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How We Attract The Opposite Sex
 Have you ever wondered how a person who is
below average in looks and has no personality still manages to find
someone who finds him/her sexually attractive? Isn't it odd that with all
the pre-occupation on good-looks, that the majority of people regardless
of their looks are able to find someone willing to marry and/or mate with
them? Perhaps there is more going on in the world of attraction than meets
the eye.
Meet the nose. We're learning today that love may not be in the EYE of
the beholder, but in the NOSE of the beholder. It comes in all shapes and
sizes, but the inner workings of the nose do not vary much from pug to
snout. We generally think of the nose as serving two main functions. One
as an air intake and filter (breathing) and the other as an olfactory
device (smelling). Researchers are now discovering that there might be a
third important nasal function that may just answer our questions about
what causes people to be sexually attracted to one another. (To read a
University research paper on the Secrets of Attraction, click
here.)
The concept of pheromones is not new. The word was coined in the 1930s
by Peter Karlson and Martin Luscher from the greek Pherein, to
transfer and HORMON, to excite. It is used commonly in animal research to
describe the chemical signals used between organisms/animals which
stimulate sexual attraction or other genetically predisposed responses.
According to Janet L. Hopson in her book, Scent Signals: The Silent
Language of Sex, "male houseflies will attempt to copulate with knotted
shoelaces if they are first treated with the female's chemical lure. And
many male insects will attempt to mate with two dimensional silhouettes of
females-or even with other males- that have similarly been painted with
attractants...a male tortoise was once observed trying to mount a head of
lettuce over which a female had scrambled."
But does this same pheromonal response take place in humans? Until as
recently as 10 yrs ago, biologists and physiologists believed that the
Vomeronasal organ (VNO), the nasal device in animals that detect
pheromonal chemicals, was non-existent in humans. It was thought that the
VNO disappeared during embryonic development and all that remained an
adult humans was the remaining vestigial organ that served no current
purpose. Today, however, we know differently.
The Human VNO's role is to detect chemical signals separately from the
olfactory system. While the system is similar to olfaction in design, the
VNO has it's own alternate pathway to the brain that leads directly to
brain structures that regulate sexual behavior. This
alternate neural pathway is what explains why the chemicals that cause
sexual attraction do NOT need to be smelled in order to stimulate sexual
response. According to Kohl, J (1996), pheromones exert their
influence whether or not the animal is conscious of pheromone detection.
The animal may or may not be aware that it is responding in order.
 This opens up exciting possibilities for secret love
potions. Human pheromones are NOW
available for use as sexual attractants.
Choose your preferred method for Ordering your pheromones TODAY and
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