Does semen have antidepressant properties?

[Miss_Methylene]

Does semen have antidepressant properties?
by
Gallup GG Jr, Burch RL, Platek SM.
Department of Psychology,
State University of New York at Albany,
Albany, New York, USA.
Arch Sex Behav 2002 Jun;31(3):289-93

ABSTRACT

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.

Reputation Comments on this post:

great find this article.!.

[Fantasian]

Originally Posted by Miss_Methylene

Does semen have antidepressant properties?
by
Gallup GG Jr, Burch RL, Platek SM.
Department of Psychology,
State University of New York at Albany,
Albany, New York, USA.
Arch Sex Behav 2002 Jun;31(3):289-93

ABSTRACT

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.

I've been trying to argue this for ages, any attractive women with depression should be coming to my house...

[Micklemouse]

Now there's no excuse for not swallowing! Poor taste (stop it Micklemouse!), but someone had to say it !

Anyway, shouldn't this be in SSRI's - Semen Studies & Related Issues? (Really, Micklemouse, stop it - stop it now!)

It would be interesting to know if comparative tests have been done on other methods of administration, so to speak, (i.e. anal & oral, but obviously not insufflation) or if the market in semen based antidepressant pessaries is the only one likely to open up in the near future.

[adzket]

lol thats very funnie micklemouse, but on a serious note there is to many risk's with this people should not be doing this or studies into it realy. but swim had read somewhere that depressed people where more likly to have unprotected sex due to having low self esteam and lack of care for them self's where willing to take more risk's.

Reputation Comments on this post:

you make a good point.!.

[Micklemouse]

Agreed Adzket! I would hope that this would not be taken as a green light to have unprotected sex without a full std/HIV/hep screen being done first. Although I can see the Catholic Right jumping on this one - "Condoms Cause Suicide: The Devil's Work, Scientifically Proven!".

Unless you're 100% positive that you & your partner are clear of infection, rubber up!

[daeron]

sorry but this is actually a journal article??? OMFG. only in america. terrible. what waste of funds

[FrankenChrist]

Can't we assume that women don't use condoms with long time partners, but do use condoms with "flings". Perhaps the women are happier in a relationship.

[Alfa]

So what about the full paper?

[Nature Boy]

This seems absolutely ridiculous. Almost as stupid as that urban myth about how a bukkake facial is the best moisturizer money can buy.

[Micklemouse]

Originally Posted by Alfa

So what about the full paper?

Couldn't find the full paper for less than $89.95 (are prices allowed in this context ? Originally published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour), but dug up this from The New Scientist...

Semen acts as an anti-depressant

• 19:00 26 June 2002
• Raj Persaud

Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't.


The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed that the women who were directly exposed to semen were less depressed. The researchers think this is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations.


"I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup, the psychologist at the State University of New York who led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen."
Suicide attempts

His team divided 293 female students into groups depending on how often their partners wore condoms, and assessed their happiness using the Beck Depression Inventory, a standard questionnaire for assessing mood. People who score over 17 are considered moderately depressed.
The team found that women whose partners never used condoms scored 8 on average, those who sometimes used them scored 10.5, those who usually used them scored 15 and those who always used them scored 11.3. Women who weren't having sex at all scored 13.5.


What's more, the longer the interval since they last had sex, the more depressed the women who never or sometimes used condoms got. But the time since the last sexual encounter made no difference to the mood of women who usually or always used condoms.


The team also found that depressive symptoms and suicide attempts were more common among women who used condoms regularly compared with those who didn't. The results will appear in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.



And Gallup told New Scientist that his team already has unpublished data from a larger group of 700 women confirming these findings. In this study, the always-use-condoms group were more depressed than the usually-use-condoms group, suggesting the discrepancy in the smaller study was a sampling error, he says.
Alternative explanations

But is it really the semen that affects women's mood? The researchers say they looked at alternative explanations such as whether women who seldom use condoms took oral contraceptives, how often they had sex, the strength of relationships, and the possibility that having a certain type of personality influenced the decision to use condoms. But none of these factors can explain their findings, they say.


In fact, the results aren't a complete surprise because semen does contain several mood-altering hormones, including testosterone, oestrogen, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinising hormone, prolactin and several different prostaglandins. Some of these have been detected in a women's blood within hours of exposure to semen.


The question many people will ask is whether oral sex could have the same mood-enhancing effects. "Since the steroids in birth control pills survive the digestion process, I would assume that the same holds true for at least some of the chemicals in semen," Gallup says.


"I understand that among some gay males who have anal intercourse, it is not uncommon to attempt to retain the semen for extended periods of time," he adds. "Suggesting, of course, that there may be psychological effects." But further research will be needed to confirm whether exposure to semen through oral or anal sex really does affect mood in heterosexual or homosexual partners.


But why should semen have such an effect? "It makes no sense to me for this phenomenon to have evolved," says Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. But Gallup counters that men whose semen promotes long-term mood enhancement might have more chances to indulge in sexual activity.

Reputation Comments on this post:

a good find this great study.!.

[Nagognog2]

If you wish more info on semen/sperm facials and the like, you really need to download this lil' gem! It's safe - but might get you killed. Follow the instructions:

http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/catalog/video.html

I Like To Watch

Reputation Comments on this post:

	So wrong, & yet... Nice one!
	very good find. I´m gonna download it and burn it on dvd

[IHrtHalucingens]

Lol this is the funniest thread i think ive ever read.

im working on the insufflation option, SWOG - semen with out goo. copyright

PM me if your interested in investing your raw semen, i promise 500% returns!

[adzket]

does this also meen there is no resion for guy's to get depresed as they have there own anti-depresant on tap (so to spk) lol its all wrong.

[IHrtHalucingens]

For men an average prescribed dose of semen to effectively treat depression is greater than ones body naturally produces, due to the tolerance built up over the years of transdermal abuse.

Reputation Comments on this post:

good sense of humor

[RealGanjaMan]

Originally Posted by IHrtHalucingens

Lol this is the funniest thread i think ive ever read.

hahahahahahahahahaha, yes, its definatly one of mine as well




-RGM

[VincentVan]

A most intresting thread, no doubt.
I loved the video too , I downloaded , did some editing and I´m burning it on DVD as we talk.
I just wander how comes that we did´nt get any report about the miracolous effects of semen IV injection therapy.
I hear that after botox is going to be the next big thing among jet setting broads.
Has anyone of you fellas give it a try?

[Voices]

Is this old news?
http://www.billstevenson.org/news/gulp.pdf
Same joke.

[VincentVan]

Nice piece of news Voices
I always thought that Fellatio was a character from Shakespeare.
VV.

[AntiAimer]

All I know is, your still a virgin if all you have felt is rubber.

[Nagognog2]

Originally Posted by VincentVan

Nice piece of news Voices
I always thought that Fellatio was a character from Shakespeare.
VV.

Yes. And Connie Lingus is the U.S. Secretary of State.

[Nicaine]

This thread... errr, um... well, it sucks.

[WrtngCocaineTutorial]

hehe .SWIm has found some evidence to why it might work positive:


"The penis stimulates to give pleasure and advertise the male's psychological and physical fitness; it also deposits seminal fluid in the vaginal canal, fluid that contains dopamine, oxytocin, vasopressin, testosterone, estrogen and other chemicals that most likely influence a female partner's behavior. "

reference

SWIM really read about it in a book (Robert sternberg's Love book) but he can't quote that, so..

[Nahbus]

I wonder if rectal administration of semen has a more pronounced effect.

[sci]

Try telling this to the misses , dosnnt quite wash ,., Swallow GOD DAMN IT

[dogzz]

Well,.. I do know that "I" feel a lot happier after having blown a load...and condom or not, if she isn't happy and smiling....I'm doin somethin wrong

but seriously, after having unprotected sex, I would think that depression would really ramp up depending on what std got contracted.

Aint that like everything in life??
"well, we got some good news, and some bad news"