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Ladies would need to drop birth control if they were going to do this effectively. Apparently birth control inhibits their ability to discern the smell of guys,
by m348e912 4y ago
Ladies would need to drop birth control if they were going to do this effectively. Apparently birth control inhibits their ability to discern the smell of guys, and there are stories of women going off of birth control and absolutely being repulsed by the smell of the guy they have been dating. (Not that he smelled bad, but rather it wasn't the type of smell she was attracted to.)
- Syonyk 4y agoThis is a very real thing, and it works both ways. The study I linked in another comment actually calls this out in the abstract: > Their scorings of pleasantness correlated negatively with the degree of MHC similarity between smeller and T-shirt-wearer in men and women who were not using the contraceptive pill (but not in Pill-users). I've twice had a very solid-to-that-point relationship just... stagnate and fall apart for no apparent reason after the woman involved went on birth control. The second time, I recognized the pattern and things went back to normal after she went off it (we're now married, with two quite healthy kids). On birth control, it seems the preference is for "similar genetic structures" in that region - which, when pregnant, makes sense. Hang out with family who will make sure you're safe. But if you meet/marry while on birth control, then go off to have kids, this stands a very real chance of causing problems. And they're deep enough that it's not something one can easily just will their way through.