift one here that no-one has picked up... Here's how:
/. and I seem to have missed a 4) PROFIT!!!! in there, but meh.
Males found women less attractive when in contact with the tears - not even knowing what they were.
Therefore, something in the tears makes males less likely to see an attractive woman. It doesn't say that it makes the woman crying the ONLY one less attractive.
Therefore, perhaps it is a mechanism developed by nature to stop males just finding a "hottie" so to speak while another woman was crying and instead focus as a group on what was making the woman cry?
Problem is fixed, woman stops crying and the males then pair off with the females and further the species once more?
hmmmm, this is
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If the goal of the manipulation is to avoid sex. If women want sex (note to Slashdotters: they do) the crying thing would be negative feedback and would be conditioned out of their behavior.
Only if they want sex more than they want to win arguments.
LK
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Yes, because we all die in the end. If it happens sooner then you're doing it wrong.
And if it happens later, then you're doing it even wronger.