When it comes to sex, we’re used to coming across the occassional weird bit of research but we have to admit that this definitely caused us to raise a collective eyebrow.
You might not want to tell your man about this new study, for obvious reasons (i.e. if you share this bit of information you’re likely to never hear the end of it. Ever).
According to a new scientific study, women who are directly exposed to semen on a regular basis are less depressed. Yes, if you get down and very dirty with your man on a regular basis (and don’t use protection) you’ll be a happier individual. We’ll admit that we struggled to believe this (we always assumed that the dreaded wet patch made everyone miserable).
New Scientist is reporting that researchers have found that the reason why semen apparently has such a profound effect on us is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed by our bodies during sex. Lovely, right?
So basically, your fellas semen is magical and can give you a powerful mental boost in times of upset and distress.
But wait, there’s so much more to this weird, weird research…
“You want to do WHAT?”
The study, which was conducted at the State University of New York, found that the depression scores for women who did not use condoms actually got higher and higher as the amount of time since their last sexual encounter increased.
“These data are consistent with the possibility that semen may antagonize depressive symptoms and evidence which shows that the vagina absorbs a number of components of semen that can be detected in the bloodstream within a few hours of administration,” reads the study.
However, the boffins who have shared this information with the world are keen to add that they’re not encouraging people to give up on safe sex.
“I want to make it clean that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms,” said Gordon Gallup, the leader of the study.
“Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen,” he added.
Eh, no sh*t Gordon.
