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Archives of Sexual Behavior
31 (3): 289-293, June 2002
Copyright C 2002 Plenum Publishing Corporation
All rights reserved
Does Semen Have Antidepressant Properties?
Gordon G. Gallup Jr.
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany,
New York; [log in to unmask]
In a sample of sexually active college females, condom use, as an indirect
measure of the presence of semen in the reproductive tract, was related to
scores on the Beck Depression Inventory. Not only were females who were
having sex without condoms less depressed, but depressive symptoms and
suicide attempts among females who used condoms were proportional to the
consistency of condom use. For females who did not use condoms, depression
scores went up as the amount of time since their last sexual encounter
increased. These data are consistent with the possibility that semen may
antagonize depressive symptoms and evidence which shows that the vagina
absorbs a number of components of semen that can be detected in the
bloodstream within a few hours of administration.
Robert
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> Found the reference at last.
> Does semen have antidepressant propetties?
> Gordon et al, archives of sexual behaviour: 2002 june; 31 (3): 289-293
> or www.kluweronline.com/issn/0004-0002/current
>
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