# Hold The Front Page! -"Hormones in semen make women happier" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136 "2002-06-27T00:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/1 "2002-06-27T00:56:56Z")
Hormones in semen make women happier, study finds > [@](#): > > WOMEN whose partners do not wear condoms are less likely to be depressed than those whose male partners use protection - and exposure to semen appears to be the reason, new research has revealed. > > American scientists have studied the link between mood and sperm and concluded that women who were directly exposed to it were less depressed. > > They believe the mood-altering hormones in semen, such as testosterone, oestrogen and prolactin, absorbed through the vagina, are the factor affecting mood. > > … > > Mr Gallup stressed he was not advocating unprotected sex. “Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen,” he said. !!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/2 "2002-06-27T00:59:17Z")
Oops - forgot link! That world-shattering news item is from: [http://www.theherald.co.uk/](http://www.theherald.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/3 "2002-06-27T12:55:44Z")
I read a good article about this on [salon.com](http://salon.com) that looked at some of the shortcomings of the study. There are so many factors in determining a person’s happiness that to simply say it’s because of one thing is a little silly. There are some results that are very interesting and bear further study, but the matter is hardly settled. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/4 "2002-06-27T22:48:09Z")
Yeah, but **Geo** don’t you even want to _try it out?_ I mean, even if it’s not true… **WHO CARES!!** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/5 "2002-06-27T22:54:05Z")
Um, Dave, what makes you think I’m not? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/6 "2002-06-27T23:05:05Z")
I bring happiness on the first date! 😉 * * * She told me she loved me like a brother. That’s great, cause she’s from Arkansas! ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/7 "2002-06-28T01:08:21Z")
My wife and I were discussing this, and we started thinking of how this study is likely to be (mis)used: > [@](#): > > I’d really like to use a condom, but I want to make you happy. Really, I’m only doing it for you. > [@](#): > > I notice you’ve been down the last few days. I think we should stay in your apartment all weekend for some intensive anti-depressive therapy. > [@](#): > > I know you’re gay, and I can really respect that, but in the interest of your emotional well-being I think you need to broaden your horizons. > [@](#): > > There’s a part of the study they didn’t publish; the best effects are achieved when the semen is taken orally. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/8 "2002-06-28T01:48:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*I bring happiness on the first date! 😉 > > * * * > > She told me she loved me like a brother. That’s great, cause she’s from Arkansas! \*\* Hmm - quite an apposite sig line there, **gatoescado**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/9 "2002-06-28T12:14:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*Um, Dave, what makes you think I’m not? \*\* BAHAHAHA! Thanks for the laugh, hon! Got my day off to a good start. This is beginning to sound like one of those “Is that a gun in your pocket” jokes… ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/10 "2002-06-28T16:31:09Z")
Step right up, ladies- just call me Doctor Feelgood! [SUB]Yeah, I can’t believe I said that, either.[/SUB] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/11 "2002-06-28T22:18:01Z")
Well, now we have confirmation. God works in mysterious ways. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-the-front-page-hormones-in-semen-make-women-happier/116136/12 "2002-06-29T10:58:54Z")
Well, it makes sense, doesn’t it? I mean, it improves **my** mood. Every time.