Semen = antidepressant 2
Research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior claims that unprotected hetero sex has an anti-depressant effect for women. The study's author, Gordon Gallup, speculates that some unidentified property of semen may be responsible. Daze linked to a news blurb about this study a few weeks ago; at the time I commented, "The research, at least as described here in layman's terms, doesn't sound all that convincing." Today's Salon has a longer article about Gallup's study. Some scientists quoted find Gallup's research interesting but inconclusive, while others dismiss him as a crank. The president of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America says, "This is the kind of junk science that smears the name of honest science."
