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An interesting study conducted by Craig Roberts of Stirling University, Scotland has found that women taking oral contraception tended to choose mates who lacked sexual prowess. The researchers surveyed  2,519 women in the United States, Czech Republic, Britain and Canada who had had at least one child on whether they were taking the Pill when they met their mates. They then questioned them on their sexual satisfaction within the relationship and their physical attraction their partner. The results are odd. Women on the Pill were more likely to begin relationships with guys they weren't that physically attracted to:

Such women may, on average, be less satisfied with the sexual aspects of their relationship but more so with non-sexual aspects. Overall, women who met their partner on the Pill had longer relationships -- by two years on average -- and were less likely to separate.

So, basically, taking the pill could make you pick some fumbling five, but you might be into him for his comforting presence as you two marathon watched shitty reality television. It almost sounds like taking the Pill would help you avoid the siren song bullshit of some fancy, handsome, sexy man, but of course the news isn't all good:

Women who used oral contraception when they met their partner tended to find him less attractive, engaged in compliant sex and rejected sexual advances more frequently as the relationship progressed, and were more likely to initiate separation if it occurred.

Roberts is so convinced of the study's findings that he recommends women go off their hormonal birth control for a few months before deciding to get married. Just to make sure that they're actually into the guy they're thinking about marrying.

Comments ( 10 )

Oct 12 11 at 9:22 am
Joe

Goddamnit, that explains my entire dating life.

Oct 12 11 at 11:44 am
chicken salad

even when you're attracted to someone, birth control just slays libido.

Oct 12 11 at 12:01 pm
Doofus

Does the picture subtly suggest that Arthur Miller was lousy in the sack?

Oct 12 11 at 12:12 pm
julia s

Wow, how much do you think Michele Bachmann spent funding this study?

Oct 12 11 at 12:32 pm
Marcus Bachmann

Women who take the pill are also more likely to allow their husbands to pray REALLY HARD with lots of men.

Oct 12 11 at 2:12 pm
Someone

How is this news? I remember being taught this with cited studies, data and charts in my first year of psychology, which was 6 years ago.

Oct 12 11 at 9:13 pm
minx

awesome picture to go with the story

And I agree with the article. HBC causes me to make very stupid relationship decisions and kills my sex drive. If only it was also the reason I can't bare to end my 4 year relationship.

Oct 15 11 at 9:24 am
maryrose

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Oct 25 11 at 1:10 pm
WA

This article is SO TERRIBLE that gapingwhole.com ripped it up hilariously. Y'all should go see it, it's awesome.

Oct 27 11 at 5:29 pm
Bett

It's interesting to think about this alongside all the people I hear say that they got awfully horny when they quit BC to try to get pregnant. So maybe they didn't make terrible choices after all. I am a lot more interested in sex when my hormones are on an even keel - maybe starting birth control at a young age helped.

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