Newsflash: The Pill may point women in the wrong direction in their search for a husband.
Well, it’s a newsflash to some like scientists and media types in the UK Times. Not to anyone who’s seriously looked at the ramifications of birth control. But sometimes it takes scientists a few years to find out that the Church was right all along. Here’s the news:
To millions of women it has been the great liberator over the past four decades, allowing them the freedom to control their fertility and their relationships. But the contraceptive Pill could also be responsible for skewing their hormones and attracting them to the “wrong” partner.
A study by British scientists suggests that taking the Pill can change a woman’s taste in men — to those who are genetically less compatible.
The research found that the Pill can alter the type of male scent that women find most attractive, which may in turn affect the kind of men they choose as partners. It suggests that the popular form of contraception — used by a quarter of British women aged between 16 and 50 — could have implications for fertility and relationship breakdowns.
The findings, from a team at the University of Liverpool, add to growing evidence that the hormones in the Pill influence the way that women assess male sexual attractiveness.
The science geeks make it all about smells and hormones but the truth is much deeper. Like a woman who’s interested in finding a husband will actually care if the guy has a job, his religion, how he treats his mother, etc….
A woman on the pill looks for…other things. And if the sex is good she can get confused into thinking she’s in love and not snap out of it until they’ve got three kids, he’s lost another job, he’s out late again, and he hasn’t returned his mother’s call in weeks.
How many people have you known who’ve gotten fooled into thinking they’re in love by the giggling intimacy of sex? The Pill makes sex seem consequence-less but in truth the consequences of birth control are far reaching and devastating.
August 14, 2008 at 3:55 am
I heard about this from a roommate in a science class- I believe they did a similar study at my university, although it is a small school, so it is harder to publish for a small group. It isn’t so much about character, but really about genetics. Basically, God wired us to be genetically strong…
The study at my uni was that women were asked to smell shirts worn by men and pick their favorite. Women not on the pill chose shirts worn by men who were genetically dissimilar, whereas women on the pill picked shirts of men who were actually quite similar genetically. So, basically, the pill can lead to something akin to inbreeding, which weakens the health of any children born. Perhaps this explains the prevalence of dangerous allergies in my age group?
~Nzie
August 14, 2008 at 4:57 pm
This has got to work both ways, too. We’re conditioning large groups of men to seek out women who are chemically sterile — that’s got to have an impact.
August 14, 2008 at 6:32 pm
It appears that the article is suggesting that (in essence) these women on the pill were attracted to “feminized beta-male” types rather than “strong alpha-male types” (I hate those alpha-male/beta-male terms). I say this because the inference is that “genetically similar” I take to mean not so much “genetically related” as to mean “gender related”.
I disagree. As an observant, single male with anecdotal evidence, single women on the pill are more likely to be sexually active. And most sexually active single women have a tendency to fool around with (hmmmm… how do I say this without using the first word that comes to mind?)… JERKS! Arrogant, aggressive, obnoxious, alpha-male types that treat them like crap because the women think that he’s “dangerous” and “exciting” and that they don’t deserve to have a “nice” guy in their life.
IMHO 😀