MamaBearTeacher Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I understand that pheronomes can cause women living together to have synchronized periods. How else do pheronomes work in humans? We all have hormones, even males. When a woman is homeschooling adolescent boys and she is mostly in the same room as them all day long how does it work? Anyone know about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Do you mean pheromones? I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, when you say "how does it work?" I think you're asking more than how it physiologically happens? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBearTeacher Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Do you mean pheromones? I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, when you say "how does it work?" I think you're asking more than how it physiologically happens? yes, pheromones! Sorry. Yes, I'm wondering if pheromones can have effects other than periods synchronizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Actually, it's not true that periods sync up. That's an urban legend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Actually, it's not true that periods sync up. That's an urban legend. That was my understanding as well. OP, I'm not aware of anything as far as your question goes - an adult woman homeschooling adolescent boys. But it's been a long time since my evo bio classes. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 ABC news does not seem to believe that period syncing is an urban myth. They cite a study about it. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=116833&page=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I'll post when I have a keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I believe that study was referenced in my link, which called it "flawed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 While the media loves to quote stories like that because they're interesting, the few studies who showed any sort of link have since been disproven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBearTeacher Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 I did not know it was debunked. So, it's unlikely that they have found other effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) Was discussing this topic recently; so far, human pheromones are not a proven fact. They seem very, very likely given what we know of pheromones in other mammals, but the evidence is only circumstantial thus far and effects are speculative. It's nice to know that there remain plenty of puzzles for any of our kids who choose to go into scientific research to figure out :) Edited April 1, 2017 by maize Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 If you search WebMD for the word pheromones, you will find a number of articles on how they can influence us subconsciously. The effects I saw listed were on things like mood (as well as sexual interest). I don't think that it would affect a family setting so much but I doubt that has been studied. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) Actually, it's not true that periods sync up. That's an urban legend. The author of this "article" obviously wasn't in a military platoon with 49 other women most of whom, after being around each other for several weeks, found their periods had synchronized! Ask me how I know! Real life trumps ANY case study! Or lack there of! Edited April 1, 2017 by scrapbookbuzz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 A guy I used to know was a researcher in brain science at a major American research university. He gave a few presentations over the years to a group I used to attend. One of the things that he brought up that completely fascinated me. It has been shown that during pregnancy, mothers and *sons* swap some DNA. There *is* an incredibly close connection between mothers and sons. However, there is also something that keeps this from being ... creepy. At puberty, the sons develop pheromones that are repellent to their mothers. (This is where science meets practical experience in my home.). It is the way we are made, so that there is a ... compelling ... reason for the son to leave the home and start a new family and to prevent that closeness from becoming ... creepy. I thought that was very interesting and it helped me understand, in a way, what I was supposed to be doing...letting go (and also that it was OK to be GLAD.). (P.U.) There is some amount of research that shows that younger children smell really good to their own moms, but...not so much to other moms. This *also* maps to my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Beware of extra pervy lawn ornaments! Because typos :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 A guy I used to know was a researcher in brain science at a major American research university. He gave a few presentations over the years to a group I used to attend. One of the things that he brought up that completely fascinated me. It has been shown that during pregnancy, mothers and *sons* swap some DNA. There *is* an incredibly close connection between mothers and sons. However, there is also something that keeps this from being ... creepy. At puberty, the sons develop pheromones that are repellent to their mothers. (This is where science meets practical experience in my home.). It is the way we are made, so that there is a ... compelling ... reason for the son to leave the home and start a new family and to prevent that closeness from becoming ... creepy. I thought that was very interesting and it helped me understand, in a way, what I was supposed to be doing...letting go (and also that it was OK to be GLAD.). (P.U.) There is some amount of research that shows that younger children smell really good to their own moms, but...not so much to other moms. This *also* maps to my experience. I have read these types of studies too. Ds has a medical condition called Giberts. It makes him have high billirubin especially if he is under stress. I can tell when he is stressed by his smell. When he is stressed, his billirubin increases and I don't know if that is what I smell, or if it is just his stress sweat smell. Within an hour of a showe, his smell on a stressful day, is putrid to me....but only me. No one else can smell it. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 A few years ago, I read about studies showing that girls begin puberty earlier when they live in a home with a stepfather or other male that is not biologically related to them. Pheromones were mentioned as a possible cause of the earlier onset of puberty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 The author of this "article" obviously wasn't in a military platoon with 49 other women most of whom, after being around each other for several weeks, found their periods had synchronized! Ask me how I know! Real life trumps ANY case study! Or lack thereof! You have that backwards. Anecdotes are not data, and never will be. You, like all humans, are the subject of numerous cognitive biases, including a large number that have to do with seeing patterns whether or not they're there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Actually, it's not true that periods sync up. That's an urban legend. That read to me more as one scientist's opinion/interpretation, not a definitive consensus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 It has been shown that during pregnancy, mothers and *sons* swap some DNA. I blame ds for chin hairs. :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn in FL Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I blame ds for chin hairs. :angry: :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: Like!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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