In message <00af01c405ed$54e490f0$0400a8c0@RTJ2>, Robert Treharne Jones
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>Link doesn't appear to be working properly but here's the abstract - you
>have to pay for the full PDF!
Has anyone on the list read the full article?
Before taking this seriously, I would like to know about the recruitment
process for the study, whether the populations were comparable (e.g.
sensible females in exploratory or transient relationships might be more
inclined to use condoms for sexual health as well as contraceptive
reasons - and this, in turn, might affect their Beck Depression Score)
Are the controls in the design of this study adequate to ensure that
presence (or absence) of semen is the *only* statistically significant
variable?
MaryH
>
>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
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Caldwell
>> Sent: 09 March 2004 14:49
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Semen: an antidepressant?
>>
>> 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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