Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Does semen have antidepressant properties?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:23:21 +0000

This is definitely an advantage of a monogamous heterosexual marriage versus the other forms of sexual relationships.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:08:45 +0000

I believe they should have controlled for whether the girls in question were in a monogamous relationship. Usually, only a girl in a long term, stable relationship will risk unprotected sex (in college anyway – teens are much stupider.) This could be the reason she isn’t showing as many depressed symptoms, compared to her single swinger counterparts. The study should have also controlled for whether a girl is on birth control, which is the other major reason she might not be using a condom.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:40:08 +0000

There is, of course, a much simpler explanation. Who likes condoms? Probably almost no-one. So anyone having sex without a condom is going to feel better — it’s a better experience, something not to have to worry about, and a fairly yeuchy contraption not to have to use. GOK how you control for that though.

By: Sinead

Sinead — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:37:49 +0000

Shhh people above, study says have more sex! Let’s just run with that =P

By: Jinian

Jinian — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:12:55 +0000

Depressives are more realistic, part n.

By: LuchinG

LuchinG — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:05:11 +0000

Of course they weren´t depresive; they were just risk junkies.

By: Rhacodactylus

Rhacodactylus — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:05:01 +0000

This explains those old detergent commercials where the tube socks danced their way into the wash. ~Rhaco

By: Rhacodactylus

Rhacodactylus — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:06:04 +0000

Hmmm, very interesting, but isn’t it also likely that certain personality types are less likely to use a condom, and that those same personality types might be likely to determine self worth based on sexual encounters?

I’m not saying in any way that that is the case, I’m just saying that with retrospective studies it’s hard to make claims for the effects of a substance, even one as awesome as semen.

~Rhaco