Most of you will be aware of the concept of women getting "clucky" when in the presence of female friends who have new babies and are breastfeeding. Of course we all know what an essential precursor to pregnancy is and new research by Professor Martha McClintock of University of Chigago has identified chemical signals emitted by these breastfeeding women that stimulate sexual desire.

Tests show that women indulging in sex, that is those with a partner, experience a 24% increase in sexual desire when they have been in the presence of breastfeeding women for a period of 2 months. Those women who do not have regular access to an appropriate male reported a 17% increase in sexual fantasies over the same period.

Work is still underway to determine whether these chemicals are pheromones or some other type of chemical.

Ah there is so much good material here. The Green Man has the opportunity to outrage a significant percentage of the readership. Showing exceptional restraint however, he will merely observe that, as much as we like to pretend differently, we are still animals and our bodies still respond the way they have been programmed to through the millenia. Neither feminism or religion has succeeded in changing that.

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