http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-05/controversial-ideas-semen-natures-antidepressant

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"Back in 2002, psychologists at the State University of New York at Albany published a study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior looking at the potential role of semen in alleviating depression in women. The researchers presented evidence supporting an earlier hypothesis that the hormones in semen have a mood-boosting effect on women. For any woman who has had sex -- and enjoyed it -- this may not come as a huge surprise. Cut to this past February. Lazar Greenfield, the incoming president of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), wrote a short Valentine's Day-themed editorial about mating in Surgery News. In it, he discussed the sex lives of fruit flies, rotifers and humans. He cited the SUNY Albany study before concluding: "So there's a deeper bond between men and women than St. Valentine would have suspected, and now we know there's a better gift for that day than chocolates." That gift, of course, being semen. Greenfield's editorial sparked a controversy among ACS members, many of whom felt it was blatantly sexist. In response to the flap, Greenfield -- a highly respected retired professor at the University of Michigan with a reputation for supporting women in surgery -- apologized and stepped down from his post as editor of Surgery News; two weeks ago, as the controversy continued, he also resigned from his position at the College. In an interview with the Detroit Free Press Greenfield said, "The editorial was a review of what I thought was some fascinating new findings related to semen, and the way in which nature is trying to promote a stronger bond between men and women." "

5/5/2011 3:14:04 PM

Yes

I've been sad lately if you know what I'm sayin

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5/5/2011 3:15:30 PM

hahahaha


diva you are ON POINT today




hahahaha

5/5/2011 3:16:48 PM

Someone give pryderi a money shot so I can stop reading these depressing threads.

[Edited on May 5, 2011 at 3:20 PM. Reason : C]

5/5/2011 3:20:03 PM

I, too, have thoroughly enjoyed DivaBaby's posts lately

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Quote :

"Greenfield's editorial sparked a controversy among ACS members, many of whom felt it was blatantly sexist. In response to the flap, Greenfield -- a highly respected retired professor at the University of Michigan with a reputation for supporting women in surgery -- apologized and stepped down from his post as editor of Surgery News; two weeks ago, as the controversy continued, he also resigned from his position at the College. In an interview with the Detroit Free Press Greenfield said, "The editorial was a review of what I thought was some fascinating new findings related to semen, and the way in which nature is trying to promote a stronger bond between men and women." "

This shit always bugs me.

5/5/2011 3:20:47 PM

My Dad always said a spoon full of semen helps the medicine go down in the most delightful way.

5/5/2011 3:23:24 PM

Give that bitch some semen, bitches love semen

5/5/2011 3:46:05 PM

IIRC, it also prevents breast cancer.

5/5/2011 4:27:08 PM

so does it matter how the woman takes it in...mouth/vag/butt?!?!

inquiring minds want to know

5/5/2011 5:26:07 PM

^ Why not cover all of your bases?

5/5/2011 6:19:23 PM

heh heh cover all your bases

with semen

5/5/2011 6:19:59 PM

Quote :

" IIRC, it also prevents breast cancer."

Came here for this reference.

Go pack.

5/5/2011 6:27:47 PM

ehe i saw Semen Act and thought there was a new law passed or somethin

5/5/2011 7:05:22 PM

Yeah, females, must consume daily.

I have free semen available

[Edited on May 5, 2011 at 7:06 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2011 7:06:29 PM

The article is available via the ncsu library.

Quote :

"In reviewing the literature on vaginal absorption of seminal products, Ney (1986) hypothesized that semen may have an effect on mood in women. Hormones in seminal plasma include testosterone, estrogen, follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, prolactin, and a number of different prostaglandins. Many of the compounds present in human semen can be absorbed through the vagina (Benziger & Edleson, 1983)."

Quote :

"Females who had sex without condoms, and therefore would be more likely to have semen in their reproductive tract, evidenced significantly fewer depressive symptoms than those who used condoms (see Table I). Consistent with the hypothesis that there may be something about semen that antagonizes depression, females who were having sex without condoms also showed lower depression scores than those who were abstaining from sex altogether. The fact that depression scores among females who were not having sex did not differ from those who were using condoms demonstrates that it is not sexual activity per se that antagonizes depression."

Quote :

"Among sexually active females who never used condoms or only used condoms some of the time, there was a significant correlation between depression scores and how long it had been since they had sexual intercourse. In other words, depressive symptoms among females who did not typically use condoms increased as a function of the elapsed time since their last sexual encounter. One account of this relationship might be that females who do not use condoms are having sex partly to alleviate depressive symptoms. In support of this hypothesis, we found that the frequency of sexual intercourse was inversely proportional to the consistency of condom use (see Fig. 1). Indeed, females who did not use condoms were having sex almost twice as often as those who always used condoms."

Best part:

Quote :

"If semen does antagonize depressive symptoms in females, it is interesting to speculate about where this effect may originate; that is, are the effects mediated by the transport of semen components through vaginal tissue or through the uterus? One obvious way to make a preliminary determination about the site of action would be to compare females who are using diaphragms as a means of contraception with those who are neither using diaphragms or condoms. Among those using diaphragms, the effect of semen would be restricted to the vaginal tract. It is also possible that there may be other non-reproductive sites of entry. For example, it would be interesting to investigate the possible antidepressant effects of oral ingestion of semen, or semen applied through anal intercourse (or both) among both heterosexual couples as well as homosexual males."

5/5/2011 7:09:39 PM

bttt

5/6/2011 3:00:13 PM

Gosh I would love to get out of my depression tonight.

5/6/2011 3:01:37 PM

Orally, vaginally, or anally? (all three perhaps?)

5/6/2011 3:24:29 PM

Would a gangbang make a woman ecstatic?

5/6/2011 3:52:55 PM

The way I see it, a girl that likes being DPed or TPed on the reg probably has a lot of stuff wrong with her already so she probably needs all the antidepressants she can get her hands on. (snicker)

5/6/2011 3:54:56 PM

2 out of the 3

now which 2 did I choose?

5/6/2011 4:00:30 PM

Damn...it's the Monty Hall problem all over again.

5/6/2011 4:08:28 PM

You mean "Monty Hole"...

5/6/2011 4:13:28 PM

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"The way I see it, a girl that likes being DPed or TPed on the reg probably has a lot of stuff wrong with her already so she probably needs all the antidepressants she can get her hands on."

Nah, they had a control group of people who wrapped it up.

5/6/2011 8:42:39 PM

I am fucking depressed...maybe I should start drinking my own jizz

although I suspect that the resultant decrease in respect for myself would more than cancel out any euphoric effect of the semen

also, it doesn't seem like drinking my own semen could make me any happier...it would violate the laws of thermodynamics or something

5/6/2011 8:49:27 PM

Quote :

"Hormones in seminal plasma include testosterone, estrogen, follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, prolactin, and a number of different prostaglandins."

[Edited on May 6, 2011 at 9:33 PM. Reason : feel free to make a bald joke]

5/6/2011 9:32:51 PM

Quote :

" it would be interesting to investigate the possible antidepressant effects of oral ingestion of semen, or semen applied through anal intercourse "

Maybe they should test bukkaked women to see of absorption through pores also acts as an antidepressant.

5/9/2011 3:21:53 PM