# Chemical signal in women's tears a turnoff for men

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**Created:** [January 6, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/chemical-signal-in-womens-tears-a-turnoff-for-men/44429 "2011-01-06T23:24:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/chemical-signal-in-womens-tears-a-turnoff-for-men/44429/1 "2011-01-06T23:24:56Z")

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> WASHINGTON – If a crying woman’s red nose isn’t a big enough turnoff to a man, a surprising experiment found another reason: Tears of sadness may temporarily lower his testosterone level. Those tears send a chemical signal as the man gets close enough to sniff them — even though there’s no discernible odor, say researchers from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science.

The whole story is at the link below.

**Story** ([http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap\_on\_sc/us\_sci\_tear\_signals](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap_on_sc/us_sci_tear_signals))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/chemical-signal-in-womens-tears-a-turnoff-for-men/44429/2 "2011-01-06T23:32:22Z")

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JVKohl just simultaneously posted in theory section same study 🙂

[Human Tears Contain a Chemosignal - PheroTalk Pheromone Research Forum](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/human-tears-contain-a-chemosignal/44430/1)

Thanks Jim for posting

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**Author:** ![jvkohl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/jvkohl/32/1297_2.png) [@jvkohl](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/jvkohl)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/chemical-signal-in-womens-tears-a-turnoff-for-men/44429/3 "2011-01-06T23:53:27Z")

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I hope some people will pay attention to the fact that there are [pheromones](https://a314.com/shop/) in the tears of mice, but they become chemosignals if found in human tears. Pheromones in humans? Too animalistic for researchers and journalists these days.

James V. Kohl

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> [@Mtnjim](#):
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> The whole story is at the link below.
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> **Story** ([http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap\_on\_sc/us\_sci\_tear\_signals](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap_on_sc/us_sci_tear_signals))

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**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/chemical-signal-in-womens-tears-a-turnoff-for-men/44429/4 "2011-01-07T00:06:07Z")

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> [@jvkohl](#):
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> … Too animalistic for researchers and journalists these days.
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> James V. Kohl  
> `http://www.pheromones.com`

Of course, we’re not animals, we’re “special”.

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**Author:** ![jvkohl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/jvkohl/32/1297_2.png) [@jvkohl](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/jvkohl)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/chemical-signal-in-womens-tears-a-turnoff-for-men/44429/5 "2011-01-07T01:28:05Z")

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Thomas, L. (1971) Notes of a biology‑watcher. A fear of pheromones. _New England Journal of Medicine,_ 285, 7, 392‑393.

If ever you have the chance to read this (above), you can see how far ahead of his time he was.

> [@Mtnjim](#):
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> Of course, we’re not animals, we’re “special”.