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February 5, 2005
The Pungent Male Sex Attractant
Have you ever heard a woman say something like, "Sure, he's cute, nice, emotionally and financially stable, but I just can't think of him as anything more than a friend" or "He's like my brother." Well, it could be because the guy smells too much like their friends or relatives.
This article describes how female mice, and possibly women (probably, in my opinion, to some degree), select their mates. It has to do with the strength of their immune systems.
Previous research had shown mice prefer to breed with mates whose immune-system genes -- which produce chemicals that help the body fight invading cells -- are different from their own. Such selective sex leads to healthier offspring.
I think that this is interesting. We often see that women that reject a perfectly good man for flimsy reasons and end up dating jerks. Maybe this helps explain it. They don't exactly know what it is, but that it is something very basic, so basic that it doesn't translate well into our higher thought processes. The Stinky T-Shirt project at the end of the article illustrates this very well.
Have you ever felt higher-than-normal aggression towards someone and you can't say why? Maybe it's because they smell a certain way. I have recently begun thinking this, actually, so it's a coincidence that I should come across this article. I am fairly sensitive to smells, maybe more sensitive than I thought. And I know that there are certain people that make me want to throttle them, and I can't explain why in any "rational" terms. They just smell funny.
Perfumes have been made with pheromones so that men can hook up with women more. Assuming they work, imagine what other things could be done. Spray an aggression pheromone over a civilian population and watch the hilarity ensue. No need to send in troops to take over an area. You just have to send them in to clean up after the crazy civilians have destroyed everything.
Maybe homosexuality is all about gay men (for example) having more of the female smell receptor capability than other men, so they get attracted to men on a deep level (although not ones that resemble their fathers or brothers).
The possibilities are endless.
Posted by JonasParker at February 5, 2005 11:40 AM
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