Reposting an interesting thread from IG about abstaining

[dramabird]

WOW. I think I've been banned from IG.

I tried to reply to this thread and could not log in.

That would be their loss. We get to keep you for ourselves. Yay! We love Atomic!

[atomic sagebrush]

I logged on and you are not banned. It would say it on there if you were.

Thanks! Must just be a glitch then!!

[atomic sagebrush]

That would be their loss. We get to keep you for ourselves. Yay! We love Atomic!

Aw, thank you! But apparently it was just a glitch (though I still can't log in!) Probably jsut as well because I should not get imbroiled in IG drama, that's why I LOVE this site so much more!!

[atomic sagebrush]

There was one study talking about wartime conception and subsequent birth ratios that hypothesized that frequent release could help lead to the higher sex ratios common then (more boys!) But the study noted that other things could be at play there too, like higher hormone levels in mom and dad. Pre-deployment and on-leave release frequency was very high during wartime conceptions, though

Yes, that was total speculation on the part of the researchers...I don't believe they asked the couples if they were DTD a lot, they just assumed that they were. Again, I would say, they need to define frequent release more clearly - it's not necessarily DTD every single day. If a couple missed even a single day here and there, it isn't FR.

[skrimpy]

Yes, that was total speculation on the part of the researchers...I don't believe they asked the couples if they were DTD a lot, they just assumed that they were. Again, I would say, they need to define frequent release more clearly - it's not necessarily DTD every single day. If a couple missed even a single day here and there, it isn't FR.

I agree that it was probably speculative, since it was an "after the fact" hypothesis. Even the couples probably don't remember accurately how much they made love. A more accurate study would track it from the get-go, or at least use women who had been charting and recording cycles/intercourse.

I'm inclined to believe that the higher sex ratio was due to hormones more than anything else. Surely they must be at higher levels in men who know they are going to war, and probably in their mates, too...?

[atomic sagebrush]

I completely agree skrimpy. The amount of physiological changes that take place in wartime as a result of stress, has to be huge and it seems a bit silly to me to chalk it up to, "Well people must have been DTD more."