<div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; color: red; ">Many women, who are about to get married, should try some time off the Pill so as to find out ifu00a0</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; color: red; ">their feelings towards their partner remain the same, a new study has suggested</span></b></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">Researchers have said that the hormones in the oral contraceptive affect the type of guy a woman is attracted to.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><img src="/imagedata/2012/mar/pill-old.jpg" border="2" align="" alt="" /><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: red; ">Representational picture</span></b></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">So if she was on the Pill when they met, she might get a shock when she comes off it - and ought to have a trial runu00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">before she settles down, the Daily Mail reported.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">But other experts have urged women not to throw away their packets of the Pill, insisting that taking the risk ofu00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">becoming pregnant is an extreme way to work out whether a man and woman are suited.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">To assess the effect of the Pill on women's taste in men, Dr Craig Roberts of Stirling University questioned over 2,500u00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">mothers from around the world on how happy they were in their relationships.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">Some had met their partners while on the Pill. Most, but not all of those surveyed were still with the fathers of theiru00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">children.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">Those who had been on the Pill reported less sexual contentment than the other women.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">They found their husband or boyfriend less attractive and less exciting in the bedroom, according to the study.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">But the Pill users rated their partners more highly as far as other aspects were concerned, like seeing them as moreu00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">faithful, more supportive and better providers.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">Overall, these positives apparently outweighed the less exciting sex lives, with relationships lasting two years longeru00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">on average if the woman had been on the Pill at the start.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">It is believed that the hormones in the Pill tend to sway women away from 'macho' men who provide the thrill of au00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">fling towards more sensitive types who will be a better bet in the long-run.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">u00a0"The implications of our study seem to be that by changing your hormone profile through using the Pill, you mightu00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">shift your preference away from "cads" in favour of "dads"," Dr Roberts said.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">He insisted that his results are based on the average responses of thousands of women, and not every woman on theu00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">Pill will experience the same effects.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">"Choosing a non-hormonal barrier method of contraception for a few months before getting married might be one wayu00a0</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">for a woman to reassure herself that she's still attracted to her partner," he added.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">The study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.</font></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div>        

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