Study: Women on the pill pick worse guys to sleep with

[arianah]

I just read this LiveScience study.

 

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In short, it says that women normally when not on the pill seek out partners by being drawn to men with different MHC (major histocompatibility complex) smells. However, when they're on the pill, hormonally it's as if they are pregnant (so genetically, the kind of mate doesn't matter), so they tend to seek out men with matching MHC smells. Couples with different MHC smells tend to be happier with each other and more faithful to each other.

 

In your experiences, has this been the case? I was thinking back and I'm not on the pill now, but when I was on the pill, I dated guys that were definitely not good for me. I'm just one person though, so I wanted to see if there was any anecdotal evidence to back this up.

 

Here's the full article:

[Crazyaboutdogs]

Hmm, so I wonder what other medications will now be blamed for lapses in character assessment! Insulin...maybe they can do a study on that. Sorry, I am having a tough time believing this. I think more to the point is that it is easier for women on the pill to have sex with men so they might be more inclined just to choose anyone to have sex with because they don't feel at risk for pregnancy...whereas women who are not on the pill might be more selective because of pregnancy worries.

[agent1607307371]

Actually it doesn't say women on the pill pick worse guys to sleep with, just that they pick men they might not pick if they were not on the pill. Science studies tend not to make value judgements like that.

[Steve 7745]

I'm very curious about this.

 

My ex got off the pill to do some blood work. She started acting strange about the time she stopped taking it.

 

One of the determining factors of MHC has to do with genetic compatibility as well. Supposedly, people of similar genetic backgrounds aren't as interesting as people with diverse ones. Her family was mostly German while mine stems from a wide range including French, English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and German.

 

So was it the side effects of stopping the pill, or just we straight up weren't biologically compatible? I'm more inclined to believe the former because apparently depression and anxiety tend to act up after coming off the pill it seems, and it gives me hope that if she gets over these, she'll be interested again. But the latter is worse, making me believe that the universe itself doesn't want us together. Sigh.

 

Infact, the more I think about her gradually changing behavior the last few weeks, the more I begin to believe that it was perhaps the number one cause of our relationship to end. But then again, if that's the way she behaves without the pill, then our relationship was doomed anyway.

[Aviatormy]

Well my fiance was on the pill up until 4 month prior to us meeting and she says that I am by far the most incredible guy that she has ever been with and thats why she wants to marry me.

 

So in essense, get off the pill and find your soul mate! lol.

 

I really do not believe this. Although I am the first man that my fiance has dated since being off the pill.

[Scorpion Fury]

Hmmm... I am only on the pill when I am in a LTR, so I don't really know. Once we break up, I go off the pill. I don't particularly like taking it, so if I'm not with someone I care about, I'm not having random sex with no condom anyway and I don't feel the need to take it. But that's interesting.

 

I read somewhere that is a woman likes a man's natural smell, like how he smells when he needs a shower maybe? I don't know. Anyway, if she likes his natural smell then their kids would be attractive, and if she doesn't then they wouldn't. Or something like that. Sounded like a bunch of bull.

[agent1607307371]

if she likes his natural smell then their kids would be attractive, and if she doesn't then they wouldn't. Or something like that. Sounded like a bunch of bull.

 

I remember hearing that if you sniff someone behind the ear and it smells good to you then you'll have good sex with that person. Never got around to trying it though.

[arianah]

Actually it doesn't say women on the pill pick worse guys to sleep with, just that they pick men they might not pick if they were not on the pill. Science studies tend not to make value judgements like that.

 

Actually, it does say that. The title of the article is "The Pill Makes Women Pick Bad Mates." I didn't mean that they are worse guys in general, but they are scientifically the ones who the women are less compatible with. It says in the article that they are less happy and less faithful in those relationships.

[drewciouS281]

i dunno about this. the girl im dating was into me before she was on the pill and is still into me now on the pill. hmmm.

[agent1607307371]

Actually, it does say that. The title of the article is "The Pill Makes Women Pick Bad Mates." I didn't mean that they are worse guys in general, but they are scientifically the ones who the women are less compatible with. It says in the article that they are less happy and less faithful in those relationships.

 

The article says that, the study, I would put money on this, does not. And nowhere in the article do they back up the idea that the mates picked are "worse".

 

Magazine titles are designed to pique interest and get readers. They tend not to be incredibly accurate.