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Interesting article Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition....not sure if I believe it. ......

Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't.

The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed that the women who were directly exposed to semen were less depressed. The researchers think this is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations.

"I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup, the psychologist at the State University of New York who led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen."

His team divided 293 female students into groups depending on how often their partners wore condoms, and assessed their happiness using the Beck Depression Inventory, a standard questionnaire for assessing mood. People who score over 17 are considered moderately depressed.

The team found that women whose partners never used condoms scored 8 on average, those who sometimes used them scored 10.5, those who usually used them scored 15 and those who always used them scored 11.3. Women who weren't having sex at all scored 13.5.

What's more, the longer the interval since they last had sex, the more depressed the women who never or sometimes used condoms got. But the time since the last sexual encounter made no difference to the mood of women who usually or always used condoms.

The team also found that depressive symptoms and suicide attempts were more common among women who used condoms regularly compared with those who didn't. The results will appear in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

And Gallup told New Scientist that his team already has unpublished data from a larger group of 700 women confirming these findings. In this study, the always-use-condoms group were more depressed than the usually-use-condoms group, suggesting the discrepancy in the smaller study was a sampling error, he says.
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42 responses // Semen makes you happy?

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    Hmmm. They do say sex is a good way to get rid of a headache. So...who knows!?

    I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that those who aren't using condoms are perhaps in committed monogamous relationships and that makes them happier?

    cantucwearebrothers
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    Vitamin D is a cure all....At least thats what I tell them.

    powerhungry
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    Let's find out.

    subsecret
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    The women who aren't using condoms aren't going to be stressed out about diseases or pregnancy, for whatever reason.

    The ones who are, will be.

    How could they rule that out?

    PoisonTheMonkey
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    I do like to spread as much happiness as possible wherever I go '-)

    eldamon
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    Okay, about five tasteless jokes went through my head before I realized I'd be better off not typing any of them at all.

    bishopobispo
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    Doesn't take a scientist to tell me "jizz makes women happy..." that stuff is the ESSENCE of happiness!

    Greenpointer
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    A great big Thank You to the woman who posted this, for opening up the floor for all the men on current.com to start rattling off jokes about the medicinal properties of their wonder-jizz!

    Just keep on posting, boys. We ladies never get tired of hearing about your magic love juice.

    ...Did we really have a shot at discussing this article seriously!? c'mon! :)

    i suggest a joke contest...
    Best One-Liner As A Response To This Article.
    Whaddya say?

    have fun, boys!

    Found_Avenue
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    Must... resist... temptation...

    bishopobispo
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    Has anyone ever thought of the simple fact that sex without a condom (for both partners) just feels better and maybe that's why those women whose partners don't use one seem to be happier? They just enjoy the experience of sex that much more.

    Good sex = happiness. I don't think any woman in the US wakes up in the mornings and says, "I really do hope I have some bad sex today!" C'mon people..... make love, not war!

    ScratchyPants
    1 response to this
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    So porn stars should always be happy. :)'

    MrRah
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    Does it have to be fresh,can we bottle it for you unhappy women?What about if taken orally and female juices
    does that do anything for us men?

    regularrf
    2 responses to this
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    FYI the secret ingredient in the Big Mac's "special sauce" is bull semen.

    smice
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    Cool, now I have a reason why me and my girl should bang immediately after her cat dies. "Com on babe, It will help you get over it" ;)

    Weepowopo
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    So, instead od of sayin "I going to cum," I should just yell "Here comes the happy juice!!"

    NaCl
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    Too funny! But dammit if I dont agree!

    ninepounds6
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    AS if.......

    powerhungry
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    I believe this is also know as cum drunk? Next they should do a study to show if men are happier before or after the pregnancy test results.

    Dtown83
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    I wonder if it would be possible to narrow down exactly what hormone(s) are effecting people, then use those hormones as a cure for depression.

    Blue_phoenix28
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    sounds iffy, ey?

    scarletprincess
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    I saw this same article 5 years ago on the net. THIS IS NEWS AND POLITICS HUH? Well I guess all you guys are happier now not having to defend your shallow beliefs. BEST OF LUCK TO YA.

    nobamagirl
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    I have also seen this article online before, almost exactly the same.

    "depression... new reason to have fore-play!"

    localsly
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    ohhhlalalal

    lmao!

    sex!
    hmmmmm:)

    ahahah nice

    KatieYo
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    The actual report was published in 2002 by The Archives of Sexual Behavior. So Yeah, it IS 6 years old at this point. Also, the first sentence in the conclusion of the report is: "It is important to acknowledge that these data are preliminary and correlational in nature, and as such are only suggestive". So there you go. Compare it to the NewScientist article: "Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't."
    = Crappy, incorrect journalism. But hell, it's obviously a joke. No journal with serious scientific integrity would've published this if it were a serious assertion.

    theoneness
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    Yeah, but It is telling Clinton jokes,nobody cares anymore. OLD.

    nobamagirl
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