vixen Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 I have read that sex the act of exchangeing fluids makes people chemicaly attached to each other. Brings them closer together through a chemical bond. It supposedly hightens the bond shared between the two. What do you think. Opinions, experiances. Just curios. Vixen Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Do a search through Loveshack on 'oxcytocin' Link to post Share on other sites
ArdeaCandidissima Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 As it's stated here, it's pseudoscientific nonsense. Let's try a thought experiment - does a woman receiving artificial insemination get "closer" to the donor? Does a condom prevent this "closeness"? Of course, sex can create very strong feelings between two people, based on shared pleasure and excitement, but I feel quite sure that it is not based on the purely chemical exchange of fluids. Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 It isn't pseudoscientific, nor is it nonsense. It isn't based only on pheremones, which are included in the fluids, but also in hormones. Do a Google search on Oxcytocin, if you don't believe it. It has most defintely been studied scientifically. Link to post Share on other sites
Clancy Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 I think people need to be attracted to one another as a prerequisite for further chemical bonding to occur through sex. The initial attraction is probably related to things like scent and bodily communications so the senses are in play there. When two people who are already picking up on each other's sensual offerings have sex the ensuing odors, tastes, and sensations must intensify the bond. On the other hand a guy could have sex with a crack whore and certainly walk away unbonded. Link to post Share on other sites
EnigmaXOXO Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Oxcytocin levels are raised through the act of sexual intercourse, and not necessarily through the exchange of bodily fluids. Which is why monogamous couples who engage in sexual intercourse on a regular basis are more likely to remain "bonded" to each other for longer periods of time. On average, a couple remains chemically bonded for approximately four years. Nature has designed us this way so that a pair bond can remain together long enough to raise their offspring past infancy. This might also explain why couples seem to fall "out of love" around this four-year mark. The gradual decrease of these sexual chemical levels over time effect our feelings of intimacy. Couples begin to have sex less often, Oxcytocin levels drop, and this is when we are more likely to begin seeking out new partners with whom to mate. Thus, the term “seven-year-itch.” This is why relationship experts advise couples who have reached this stage in their relationship to have MORE sex, regardless of whether we are ‘in the mood’ or not---particularly us ladies. Theoretically, by raising our Oxcytocin levels, a couple can bridge that gap back to intimacy again and reestablish those chemical bonds that brought us together in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Oxytocin was in fact the hormonal luminary of the conference, coming up repeatedly in discussions of nearly every type of animal bonding: parental, fraternal, sexual and even the capacity to soothe one's self. Dr. C.Sue Carter of the University of Maryland in College Park, one of the organizers of the conference, is renowned in the field of oxytocin research. She suggested in her talk that oxytocin might have played an essential role in the evolution of social behavior, particularly for mammals. Women whose oxytocin levels rose in response to massage and remembering a positive relationship reported having little difficulty setting appropriate boundaries, being alone, and trying too hard to please others. Women whose oxytocin levels fell in response to remembering a negative emotional relationship reported greater problems with experiencing anxiety in close relationships. In addition, women who were currently involved in a committed relationship experienced greater oxytocin increases in response to positive emotions than single women. The researchers speculate that a close, regular relationship may influence the responsiveness of the hormone, said Turner. Turner and her colleagues tested the idea that oxytocin is released in response to intense emotional states in addition to physical cues. Twenty-six non-lactating women between the ages of 23 and 35 were asked to recall and re-experience a past relationship event that caused them to feel a positive emotion, such as love or infatuation, and a negative emotion, such as loss or abandonment. Because massage done on rats had previously been shown to influence oxytocin levels, the participants also received a 15-minute Swedish massage of the neck and shoulders. Blood samples were taken before, during, and after each of the three events to measure baseline oxytocin levels in the bloodstream and any change. The results, on average, were of borderline significance - relaxation massage caused oxytocin levels to rise slightly and recollection of a negative emotion caused oxytocin levels to fall slightly. Recollection of a positive emotion, on average, had no effect. http://www.oxytocin.org/oxytoc/ Kerstin Uvns-Moberg of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm has shown that a simple touch can release oxytocin (Carter, Getz 1993). We share many of the oxytocin and vasopressin responses of other animals. Oxytocin fosters friendship, love, and nurturance. With vasopressin, it provides the chemistry of human attachment: sticking with your sexual partner and attention to your offspring. Says Cort Pedersen, “Human relations are influenced by the model of the parent-child relationship in that they include the notions of nurturing, care, help” (Schrof 1991). These behaviors we call love; earlier times would call it charity. Love derives from the positive effects of oxytocin and vasopressin. Further, excessive amounts of oxytocin in the brain feature in a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the sort that sparks fears of germ contamination that lead to hours of hand washing each daysto the point of rubbing off skin and disrupting all other activities. It is the type that consists of repeated, upsetting thoughts or images linked to acts that a person feels compelled to carry out (Bower 1994; Leckman 1994http://www.ksharpe.com/Word/EP16.htm Can two sexual partners be tricked into thinking that they care for each other, when the emotions they feel actually result from hormonal changes caused by sex? “The effects of oxytocin on social bonding in animals are very clear,” Carter said. “Perhaps people should think carefully about this when deciding who they are with when they release oxytocin.”http://www.inform.umd.edu/Diamondback/00-03-08/news6.html According to Carter (1992) oxytocin is released after breast and genital stimulation in females. http://psych.unn.ac.uk/users/nick/hormonespp05/tsld024.htm Link to post Share on other sites
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