A quick note about all these scientific studies floating around these days: It’s important to realize that these university types most commonly take a small sampling of volunteers—college students, usually—on which to conduct their experiments. Then, after they publish their valid results in a peer-reviewed journal (which are primarily meant for other scientists as tantalizing first steps, tip or hints towards larger research) the media likes to grab their conclusions and attribute them towards the whole of humanity in claims that sound like their headlines are the end-all, be-all of everything.
Got it? That being said—Ohmigod, you guys, women crying turns men off of sex!
The study was conducted by the Weizmann Institute of Science and Wolfson Hospital near Tel Aviv, and researchers asked male volunteers to sniff tears from women who had recently bawled their eyes out at a sad movie. Professor Noam Sobel, researcher on the project, said that they expected the men to get more empathetic but, instead, their sex drives disappeared.
“Communication is key to survival. Humans, like all mammals, use smell in their communication. It is very efficient if you have a chemical signal which transmits what you want—or clearly don't want—in a sexual situation,” Professor Sobel said. And the chemical signal in women’s tears apparently says, “Not interested.” Sure doesn’t look good for all those weeping fetishists out there.
No word, yet, on how women react to men crying. Hot ... or not? SexIs readers, let us know?
Got it? That being said—Ohmigod, you guys, women crying turns men off of sex!
The study was conducted by the Weizmann Institute of Science and Wolfson Hospital near Tel Aviv, and researchers asked male volunteers to sniff tears from women who had recently bawled their eyes out at a sad movie. Professor Noam Sobel, researcher on the project, said that they expected the men to get more empathetic but, instead, their sex drives disappeared.
“Communication is key to survival. Humans, like all mammals, use smell in their communication. It is very efficient if you have a chemical signal which transmits what you want—or clearly don't want—in a sexual situation,” Professor Sobel said. And the chemical signal in women’s tears apparently says, “Not interested.” Sure doesn’t look good for all those weeping fetishists out there.
No word, yet, on how women react to men crying. Hot ... or not? SexIs readers, let us know?
I wonder about a couple of things with this study. One how old were the tears when the men smelled them Maybe they were filled with bacteria and smelled bad. hahaha. Second and I am serious about this one. How close were the women to ovulation. If you watch the science of sex on Netflix they talk about women who are closer to ovulation pretty much being sexier. Perhaps more pheromones that scream fuck me, fuck me, fuck me. would be produce and captured in the tears and there by making men more arroused. Another thought is since tears are salty, might the salt content of the tears deteriorate the pheromones in the tears? Just a thought.
I think I could probably tell that a sobbing and distraught woman wasn't exactly up for some sex without having to smell her tears ... nice to know that I've been right all these years.