Anonymous ID: acdbf5 Aug. 5, 2021, 9:28 a.m. No.79687   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9702 >>9709

>>79652

>Females will look for FEMININE features.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17934-has-the-pill-changed-the-rules-of-sexual-attraction/

 

Has the pill changed the rules of sexual attraction?

 

How might the contraceptive pill interfere with this?

 

Levels of the sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone fluctuate throughout a woman’s monthly menstrual cycle. At the start of the cycle – when the egg is maturing – the body releases oestrogen. During the second half of the cycle, after the egg has been released and might implant, progesterone is secreted. A woman’s most fertile period comes in between these two phases, shortly before and immediately after the egg is released.

 

Women’s preferences for certain male scents and features are thought to change during their cycle. For example, as they approach ovulation, women prefer men with more masculine features, possibly because these reflect high sexual potency and better genes. During non-fertile periods they prefer more feminine facial features and attributes, perhaps because such men may be more nurturing and therefore better at helping to raise children, even if they are not their own.

 

The pill may throw a spanner in the works. It stops this cyclical release of oestrogen and progesterone, and so may interfere with women’s natural choice of partner. Some studies have suggested that while women usually prefer the scent of men with immune profiles dissimilar to their own, those on the pill preferred men with similar immune profiles.