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Who knew that the Pill could effect our sexual preferences?  A new study has found that hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a woman's interest in
masculine men making boyish men much more attractive.  Here's how it breaks down: as a woman, you're attracted to nice, boyish men BUT when you're ovulating there's a distinct shift and you find yourself more attracted to masculine men who are more assertive.  However, when you're on the pill you never ovulate; hence, you find Johnny Depp much more attractive than Clive Owen.

Another wrinkle to this study has to do with male sexual preferences.  A woman is at her supreme power when she's ovulating because that's when men are the most attracted to you and your pheremone "odor".  But if you're on the Pill you never ovulate so the argument follows that the Pill reduces your overall level of attractiveness. 

The Pill has been on the market for about 40 years.  If we take this study at face value, it would seem that the Pill is responsible for the rise of the "metrosexual" man and our inability to get him into bed with us.  I have to admit that it's fascinating to think that the Pill - the bastion of sexual liberation for women - could have changed the sexual dynamics between men and women in one fell swoop. 

However, as a woman who's been on the Pill for the last 10 years (I know...but I'm extremely fertile and I take the lowest dosage possible) I can't say that my taste in men has skewed to the feminine.  In fact, I'm kind of a Me-Tarzan-You-Jane/total prick junkie.  And I can't say that I've had any problems attracting men either.  But this study has me thinking.  Maybe I would have traded in my Tarzan for a caveman if I wasn't on the Pill ;)