I’m a male graduate student who is intrigued (though partially concerned) by this forum and pheromones in general. While I’m naturally skeptical about the effects such products can have on people, after reading a few threads I felt compelled to learn a little more about pheromones, or at least get a chance to know a few people who use them. Plus there’s a $25 incentive in it for me to reach out, so why not?
While I’m interested in the science behind pheromones, something I know nothing about, I’m also curious about how users of these products deal with ethical issues. Assuming they indeed work, using a pheromone with the intent of altering someone’s perceptions of you seems manipulative in the extreme. One could argue that we all produce pheromones, and its perfectly acceptable to wear cologne or perfume to increase ones persona appearance to others, but applying pheromones to effect on others without their knowledge seems very different to me.
What are your thoughts this sort of question?
I can see why you might have this problem, however you must remember that pheromones aren’t a magic potion. They can alter someone else’s perception of your, even your perception of yourself, but they cannot force someone to do something they don’t want to do. Someone can use Ammo and TUTH but that doesn’t mean he’s gonna walk into a club and have women lining up to talk to him. A lot of factors affect how pheromones will work such as personal body chemistry, personality, and environment. Another example could be a salesperson wearing A314. If you don’t know A314 is a respect pheromone that many people wear in business settings. However just wearing A314 won’t improve your sales numbers. Your actions and demeanor have to be congruent with your pheromone signature, meaning that if you’re shy and timid all the A314 in the world won’t help. Pheromone’s aren’t a spray and pray solution to life’s problems. I hope this helps you a little bit in understanding what pheromone’s do and their effects on people, but the best way to find out is to try for yourself.
Pheromones can enhance your own traits, but as Azian said, they do not work if your behavior does not line up with the phero.
Also, pheromones do not control anyone’s behavior. They can help reduce the inhibition, so that the genuine person comes through more strongly. For instance, if a girl was considering talking to you but was shy, wearing IO can encourage her to do what she was already inclined to do. But it will not make everyone in the room talk to you.
Earning the gift certificate takes a little more from you…tell us about you and your personality. Where/how are you planning to use mones, and to what effect? What are you hoping to gain from pheromones?
I actually asked this question myself before, and the answers I got were comparing it to perfume or make up. I like the make up comparison, because really, in some cases you couldn’t even imagine how a woman looks without all that make up she’s wearing. That’s kinda deceiving, right? But it’s perfectly acceptable. Same with pheromones, is it somehow your fault that you don’t produce those pheromones that naturally attract people that the other guy produces? Not really. It’s just another thing that science has made available for you.
