Dec 27, 2022 14:00:00

Research results that women can smell `` the smell of men with partners and men without partners ''

In general, human sexual relations tend to focus on appearance and social status, but it is known that the partner's 'body odor' is also involved in evaluating sexual attractiveness. A study examining women's ratings of 'single and married men's scent' showed that women could smell single men and married men.

Frontiers | Do Single Men Smell and Look Different to Partnered Men?

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00261

Experiments Show Women Can Sniff Out Single And Married Men : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/experiments-show-women-can-sniff-out-single-and-married-men

People's body odors and their ability to smell them have received increasing attention in recent years, with a 2022 study suggesting that people who want to smell other people's bodies tend to have a stronger sexual desire. . Research results have also been reported that heterosexual men prefer the smell of women who have a lot of estrogen, the female hormone, and are attracted to the smell of women who remember sexual excitement .

In a 2019 study, a research team

at Macquarie University in Australia conducted an experiment in which 82 heterosexual women evaluated the smell and face of heterosexual men. The subjects who participated in the experiment were women aged 18 to 35, 42 without a partner, and 40 with a specific partner. The 89 male subjects who participated in the experiment submitted a T-shirt worn for 24 hours without using perfume or body cleansing products, and a photograph in the form of an ID photo.

The research team randomly selected 3 unpartnered men and 3 partnered men from 89 men. Then, women were asked to smell a sealed bottle containing the underarm part of a T-shirt, asking questions such as, 'How much do you like/dislike this smell?', 'How sexy is this smell?', 'How strong is the smell?' Are you?” was answered in seven stages from “0 to 6”.

Next, women were randomly shown photos of the same six men in the form of ID photos, and asked about their charm, sexiness, intelligence, loyalty, kindness, trustworthiness, masculinity, and whether they looked like good partners. was evaluated on a 7-point scale from 0 to 6. In addition, women were asked which men in which photos were men of which smells, so that smells and faces could not be associated.

As a result of the experiment, it turned out that the body odor of men without partners is felt stronger than men with partners for all women. We also found that the higher the likability of a man's scent, the higher the tendency to rate the appearance of that man. Interestingly, we also found that partnered women rate unpartnered men's faces as 'more masculine', while unpartnered women rate both equally.

The research team believes that the male hormone

testosterone is related to the result that 'women can smell men with and without partners'.

A 2006 study showed that 'the higher the testosterone level, the stronger the body odor', and the 2010 study showed that 'a man without a partner has a higher testosterone level', so this time. The research team claims that the experimental results are consistent with previous studies. ``Since partnered men have relatively fewer resources to offer, it may be advantageous from an evolutionary perspective to sense scientific signals and avoid romantic relationships with partnered men,'' he said. I was.

On the other hand, it is possible that testosterone is not the cause of men's body odor changing with the presence or absence of a partner, but simply health and hygiene. Larger experiments are needed to clarify these points.

``The sense of smell is perhaps the most overlooked human sense in science, but our sexual and social behaviors seem to be closely linked to our noses,'' said Science Alert, a scientific media outlet. “When you pick someone up at a bar, you may be unknowingly smelling them,” he said.