Good news: Boyfriend’s “love hormone” wards off girlfriend’s rivals
A hormone known as “the love hormone” prompts men in relationships to keep their distance from other women who are attractive, new research suggests.
Oxytocin, which is known to contribute to pair-bonding, encourages men to expand their personal “Don’t come near me” bubble when around an attractive woman — but only when those men are in relationships, researchers found. Single men were just as likely to get close to a pretty stranger whether or not they’d been dosed with oxytocin, according to a study published tomorrow (Nov. 14) in the Journal of Neuroscience. …
In both experiments, researchers found that relationship status mattered. Men dosed with oxytocin who had girlfriends or wives had bigger personal bubbles than other men. Single men and guys who got the placebo generally established themselves at about 20 to 24 inches (50 to 60 centimeters) away from the attractive experimenter. Oxytocin-dosed guys in relationships stayed about 28 to 30 inches (70 to 75 cm) away.
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I wish this would work with my girlfriend…frankly she doesn’t need a ‘bubble’, she needs a freaking can of pepper spray.
MelonCollie on November 14, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Color me ‘anomaly.’
I’m just a chick magnet, no matter how steamed my lovely wife gets…
LOL
locomotivebreath1901 on November 14, 2012 at 10:43 PM
It didn’t work in the case of BetrayUs
burrata on November 14, 2012 at 10:44 PM
All this time I thought it was just the short leash I’m on.
mwdiver on November 14, 2012 at 11:50 PM
An empty wallet does the same thing. ie. ..empty wallet=whoremoan
Normally one chick can drain a wallet quite handily. Other chicks realize this and stay away. But, if you a rich dude, and can flash a lot of cash, buy drinks all around and stuff, you can attract as many as you can handle.
BigSven on November 15, 2012 at 3:24 AM
Never worked for me.
Sams88 on November 15, 2012 at 4:35 AM
Ehh really? I have found that women COME out of the woodwork when you are taken… and in my case ( and I am sure it goes for many guys ), when single, you could not get a piece in a $5 w(*re house with a fist full of $20′s. It really is not because we are not attractive just normal looking…
So I call this study B.S.
watertown on November 15, 2012 at 5:53 AM
If that worked Id still be married and wouldnt have to deal with all these restraining orders.
Valkyriepundit on November 15, 2012 at 6:57 AM
Heh, he said personal bubble.
/Beavis
Odysseus on November 15, 2012 at 7:05 AM
I call BS on this one…
DethMetalCookieMonst on November 15, 2012 at 7:21 AM
I agree. This study is BS. I think women seem to come out of the woodwork when a man is in a happy relationship because they see another woman is interested, so he must be a great guy. That, and they love to complain how all the “good ones” are taken.
Mitoch55 on November 15, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Huh. I thought it was the “TAKEN” mark she branded on my forehead.
2ndMAW68 on November 15, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Nonsense. Women have always seen a “don’t come near me” bubble around me. How I managed to snare a wife is still a mystery to me.
Nick_Angel on November 15, 2012 at 8:43 AM