Study: Body Odor Boosts Sexual Arousal In Women

[Junket]

(AP) BERKELEY, Calif. A new study suggests that the sweat of a man may help get women in the mood.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that a compound in male perspiration changes hormonal levels in heterosexual women and boosts their sexual arousal.

Their findings were published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience - and just in time for Valentine’s Day, which is this Wednesday.

The researchers say the study offers the first direct evidence that humans secrete a scent that can affect the physiology of the opposite sex.

The study was conducted last year and involved 48 UC Berkeley undergraduate women who took 20 sniffs from a bottle containing a compound related to testosterone.

I better step up the sweat.

[Gigabitch]

Eeeew.

That is all.

[Junket]

Eeeew.

That is all.

Whatever, once I start sweatin', I'll have women all over me.

[The Great OV!!!]

Sweat stinks...sorry but so does that article.

[Gigabitch]

Of course it came from Berkeley. Patchouli heaven.

[Junket]

I don't know how accurate it is about women, but I definitely don't mind it.

And by don't mind it I mean, I like it.

[Gribble]

I'm never bathing again.

[artyemi]

Never showering again. Gross. Your stinkiness will overtake the good stuff.

[Junket]

I actually really like natural body odor.

Nothing extreme like working out then not showering for a few days.

But like, how a person smells after skipping a day of showering, where a lot of the soaps and shampoo residue has dissipated and there's natural oil on their skin. A fine mix of faint perfume and a hint of musk.

I'm dirty I know.

I mean a girl will smell good right after showering, but it's all overwhelming soapy perfume. I could find that by huffing a bottle of their shampoo or conditioner. Just doesn't get me revved up.

[Junket]

Frasbee is a hippy-guy way down deep...

**** you, I ain't no hippie.

[The Great OV!!!]

I wouldn't want to be called a hippie.

[Kiechi]

I wouldn't want to be called a hippie.

What was that Hippie?

[Junket]

Extreme?

By skipping a day of showering?

Jesus, it's winter time, how much do you sweat?

[The Great OV!!!]

What was that Hippie?

I don't know dumbass..

[pinkscorpion]

Actually, people really aren't meant to shower every day. I mean, I do it out of a personal preference but we really are the only animals on earth that bathe in full on soap and water as often as we do. All we really need to do on a daily basis is freshen ourselves up, i.e: washing the face, armpits, and...other regions prone to oiliness, sweatiness, or smelliness. Washing your skin too much actually irritates it.

In actuality, we probably only need to shower every other day, at the most.

And I'll admit, it is kind of sexy when a guy has that "I showered this morning, but like ten minutes ago I just ran around and got sweaty" smell. I don't like every guy's sweat smell, though. But that probably has something to do with pheromones or whatever.