Periods and sexual attraction

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Registered: 10-04-2008
Periods and sexual attraction
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Sat, 10-04-2008 - 7:55pm

Alright, this may seem a bit strange, and I'm not sure this is the right category, but here it goes.


I'm a single 23 year old college student, and lately (in the past 6 months or so) I've been off the pill, and it seems like whenever I'm on my period I seem to have more sexual attraction directed at me... nothing has changed with my appearance and this one thing remains pretty constant. I was just wondering if anyone maybe had any reasons as to why? Hormones? Pheremones? I'm just curious to see what others have to think about this and if anyone has similar experiences.


-Linda

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Registered: 07-26-2006
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 4:06am

Hi there,

It's hard to know. Sexual attraction and the function of pheromones is something that is still being studied and understood. For some women, men will find them more attractive near ovulation, but it sounds like it's different for you. It could be that you behave slightly differently during that time, that you aren't aware of. Who knows! The real question is whether you have a problem with the attention ;-).