The Crying Game

[Atheist-Lite]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... f-men.html

Tears of sadness contain a chemical turn-off for men. Like animal tears, human tears may influence the behaviour of others by smell alone.

In a pilot experiment Noam Sobel and colleagues at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, asked a group of men to sniff tears before filling out a mood questionnaire. "To our surprise, we found no change in the area of positive or negative mood, but there was a decrease in sexual arousal," says Sobel.

To investigate further, Sobel's team collected tears shed by two women watching sad movies. They then soaked small cotton pads in the tears, or in a saline solution dripped down the same women's faces.

A group of 24 male volunteers were unable to smell the difference between the tears and saline. The men were then asked to rate the sexual attractiveness of a series of photographs of women's faces three times – once with the tear-soaked pad placed under their noses, once with the saline-soaked pad and once without any pad.

The team found that ratings of sexual attraction were lower when the men sniffed the real tears. The smell of tears had no effect on the perception of sadness in the pictures.

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Um, wow?

[Atheist-Lite]

Um, wow?

That's what I thought. Explains the meaning of life and everything.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

So men don't find women that bawl at Beaches attractive? Makes sense.

[Feck]

But girls look so cute with panda eyes and trembling lips (damn morning wood just arrived late today ) ...Maybe I'm a latent sadist ?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Um, wow?

That's what I thought. Explains the meaning of life and everything.

It explains the bored expressions at weep-a-thons. "Um, you ladies are going to have to give it a break, the lower levels of the theater are starting to flood."

[Atheist-Lite]

If this reduces testrozone/aggression levels then the military could bottle womens tears and spray it from drones onto the opposing forces to dampen morale?

[mistermack]

From an evolutionary point of view, it makes perfect sense.
What's the point of getting horny, when she's in a miserable mood.
You're better off trying her sister.
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[Animavore]

I hate when women start crying (or anyone else for that matter). It's such a waste of time. Like getting angry or frustrated. I prefer to just skip that bit when I can.