Your Ladytears Will Get You Off The Hook For Sex

Emotional tears shed by women make men less likely to want to do sex to them, says Science.

[R]esearchers measured heart and respiration rates, skin temperature, testosterone levels and brain activity of sexual-arousal-related brain structures, in response to sniffing emotional tears, which are odorless and clear. Saline was used as a control. They recorded an overall reduction in all measures, leading the researchers to a central conclusion: Women’s emotional tears contain a signal that reduces men’s sexual excitement.

“This is the chemical word for ‘No,’” said [Science guy Noam] Sobel. “Or at least for ‘Not now.’”

Further research is expected to reveal that emotional tears in women also triggers the “gotta go” response that makes men suddenly remember an immediate and pressing commitment elsewhere.

Photo by Megyarsh, from Flickr.