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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 02:20:45 -0700
From: "Paul \"Akeedy\" Ezeji" <ezeji@GTE.NET>
Subject: Re: [Datelinehealth-Nigeria] Yahoo! News Story - Hormones in Semen
Shown to Make Women Feel Good
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What about those who don't need a male partner to saitisfy their =
sexual needs. Are they now left in the cold? Ever more depressed? A food =
for thought. This study seems to be silent on this group of homo =
sapiens/
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LONDON (Reuters) - Hormones in semen may help to ease female =
depression because women whose partners don't use condoms are less =
likely to feel down.=20
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Scientists at the State University of New York suspect the =
mood-altering hormones are absorbed through the vagina and make women =
feel good but they stressed that their results are not an excuse for =
unprotected sex.=20
"I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people =
abstain from using condoms," Gordon Gallup, who led the study, told New =
Scientist magazine on Wednesday.=20
"Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease =
would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen," =
he added.=20
The researchers assessed the moods of 300 female students using =
a standard questionnaire. A score of more than 17 was considered =
moderately depressed.=20
Women whose partners never used condoms scored about eight on =
the test while those who never had sex without condoms scored 11.3. =
Women who weren't having sex at all scored about 13.5.=20
Depression in the students who sometimes or never used condoms =
was more severe the longer they went without sex.=20
The scientists said they looked at other factors, such as the =
use of oral contraceptives, frequency of sex and personality type, but =
found that none could account for the findings.=20
The magazine said the results are not a complete surprise =
because scientists know that semen contains several mood-altering =
hormones including testosterone.=20
"Some of these have been detected in a woman's blood within =
hours of exposure to semen," the magazine said.=20
The scientists suspect semen will have the same effect on women =
regardless of how they are exposed to it.=20
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