Here's one for the boys

Dragonlady8 · Guest

Personally I kinda found this story disgusting, yet insightful.

Study: Male sweat brightens women's moods

Saturday, March 15, 2003 Posted: 11:45 AM EST (1645 GMT)

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- Sweating it out over a big date this weekend? If you're a guy, that could be just the ticket, according to a human biology study released by the University of Pennsylvania.

Biologists said they found male perspiration had a surprisingly beneficial effect on women's moods. It helps reduce stress, induces relaxation and even affects the menstrual cycle.

"This suggests there may be much more going on in social settings like singles' bars than meets the eye," said Charles Wysocki, an adjunct professor of animal biology at Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine.

In a study to be published in the journal Biology of Reproduction, researchers collected samples from the underarms of men who refrained from using deodorant for four weeks. The extracts were then blended and applied to the upper lips of 18 women, aged 25 to 45.

The women rated their moods on a fixed scale for a period of six hours. The findings suggested something in the perspiration brightened their moods and helped them feel less tense. Blood analyses also showed a rise in levels of the reproductive luteinizing hormone that typically surge before ovulation.

Wysocki, a study co-author, said the research could point to a "chemical communication" subtext between the sexes that enables men and women to coordinate their reproductive efforts subliminally.

There was no sign women were sexually aroused by male perspiration. In fact, the women never suspected they had men's sweat under their noses and believed they were helping to test alcohol, perfume or lemon floor wax.

"The study was done in quite a sterile environment. It's not strange that they were not thinking sexual thoughts," said Wysocki. "In a more sensual setting, exposure to these odors might facilitate the emergence of sexual mood or feelings."

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers said the study could lead to new fertility therapies and treatments for premenstrual syndrome if the active agent in male perspiration could be isolated.

nick e[V]ans · Posted: Mar 15, 2003 10:36 pm Post subject:

thats just a little bit too strange for my liking

TravelJunkie · Guest

thats just nasty phantom! i'm sorry but any guy i date better take a bath everyday not once every 4 weeks!!

nick e[V]ans · Posted: Mar 15, 2003 10:59 pm Post subject:

could u imagine the smell after four weeks with no deodrant. were they allowed to wash it with soap or did they just have to leave it. that would be unbearable after 4 weeks, hell its bad enough after 2 days
nick

Dragonlady8 · Guest

Re-read the article.....

Jen · Outlaw Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 169 City: McQueeney, TX

that's just gross, guys sweating, after not using deoderant, would make be anyting but relaxed

criminally_minded · Posted: Mar 16, 2003 4:04 pm Post subject:

Nick: Imagine if you were laying bricks all day in the sun and drinking every night! Yummy!

TravelJunkie · Guest

ok ok i re-read it and i still think its nasty. They may have gotten to shower but thats still nasty that they were putting armpit sweat on the upper lip of women thinking they were testing purfume ect.