Jake Lodwick has committed himself to making videos for the rest of his life.

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28th January 2008

Text reblogged from What I Learned Today with 20 notes

you down with MHC?

dihard writes: 

Just read this interesting article in Time Magazine about how romance is linked to smell. We respond to olfactory cues and in fact, smell helps us narrow our choices of potential partners.

MHC (the major histocompatibility complex), a set of genes that controls the immune system and influences tissue rejection is especially critical. You jive best with a partner whose MHC is sufficiently different from your own. Studies show that couples with similar MHC’s have trouble conceiving or an increased risk of miscarriage.

A study had females smell various t-shirts worn by different anonymous men, then pick the one that appealed to them most. Most women chose ones worn by men with a MHC dissimilar to her own (=good). Those who chose the t-shirts worn by men with similar MHC (=bad) were on birth control. The daily dose of hormones confounds the MHC-smell detection system.

A chemist associated with the studies “wonders if the Pill may contribute to divorce… Women pick a husband when they’re on birth control, then quit to have a baby and realize they’ve made a mistake.” Here’s an in depth description of the study & a scientific explanation here. 

(The bold part above was added by me for emphasis)

Annamarie suggested that (I’m paraphrasing), “Most of the time when people talk about women being crazy, it’s because they’re on the pill.” I agree, and condoms are undesirable for their own reasons…

I need to look into vasectomies.

  1. justine reblogged this from cremefracas and added:
    you down with MHC?...follow up: See? The pill = good...most...
  2. whydoihaveablog reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Probably shouldn’t put all of my decision making eggs in only one scientific study-basket, but I don’t think I’ll ever...
  3. dragonrider reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    When I first heard you could “regulate” or “stop” your menstrual cycle as you needed.. that’s when I knew this wasn’t...
  4. brittanyo reblogged this from dihard
  5. blahcetera reblogged this from dihard and added:
    ++++++++ You see,...reason why I stopped trying...control...
  6. ceallaigh reblogged this from dihard and added:
    life threatening blood clots, nausea, mood swings, weight gain, heart attack...Now it...
  7. dalasverdugo reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Not until you find someone to settle down with.
  8. benkorman reblogged this from dihard and added:
    We totally watched a video about this last semester in my “Human Evolution” class.
  9. cremefracas reblogged this from musicbrain and added:
    Musicbrain, great qualification on a topic the media loves to go crazy about - instant ramifications of genetic behavior...
  10. peterwknox reblogged this from dihard and added:
    My last “relationship,”...the traditional sense...word,...
  11. jaclynday reblogged this from dihard and added:
    i dislike being on the pill for a number of reasons, but one of the main reasons being the fact that i don’t feel like...
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  13. onemoretimewithfeeling reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    dihard can always be counted on for great posts. p.s. the only reason i reblogged from jakob is because i like his...
  14. jakelodwick reblogged this from dihard and added:
    (The bold part above was added...me for emphasis) Annamarie suggested
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  16. musicbrain reblogged this from dihard and added:
    Nice blog! Yeah, I am definitely down with MHC. There is still much to be discovered about hormones and olfaction. Some...
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