My thanks to Tisha and Bella for offering their enlightened opinions at my invitation. The female view has been missing and I know of no two more knowledgable contributors of either gender.
My point in this thread is that the “crush effect” attributed largely to P83 was not a useful description. It impliedsmore than P83 delivers.
Sorry to be the mean old pheromone engineer here but sometimes we need to deflate the claims that are overblown and misleading. P83 has its uses but creating a “crush effect” is probably not one of them.
Why do I link P83 and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Partially based on my own experience that I documented here:
P83 Self-Effects - Heightened Aggression
I can see where it can add purposefulness which is the healthy version of of a behavior that is the basis for the problem of OCD.