Monday, July 11, 2011

The Power of Love...er, Oxytocin??

Fall in love, in love, love itself... it all starts with Oxytocin. Well, it starts with a hello, but I digress. Falling in love is one of the greatest, yet scariest feelings in the world. It is a feeling the females seem to feel more often and more strongly than males. Have you ever wondered why?

Well, the answer is Oxytocin. Oxytocin is a hormone that is dubbed "the love hormone". It is mainly excreted in the bloodstream, brain, ovaries and testes. It is the hormone that is excreted during lactation before a mother breastfeeds her child. Unfortunately, men do not produce more Oxytocin than women. Men are also more capable of releasing Oxytocin in women during copulation, increasing her rush during orgasm. It is not that easy for women to release Oxytocin in a man. This is the scientifical explanation why women are more likely to "fall in love" than men.

It is excreted when two people kiss, or make love (if you're lucky, during orgasm). It is the chemistry chemical that bonds two people. Some may mistake it for infatuation or lust, but it is not. Dopamine and Endorphin is not the only hormones that occur during sex. Oxytocin induces trust and generosity and reduces fear by inhibiting the amygdala, which is also known as "the fight or flight gland". Ever wondered why Ecstasy makes people all feely-touchy? Ecstasy stimulates Oxytocin in the body during consumption. Interesting...

So, boys and girls it is a scientific fact that love, or falling in love, is not just an emotional occurrence. It is not just an opinion that women can not be sexually involved with a man over time and not fall for him, or at least grow to love him, unless she had ulterior motives for dating him in the first place. Love is real and not just an ideal, scientifically speaking.

5 comments:

  1. I dig this, it was very informaive.
    Regarding, the Scientific Stand Point.. I'm wondering how come woman are able to act like men nowadays. Do you think it is because their Oxytocin levels are lower? or is it that they are strong enough to ignore it?

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  2. So, that's why I love (and hate) so easily...but I'm also really quick to get rid of you if you do not act accordingly. :-)

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  3. One word: resiliency. Lots of women are in denial, or will not admit to others that they have fallen victim of falling for the person that hurt them.

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  4. I understand my dilemma now...

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  5. With that being said they should be able to return back to the sweet caring WOMAN they were. resilient.

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